▪ I. † ˈglumming, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. glum v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. glum.
| a 1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 35 And so there was never pees betwene hem, but ever glomyng, louring, and chiding. a 1529 Skelton Col. Cloute 83 And as for theyr connynge, A glommynge, and a mummynge, And make thereof a jape. a 1553 Udall Royster D. i. i. (Arb.) 12, I haue yond espied hym sadly comming, And in loue for twentie pounde, by hys glommyng. 1575 Gamm. Gurton iii. iii, What deuill woman, plucke vp your hart, & leue of al this gloming. |
▪ II. † ˈglumming, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. glum v. + -ing2.]
That looks glum or sullen.
| 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 94 But declyne from his company, with glummynge or froward manner. 1549 Chaloner Erasm. on Folly C j, Who would..serche the maner of living of those soure and glommyng gods? 1572 tr. Buchanan's Detect. Mary N ij, There was all the way a sad glumming silence. 1573–80 Baret Alv. G 296. |