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

But douse the glim there; we shan’t want it, and it might give the alarm.”

From Eric, or Little by Little by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

"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

In another moment, the voice of Franz breaks out: “Ain’t there another glim somewhere?”

From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lynch, Lawrence L.