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3. Glow, uneasy sensation of heat, Ang.
GLIFF, _s._
1. A transient view, S.
2. A moment, S.
_Mannering._
_To_ GLIFFIN, _v. n._ To open the eyes at intervals, in awaking from a disturbed sleep.
V. ~Gleuin~.
_Barbour._
GLIM, _s._ An effectual attempt to lay hold of an object, Aberd.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
~Glim~, _adj._ Blind, Aberd.
~Glim-glam~, _s._ Blind man's buff.
_Ibid._
Isl. _glam_, visu hebes.
_To_ GLIMMER, _v. n._ To blink, to wink, S.
GLIMMER, _s._ Mica of mineralogists, Loth.
GLISK, _s._ A transient view, S.
_J. Nicol._
Isl. _glis_, nitor.
GLISNYT, GLISINT, _pret._ Blinked, like one newly awakened.
_Douglas._
A. S. _glisn-ian_, coruscare.
_To_ GLISS, _v. n._ To cast a glance with the eyes.
_Sir Gawan._
Germ. _gleiss-en_, fulgere.
GLISTER, _s._ l.u.s.tre.
_Knox._
Su. G. _glistra_, scintilla.
GLIT, _s._
1. Tough phlegm, S.
2. Ooze in the bed of a river, S.
Isl. _glat_, _glaet-a_, humor.
GLOAMIN, GLOMING, _s._ Twilight, S.
A. S. _glomung_, id.
_A. Hume._
~Gloamin-shot~, _s._ A twilight interview, S.
_Burns._
~Gloamin-star~, _s._ The evening-star, Loth.
_To_ GLOCK, _v. a._ To gulp, including the idea of the sound, Ang.; _wacht_ synon.
Teut. _klock-en_, sonitum reddere, qualem angusti oris vasculum solet.
~Glock~, _s._ A gulp, Ang.
GLOFF, _s._ A sudden fright, S.
V. ~Gliff~.
