An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 361
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 361
GLOG, _adj._ Slow; _glog-rinnin water_, a river that runs slowly, Perths.
Gael. _glog_, a soft lump, _gliogar_, slowness.
GLOY, _s._
1. The withered blades stripped off from straw, S. B.
_Douglas._
2. Oaten straw, Orkn.
Fr. _gluy_, Holl. _gluye_, stramen arundinaceum.
_To_ ~Gloy~, _v. a._ To give grain a rough thrashing, Loth.
GLOIS, _s._ A blaze.
V. ~Glose~.
_To_ GLOIT, _v. n._
1. To work in something liquid, miry, or viscous, Ang.
2. To do any thing in a dirty and awkward manner, Ang.
Sw. _gloet-a_, to grope for fish.
~Gloitry~.
V. ~Gludderie~.
GLONDERS, _s. pl. In the glonders_, in a state of ill-humour, Loth.
_Knox._
Isl. _glundr-a_, confundere, turbare.
_To_ GLOPPE, GLOPPEN, _v. n._ To let the countenance fall, as when one is about to cry or weep.
_Sir Gawan._
Isl. _glupn-a_, vultum demittere; contristari, ad lacrymas bibulas effundendum moveri.
GLORE, _s._ Glory.
Fr. _gloire_.
_Doug._
_To_ ~Glore~, _v. n._ To glory.
_Doug._
_To_ GLORG, _v. n._ To work in some dirty business, Ang.
~Glorg~, _s._ A nasty compound of any kind, Ang.
~Glorgie~, _adj._ _Glorgit_, _part. pa._ Bedaubed, from being engaged in dirty work, or travelling in a miry road, Ang.
GLOSE, GLOIS, _s._
1. A blaze, S.
2. The act of warming ones self at a quick fire, S.
_Philotus._
Germ. _glauz_, Isl. _glosse_, flamma.
_To_ ~Glose~, ~Gloze~, _v. n._ To blaze, S.
GLOSS, _s._ Perh. the same with ~Glush~.
_Wallace._
GLOTTEN, _s._ A thaw, S. A.
_To_ GLOUM, GLOOM, _v. n._ To frown, S.
Germ. _glum_, turbidus.
_Knox._
~Gloum~, ~Glowme~, ~Gloom~, _s._ A frown.
_Z. Boyd._