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Definition of Stime
1. n. A slight gleam or glimmer; a glimpse.
Definition of Stime
1. a glimpse [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stime
Literary usage of Stime
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary (1873)
"The word " stime " is a Scottish word, current in Scotland at the present day.
It is used as follows : " The night was so dark I cauld not see a stime," ..."
2. Old Florence and Modern Tuscany by Janet Ross (1904)
"full possession on the 3rd March, when the animals (called stime vive), ...
A peasant must hand over to his successor the same stime he received when he ..."
3. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"Aa canna see a stime." "They hadn'ta stime o' breed i' the hoose." Compare STARN.
STING, a post, a pole. See STANO, and compare STOB. ..."
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