2. Denoting the polish given to language.

Isl. _glitt-a_, fulgere.

_Pal. Hon._

GLE-MEN, _s. pl._ Minstrel.

V. ~Gle~.

GLENDER-GANE, _adj._ In a declining state of health, in bad circ.u.mstances, or engaged in immoral habits; _glender-gear_, id. S.

From _glanders_, a disease of horses.

GLENGORE, GLENGOUR, GRANDGORE, _s._ Lues venerea.

_Dunbar._

Fr. _gorre_, id. also _grande gorre_, Roquefort; or q. _glandgore_.

_To_ GLENT, GLINT, _v. n._

1. To glance, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To pa.s.s suddenly, S.

_Minst. Bord._

3. To peep out, S.

_Burns._

4. To squint, S. B.

_Cleland._

~Glent~, ~Glint~, _s._ A glance, S.

_Ramsay._

2. A transient view, S.

3. A moment; _In a glent_, immediately, S.

Teut. _glants_, splendor.

_Ross._

_To_ GLEUIN, _v. n._ To glow.

V. ~Gliffin~.

_Douglas._

_To_ GLEW, _v. a._ To make merry.

A. S. _gleow-ian_, jocari.

_King Hart._

~Glew~, _s._ Sport.

V. ~Gle.~

GLIB-GABBET, _adj._ Having a glib tongue, S.

_Burns._

GLID, _adj._ Slippery.

V. ~Glad~.

_To_ GLIFF, GLOFF, GLUFF, _v. n._ To be seized with sudden fear, S.

_Journal Lond._

_To_ ~Gliff~, _v. a._ To affright, to alarm, S. A. _It glift him_, Loth.

_Gluft_, id. Caithn.

~Gliff~, ~Gloff~, ~Gluff~, _s._

1. A sudden fear, Loth.

_Ramsay._

2. The shock felt in plunging into water, S. B.

_Ross._

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