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3. Giddy, including the idea of coquetry, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Glaiking~, _s._ Folly.
_Dunbar._
GLAYMORE, _s._
1. A two-handed sword.
_Boswell._
2. The common broad-sword, _claymore_, S.
_Boswell._
Gael _claidhamh_, a sword, _more_, great.
GLAIRY-FLAIRY. _adj._ Gaudy, shewy, S. B.
E. _glare_, and _flare_.
~Glairie-flairies~, _s. pl._ Gaudy trappings, Ang.
GLAIZIE, _adj._ Glittering, glossy, S.
_Burns._
GLAMER, GLAMOUR, _s._ The supposed influence of a charm on the eye, causing it to see objects differently from what they really are.
Hence,
_to cast glamer o'er_ one, to cause deception of sight, S.
_Ritson._
Isl. _glam_, glaucoma in oculis gestans, fascinatis oculis.
~Glamourit~, _part. adj._ Fascinated.
_Evergr._
GLAMER, _s._ Noise.
_Diallog._
Isl. _glamr-a_, strepitum edere.
~Glamrous~, _adj._ Noisy.
_Wallace._
GLAMMACH, _s._
1. A s.n.a.t.c.h, an eager grasp, Ang.
2. A mouthful, Ang. _Glam, glammie_, S. A.
Gael. _glaimm_, a gobbet; _glamh-am_, to catch at greedily.
_To_ GLAMP, _v. n._
1. To grasp ineffectually, S. B.
_Ross._
2. To endeavour to lay hold of any thing beyond one's reach, S. B.
3. To strain one's self to catch at any thing.
Hence,
~Glamp~, _s._ A sprain, Ang.
~Glampit~, _part. pa._ Sprained.
GLAR, GLAUR, _s._
1. Mud, mire, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. Any glutinous substance.
_Compl. S._
Fr. _glaire_, the white of an egg.
