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▪ I. gleg, n. Obs. exc. north. (glɛg) [f. gleg v.] A side-glance, sly look; also simply, a look.a 1650 In a May morning 15 in Furniv. Percy Folio (1867) IV. 74 Euerye one that comes by shall haue a glegge ont. 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 65 Searching with minutest gleg, Oft I've seen [etc.]. 1877 H...
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gledge
gledge, v. Sc. (glɛdʒ) [Of obscure origin; cf. glee, gleg vbs.] intr. ‘To look asquint, to take a side view; to look cunningly and slily on one side’ (Jam.).1805 A. Scott Poems 56 (Jam.) Here cautious love maun gledge a-squint, And stounlins feast the ee. 1813 Hogg Queen's Wake i. 71 The corby craw ...
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Impress Fashion, Budapest. 145,177 likes · 524 talking about this. A TREND 2-BEN TALÁLHATÓ UZLETUNK VÉGLEG BEZART !
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Kilmaurs was famous for producing cutlery and swords, the local expression "As gleg as a Kilmaurs whittle", with the addition that "it cuts an inch before A restaurant by the name of the Gleg Whittle existed here until 2006.
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glewe
▪ I. † glew, a. Obs. Forms: 1 gléaw, 1, 3 gleu, 3 glæu, gleuȝ. [Comm. Teut.: OE. gléaw:—OTeut. glawwu-; see gleg a.] Wise, prudent, clever. Only OE. and early ME.c 725 Corpus Gloss. 1768 Sagax, gleu. c 825 Vesp. Psalter cxviii[i]. 98 Ofer feond mine gleawne mec dydes. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. x. 16 B...
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fustle
fustle, n. Sc. and dial. (ˈfʌs(ə)l) Also fussle. [onomatopœic; cf. fuss, bustle.] (See quots.) So ˈfustle v. dial., to make a fuss; ˈfustling ppl. a. dial., fussing, fussy.1832–53 J. Ballantyne in Whistle-Binkie (Scot. Songs) Ser. ii. 116 Thou jaggy, kittly, gleg wee thing..Soon scamper aff, hap sta...
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glowering
glowering, ppl. a. (ˈglaʊərɪŋ) [f. glower v. + -ing2.] That glowers.1508 Dunbar Flyting w. Kennedie 98 Na, glowrand, gaipand fule, thow art begyld. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 493 With atrie visage and with glowrand ene. a 1791 Pegge Derbicisms 102 Glowring, gloomy. 1826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. ...
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yuke
▪ I. yuke, n. Sc. and north. dial. (juːk) Forms: see the vb. [f. next.] Itching, itch.1551 Turner Herbal i. A v b, Wormwood..helyth also the yche or yuke. Ibid. P iv, The broth of them is good..for itche or yeewk that goeth ouer the hole body. 1572 Buchanan Detectioun in Jas. Anderson Coll. (1727) I...
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through-go
† through-ˈgo, v. Obs. [OE. þurhgán, pa. tense þurhéode, f. þurh adv. through + gán to go (cf. OHG. durhgân).] trans. To go through, pass through, traverse.c 1000 Pop. Treat. Sci. (1841) 9 Seo eorðe byð mid þam winterlicum cyle þurh-gan. c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 502 Ic wille ðurhgan orsorh ðone here. ...
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unscathed
unˈscathed, ppl. a. (un-1 8. Cf. ON. and Icel. {uacu}-, óskaðaðr, MSw. oskadhad, Sw. oskadad.) Before 19th cent. Sc. and somewhat rare.c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints vii. (James min.) 608 Þat I and þai..In gud fath sal vnschait be. 1425 Sc. Acts Parlt., Jas. I (1814) II. 11/2 Quhil it be knawin..at þe cuntr...
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haver
▪ I. haver, n.1 (ˈhævə(r)) [f. have v. + -er1.] One who has or possesses; a possessor, owner. Now rare in general sense.c 1400 Apol. Loll. 9 To selle is þe hauer to ȝeue his þing for price tane. c 1449 Pecock Repr. I. 153 Hauers and vsers of ymagis. 1542 Udall Erasm. Apoph. 32 b, He taught true..ver...
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glee
▪ I. glee, n. (gliː) Forms: α. 1 gl{iacu}u, gl{iacu}w, gléow-, 3 gleow, gleu, (gleaw), 3, 5 glu, 3–4 (Sc. 6) glew, 4–5 glewe. β. 1 gl{iacu}o, (gl{iacu}ᵹ-), 1–2 gléo, 4 gleo, 3–6 gle, 3, 6 Sc. glie, 6 glye, 4– glee. [OE. gl{iacu}w, gléo neut. = ON. gl{yacu} (rare); the word is wanting in the other Te...
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uptake
▪ I. ˈuptake, n. Also Sc. uptak', north. dial. uptack. [up- 2. Cf. ON. and Icel. upptak neut., upptaka fem.] 1. The action of, or capacity for, understanding; comprehension. Usu. in phr. quick (slow, gleg (Sc.), etc.) on (at, in) the uptake. orig. Sc.1816 Scott Old Mort. vii, Everybody's no sae gleg...
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sliddery
ˈsliddery, a. Now dial. Forms: 3 slid(d)ri, 5 slydrye, 6 slyddry, -rie, 6–7 slidrie, 8 slidd'ry, 8–9 sliddry; 3–5 slideri, 4 -ery, slydery, sledery (6 Sc. -erie), 5, 7 (9) slidderie, 9 sliddery. [f. slidder v. + -y. Cf. MDu. sliderich.] 1. Slippery; on which one may readily slip.a 1225 Ancr. R. 252 ...
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hound
▪ I. hound, n.1 (haʊnd) Forms: 1–6 hund, (3–5 hond, 4–6 hunde, hounde, 5–7 hownd, -e; 5 howne, 6 hown, 7 huin), 3– hound. [Com. Teut.: OE. hund = OFris. hund, hond, OS. hund (LG. hund, MDu. hont (d-), Du. hond), OHG. hunt (d-), (MHG. hunt, G. hund), ON. hundr (Sw., Da. hund), Goth. hunds:—OTeut. *hu...
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