"stime" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /staɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stime.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stimes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪm Etymology: From Old English scima (“a light”). Compare stymie. Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|ang|scima||a light}} Old English scima (“a light”), {{doublet|en|stymie|notext=1}} stymie Head templates: {{en-noun}} stime (plural stimes)
  1. (UK, dialect) A slight gleam or glimmer; a glimpse. Tags: UK, dialectal Synonyms: styme
    Sense id: en-stime-en-noun-s0DZNnfK Categories (other): British English

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