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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1788

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GLIM, n.3 Gonorrhoea.Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems 174:
Frae itch, the sca', or glim, to clear ye, Sal Nit; aut forte Hydrargyri.

[Mid.Eng. gleim, bird-lime, viscid matter.]

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