Italian Synonyms.—Lanterna (= a lamp); calchi; balchi; brunotti (= brownies); lampante.
Spanish Synonyms.—Fanal (= lantern); lanterna (= idem); visantes (vulgar); vistosos (vulgar).
German Synonyms.—Dierling (from stieren = to stare); Linzer; Scheinling (from Schein = daylights (q.v.)).
1824. P. Egan, Boxiana, iv., 417. His glims I’ve made look like a couple of rainbows.
1830. Lytton, Paul Clifford, p. 47 [ed. 1854]. Queer my glims, if that ben’t little Paul!
1837. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II., 339. Harold escaped with the loss of a glim.
1892. Milliken, ’Arry Ballads, p. 56. A pooty gal, gentle, or simple, as carn’t use her glims is a flat.
4. in. pl. (common).—A pair of spectacles. For synonyms, see Barnacles.
5. (common).—Gonorrhœa or clap (q.v.). [From sense 1 = fire.]
Verb (old).—To brand or burn in the hand.