† ˈgloffer Obs.
[Echoic: cf. globbe, glop, gulp; also Da. (dial.) gluffe, Sw. (dial.) gluffa, to eat hastily or noisily (said e.g. of pigs), gluffi a glutton.]
A gluttonous eater. So also ˈgloffing vbl. n., gluttonous eating.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 199/2 Gloffare, or devowrare, devorator..vorator..Gloffynge, or devowrynge, devoracio, voracio. [Cf. 16th c. quots. s.v. glosser3.] |