An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 359
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 359
2. Denoting the polish given to language.
Isl. _glitt-a_, fulgere.
_Pal. Hon._
GLE-MEN, _s. pl._ Minstrel.
V. ~Gle~.
GLENDER-GANE, _adj._ In a declining state of health, in bad circ.u.mstances, or engaged in immoral habits; _glender-gear_, id. S.
From _glanders_, a disease of horses.
GLENGORE, GLENGOUR, GRANDGORE, _s._ Lues venerea.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _gorre_, id. also _grande gorre_, Roquefort; or q. _glandgore_.
_To_ GLENT, GLINT, _v. n._
1. To glance, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To pa.s.s suddenly, S.
_Minst. Bord._
3. To peep out, S.
_Burns._
4. To squint, S. B.
_Cleland._
~Glent~, ~Glint~, _s._ A glance, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A transient view, S.
3. A moment; _In a glent_, immediately, S.
Teut. _glants_, splendor.
_Ross._
_To_ GLEUIN, _v. n._ To glow.
V. ~Gliffin~.
_Douglas._
_To_ GLEW, _v. a._ To make merry.
A. S. _gleow-ian_, jocari.
_King Hart._
~Glew~, _s._ Sport.
V. ~Gle.~
GLIB-GABBET, _adj._ Having a glib tongue, S.
_Burns._
GLID, _adj._ Slippery.
V. ~Glad~.
_To_ GLIFF, GLOFF, GLUFF, _v. n._ To be seized with sudden fear, S.
_Journal Lond._
_To_ ~Gliff~, _v. a._ To affright, to alarm, S. A. _It glift him_, Loth.
_Gluft_, id. Caithn.
~Gliff~, ~Gloff~, ~Gluff~, _s._
1. A sudden fear, Loth.
_Ramsay._
2. The shock felt in plunging into water, S. B.
_Ross._