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glaik
▪ I. glaik, n. Sc. (gleːk) [Of obscure origin; connexion with gleek is suggested by the sense, but its phonological possibility is not evident. Possibly sense 4, though recorded late, may be the original; the notion of ‘deceit’ has often developed from that of ‘dazzling’. Otherwise sense 4 must be r... Oxford English Dictionary
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glaikery
ˈglaikery Sc. Also 6 glaikrie. [f. glaik n. + -ery.] Foolish, wanton, or giddy conduct.c 1580 Satir. Poems Reform. xliii. 203 Young men for glaikrie can not agrie with age. 1816 J. Duff Poems 81 Ye'd quite yere glaikery, an' at last be wise. Oxford English Dictionary
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The Fall of Kelvin Walker: A Fable of the Sixties
summary Kelvin, freed from his strict Calvinist upbringing through discovering Nietzsche and "the divine Ingersoll" in the library of his home town of Glaik wikipedia.org
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glaiks
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 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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glaikit
glaikit, a. Sc. and north. (ˈgleːkɪt) Also 5 glakyt, 6 glaykit, -yt, 8 glakit, 6– glaiket. [Related to glaik n. and v., but recorded earlier than these.] Senseless, foolish. In later use: Thoughtless, flighty, giddy (said esp. of women).c 1450 Henryson Sum Practysis Med. i. Poems (1865) 43 Your sayi... Oxford English Dictionary
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glak
glak obs. form of glack; var. glaik v. Obs. Oxford English Dictionary
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gove
▪ I. gove, v. Sc. (gəʊv) Also 4–6 gowe, 6 gofe, goif, goyf, 8 gauve, 8–9 goave. [Of obscure origin: connexion with gow, gaw v., of similar meaning, cannot be traced.] 1. intr. To gaze, stare; to stare stupidly.c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, Thomas 82 And mete & drink vald nocht assay, bot to þe hewine ves ... Oxford English Dictionary
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gleek
▪ I. gleek, n.1 (gliːk) Forms: 6 gleke, 6–7 gleeke, (7 glick), 7– gleek. [a. OF. glic, in 1464 written ghelicque, perh. ad. MDu. ghelic (Du. gelijk, Ger. gleich) like, the possession of three cards of the same kind (see sense 2) being one of the points in the game; but the word has not been found in... Oxford English Dictionary
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glancing
▪ I. glancing, vbl. n. (ˈglɑːnsɪŋ, -æ-) [f. glance v.1 + -ing1.] The action of the vb. glance, in various senses.1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. ccxxv. 252 This Kynge Wyllyam..by glaunsynge of an arowe..was wounded to y⊇ deth. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccclxxiii. 617 Sir Wylliam Fermyntone excused hymself... Oxford English Dictionary
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