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_Gl. Pop. Ball._
5. That part of the hand between the thumb and fingers. Ibid.
Gael. _glac_, a narrow glen, _glaic_, a defile.
GLACK, _s._
1. A handful or small portion, Ang.
_Ross._
2. As much grain as a reaper holds in his hand, Ang.
3. A s.n.a.t.c.h, a slight repast, Ang.
Gael. _glaic_, a handful.
_To_ GLACK _one's mitten_, to put money into one's hand, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
Gael. _glac-am_, to receive.
GLAD, GLAID, GLADE, GLID, _adj._
1. Smooth, easy in motion, S.
_Ruddiman._
2. Slippery; _glid ice_, S. B.
3. Applied to one who is not to be trusted, S. B.
A. S. _glid_, Belg. _glad_, Su. G. _glatt_, lubricus.
GLADDERIT, _part. pa._ Besmeared.
Teut. _kladder-en_, to bedaub.
_Dunbar._
GLAIK, _pl._ ~Glaiks~, _s._
1. The reflection of the rays of light, from a lucid body in motion.
_Kennedy._
_To cast the glaiks on_ one, to make the reflection fall on one, S.
2. Any thing that produces reflection.
_Adamson._
3. A deception; what suddenly eludes one's grasp or sight, S.
_Lyndsay._
_To play the glaiks with_ one, to gull, to cheat.
_Lyndsay._
_To get the glaik_, to be gulled or cheated, S. B.
_Leg. St Androis._
_To hunt the glaiks_, to pursue with perpetual disappointment.
_Colvil._
4. The act of jilting. _To gie the glaiks_, to jilt one, S.
_Herd._
5. A giddy and frivolous person.
_Chr. Kirk._
6. A bat, Loth.
A. S. _glig_, ludibrium, Teut. _glick-en_, nitere.
_To_ ~Glaik, Glaike~, _v. n._ To spend time idly or playfully, S.
_Burel._
~Glaikit~, ~Glakyt~, _part. adj._
1. Light, giddy, S.
_Complaynt S._
2. Foolish, rash.
_Wallace._
