An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 362
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 362
_To_ GLOUR, GLOWR, _v. n._ To stare, S.
Belg. _glurr-en_, to peer.
_Dunbar._
~Glour~, _s._ A broad stare, S.
_Pennecuik._
_To_ GLOUT, _v. n._ To pout.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
Isl. _glott-a_, indignanter subridere; _glett-a_, irritare.
GLU, _s._ A glove, S. B.
_Wyntown._
Goth. _gloa_, id.
_To_ GLUDDER, (p.r.o.n. _gluther_) _v. n._
1. To do any dirty work, or any work in a dirty manner, S. B.
V. ~Gloit~.
2. To carry on in a facetious, but low and cajoling style.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _glutr-a_, prodigere; _glutrun_, vita dissoluta.
~Gluddery~, ~Gloittry~, _adj._ Denoting work which is not only wet, but unctuous to the touch, S. B.
_To_ GLUFF, _v. n._
V. ~Gliff~.
GLUGGERY, _adj._ Flaccid; applied to young and soft animal food, Ang.
_To_ GLUNSH, _v. n._ To pout, S.; _glumsh_, Fife.
Isl. _glenska_, jocus mordax.
_Burns._
~Glunsh~, _s._ A sour look, S.
_Burns._
~Glunschoch~, _s._ One who has a morose look.
_Dunbar._
_To_ GLUNT, _v. n._ To emit sparks, Ang.
V. ~Glent~.
GLUPE, _s._ A great chasm, Caithn.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _gliuf-r_, hiatus, per quem precipitantur flumina.
GLUSH, _s._ Any thing in the state of a pulp; snow, when beginning to melt, S.
GLUTTRe, _s._ Gluttony.
_Wallace._
_To_ GNAP, _v. n._ To chirp.
_Pal. Hon._
Teut. _knapp-en_, crepitare.
_To_ GNAP, _v. a._ To eat, S. B.
V. ~Gnyp~.
~Gnap~, _s._ A bite, S. B.
_Ross._
GNAPING, _part. pr._ Expressive of eagerness.