Glim vs Glinting - What's the difference?
glim | glinting |
(slang) A light, candle, lantern.
* 1837 , (Charles Dickens), , Ch. 16:
* 1851 , (Herman Melville), , Ch. 3:
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), , Ch. 5:
(slang) An eye.
(obsolete) brightness; splendour
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A glint.
* 1902 , William J. Long, School of the Woods
As nouns the difference between glim and glinting
is that glim is (slang) a light, candle, lantern while glinting is a glint.As a verb glinting is
.glim
English
Noun
(en noun)- 'Let's have a glim ,' said Sikes, 'or we shall go breaking our necks, or treading on the dog. Look after your legs if you do!'
- "Come along here, I'll give ye a glim in a jiffy;" and so saying he lighted a candle and held it towards me, offering to lead the way.
- 'Sure enough, they left their glim here,' said the fellow from the window.
glinting
English
Verb
(head)Synonyms
* aglitter * coruscant * fulgid * glittering * sparklingNoun
(en noun)- Then, as if to contradict me, a stray sunbeam found the spot and sent curious bright glintings of sheen and shadow dancing and playing under the fallen roots and trunk.