glimen.
/ɡlʌɪm/ northern.
A side look or glance.
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1887 H. Caine Deemster I. x. 218 ‘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.
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glimev.
/ɡlʌɪm/ dialect.† 1. intransitive. To squint. Obsolete, rare. Implied in glimer n.
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2. To look askance or shyly.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look sideways
schule?c1225
to look asidec1230
bagge1369
gogglec1380
to look awryc1400
slizec1400
leer1530
to look askew1538
skew1570
gloat1576
to glance one's eye, look1590
squean1608
squinny1608
squint1610
sken1611
sleer1680
glime1684
skime1691
side-glance1799
1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. (E.D.S. No. 76) 481 Thou Glincks and glimes seay, I'd misken'd thy Face, If thou had wont at onny other place.
a1743 J. Relph Misc. of Poems (1747) 2 Heedless I glim'd, nor cou'd my een command, Till gash the sickle went into my hand.
1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 63 Aye he owre his shou'der glym'd.
1886 H. Caine Son of Hagar i. vii All the lasses wad be glyming at him.
1894 H. Caine Manxman 187 Pete grunted and glimed, smoked up the chimney, and [etc.].
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1483 Cath. Angl. 159/1 A Glymyr, luscus, limus.
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