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

And in his exultation he called out, "The beaks have doused the glim, Cap'n Duff!"

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Munroe, Kirk

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)

“Now, what in thunder does that mean I want to know–why should they douse the glim in such a hurry–wonder if they could have caught any sound from us to give ’em a scare?

From Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes by Newcomb, Ambrose