glackn.
/ɡlak/, U.S. /ɡlæk/, Scottish English /ɡlak/ Scottish.
1. A deep and narrow mountain-valley.
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brem valayc1400
glack1535
grain1542
by-slade1635
by-vale1686
water gap1756
hanging valley1900
through valley1901
palm bottom1902
wadi1902
pocket valley1904
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 147 Herbis that in the mont than grew, And glak and glen in hole and mony hirne.
1803 J. Jamieson Water Kelpie in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 359 Frae yon deep glack, at Catla's back.
1818 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (ed. 2) 34 Deep i the glack, and round the well.
1888 D. Beveridge Between Ochils & Forth vii. 98 A beautiful defile or glack, as it is called in that part of the country.
2.
a. The fork of a tree.
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18.. Donald & Flora 155 (Jam.) That is the spreading branch that used to shade us, And that's the braid wide glack we used to sit on.
b. A spot where roads diverge.
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1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxv. 179 Yon was him't we met at the glack o' the roads.
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