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▪ I. glime, n. north.|glaɪm|
[f. the vb.]
A side look or glance.
1887Hall Caine Deemster x. 69 ‘Aw, ye wouldn't think it's true, would ye, now?’ said Ned, with a wink at Dan, and a ‘glime’ at Davy. ‘And what's that?’ said Dan, with another ‘glime’ at the lad.
▪ II. glime, v. dial.|glaɪm|
Also 9 gleym, glyme.
[Of obscure origin: the localities would suggest derivation from ON., but no similar form occurs in that lang. Cf. glee v.]
†1. intr. To squint. Obs.—0, implied in glimer.
2. To look askance or shyly.
1684Yorksh. Dial. 481 (E.D.S. No. 76) Thou Glincks and glimes seay, I'd misken'd thy Face, If thou had wont at onny other place. a1743Relph Miscell. Poems (1747) 2 Heedless I glim'd, nor cou'd my een command, Till gash the sickle went into my hand. 1803R. Anderson Cumberld. Ball. 65 Aye he owre his shou'der glym'd. 1886Hall Caine Son of Hagar i. vii, All the lasses wad be glyming at him. 1894― Manxman 187 Pete grunted and glimed, smoked up the chimney, and [etc.].
Hence † ˈglimer, one who squints.
1483Cath. Angl. 159/1 A Glymyr, luscus, limus. |