An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 357

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GLASCHAVE, _adj._ Perhaps, voracious.

Su. G. _glupsk_, id.

_Dunbar._

GLAs.h.i.+E, _adj._

_Hudson._

GLa.s.sOCK, _s._ The coal-fish, Sutherl.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ GLASTER, _v. n._

1. To bark, to bawl, Rudd. Gl. s.h.i.+rr. _glaister_.

2. To boast.

_Douglas._

Fr. _glast-ir_, to bark, Su. G. _glafs-a_, id.; also to speak foolishly.

~Glasterer~, _s._ A boaster.

_Calderwood._

GLATTON, _s._ A handful, Clydes.

_To_ GLAUM, _v. n._ To grasp at any thing, generally denoting a feeble and ineffectual attempt, S.

_Burns._

Su. G. _taga i glims_, errare in capiendo, frustrari.

~Glaum~, _s._ A grasp, especially one that is ineffectual, Ang.

GLE, GLEW, _s._

1. Game, sport.

E. _glee_.

_Peblis to the Play._

2. Metaph. the fate of battle.

_Barbour._

A. S. _gleo, gliw_, id.

~Gle-men~, _s. pl._ Minstrels.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _gli-man_, a musician.

GLEAM. _Gane gleam_, taken fire, S. B.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

GLED, _s._ The kite, S.

_To_ GLEEK, _v. n._ To gibe.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

GLEG, _adj._

1. Quick of perception, by means of any one of the senses, S., as _gleg of the ee_, S.

_Fordun._

2. Keen; applied to edged tools, S.

_J. Nicol._

3. Clever, expeditious, S.

_Burns._

4. Attentive, S.

_Ramsay._

5. Smooth, slippery; as _gleg ice_, S.

6. Quick of apprehension, S.

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