glaiks Sc. (? Obs.) and Anglo-Irish.
Also 7 glaxe.
(See quot. 1880; but the sense in the other passages is doubtful; quot. 1638 may belong to glaik n. 3.)
| 1638 Adamson Muses Threnodie, Invent. Gabions 96 In one nooke stood Loquhabrian axes, And in another nooke the glaxe is. 1814 Train Mountain Muse 144 With platter, glaiks and quern mill. 1880 Antrim & Down Gloss., Glaiks, a lever attached to a churn-staff, by use of which the churning is less laborious. |