glim

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The latest of these, a novel by Walter Macken called Rain on the Wind, never quite bursts into flame; the book carries so much sentimental moisture that it douses its own glim.

From Time Magazine Archive

Summoned by a flood of protests, Vatican City firemen broke open the door, doused the gleaming glim.

From Time Magazine Archive

Duke: And then Petey will douse his glim.

From Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates by Flory, Julia McCune

"Douse your glim, mate; we'll be having them Zeppelins all over us."

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 by Various

The carriage light was feeble, and the faces I saw above me drooped under the glim, wilted and dingy.

From Waiting for Daylight by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)