† ˈgloring, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. glore v. + -ing2.]
a. Shining, glittering. b. Staring.
| a. a 1400–50 Alexander 3627 [He] mas to beete all of bras as bernes it ware, And full of glorand gledis þaim to þe gorge fillis. 1503 Test. Ebor. (Surtees) IV. 217 One par scherys, with xx glorynge nayles. 1602 2nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. i. i. (Arb.) 8 Vnlesse it dare out-face the gloring [Macray glaring] light. 1647 H. More Poems 136 Gilded clouds Arching an eye-lid for the gloring Morn. a 1650 Scot. ffeilde 103 in Furniv. Percy Folio I. 217 He durst not venter with our King..For all the gloring gold. |
| b. a 1400–50 Alexander 4552 To be grindand gluttis & glorand dronkin. c 1440 York Myst. xxvi. 157 Go hense, þou glorand gedlyng. |