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▪ I. gliff, n. Now only Sc. or north.|glɪf|
[f. gliff v.]
1. A passing view; a glance, glimpse.
1570Levins Manip. 117/29 A Glyffe, respectus. 1730T. Boston Mem. App. 45 But the first gliff as we call it is the worst. a1743Relph in Songs & Ballads Cumberld. (1866) 16 Here it was..That first I gat a gliff o' Betty's feace. 1802R. Anderson Cumberld. Ball. 52 My fadder he just gat a gliff on't. 1845G. Murray Islaford 108 'Twas a smothering gliff and a thought on thee. 1882Lanc. Gloss., Gliff (N. Lanc.), a glimpse, a transient sight.
b. A look or appearance that reminds one (of a person).
1886Stevenson Kidnapped vi. 50 And yet ye have a kind of gliff of Mr. Alexander.
2. A short space of time; a moment.
1816Scott Old Mort. xix, Where is Edith? Gone to her room..and laid down in her bed for a gliff. 1820― Monast. xxvi, I gaed a gliff up the burn. 1824― Redgauntlet ch. xi, Bide a gliff.
b. A quick movement; a whiff.
1820Edin. Mag. May 423 The mirk came in gliffs—in gliffs the mirk gade.
3. A sudden fright; a scare.
1732Ramsay Sc. Prov. (1797) 82 There came never sic a gliff to a daw's heart. 18..Rhymes in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. No. 5. 149 The browster gied us a' a gliff Wi' his barley bree. 1816Scott Antiq. xxvii, I, like a fule, gat a gliff wi' seeing the lights and the riders. 1825Blackw. Mag. XVII. 669/2 Oh, I was in a terrible gliff! 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss. s.v., I gat a sare gliff.
▪ II. gliff, v. Now only Sc. or north.|glɪf|
Also 3 gluffe |y|, 4 gleffe, 4, 6 glyff(e.
[Of obscure origin. Sense 1 is akin to that of Du. glippen and its cognates (see glibbery a.), but the form presents difficulty. Sense 3 may be a distinct word, perh. cogn. with gloppen. The pa. tense glyfte may belong to glift v.]
†1. To slip, glance aside; fig. to make a slip in reading.
a1225Ancr. R. 46 Ȝif ȝe þurh ȝemeleaste gluffeð [v.r. gliffen] of wordes. c1290[see glide v. 5]. c1330Arth. & Merl. (Kölbing) 8990 He wold his nek smiten eft, & þe dint a litel gleft.
†2.
a. To look quickly, to give a glance; also quasi-trans., to gliff one's eyes.
b. To shine suddenly; to make a flash. Obs.
a.c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 3399 Atte passage glyfte þey þer eyene [v.r. þei glift Ine]. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 849 Þe god man glyfte with þat glam & gloped for noyse. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2265 Bot Gawayn on þat giserne glyfte hym bysyde. c1420Anturs of Arth. xxviii, He gliffed [Thornton MS. glyfte] vp with his eighen on þat burde bright. c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 7310 That saw [Clarionas] and glift, The blade she perceiued bright. 1570Levins Manip. 117/31 To Glyffe, respicere.
b.a1400–50Alexander 4599 Garlands ne no gay gere to glyffe in ȝour eȝen.
3. trans. To frighten. Cf. agliff and gloff.
1823E. Logan St. Johnstoun III. 144 Ye hae gliffed us amaist out o' our very senses. 1863Tynside Songs, Clock Fyece 2 Noo lisen me, An' thou shall hear what's gliffed me see. 1891Newcastle Daily Jrnl. 13 Mar. 5/5, I only meant to gliff him. |