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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.
