ˈgliffing, vbl. n. Sc.
[f. gliff v. + -ing1.]
1. The time required to give a glance; an instant.
| 1815 Scott Guy M. xxii, Tib Mumps will be out wi' the stirrup-dram in a gliffing. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 38 In a gliffin' ilka bishop Ramm'd in his hand and cleik'd his fish up. |
2. A surprise, fright.
| 1813 Picken Misc. Poems II. 47 It was an unco gliffin. |