| 单词 | to give one the glaiks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (†play) one the glaiks 1. plural. Mocking deception; chiefly in the phrases to give (†play) one the glaiks, to cheat, swindle one; to get the glaik(s, to be cheated or deceived. Cf. gleek n.2 ΚΠ 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 216 Greit in the glaykis, gude maister Gilliam gukkis. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 1871 I se they haue playit me the glaiks. 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxv. 110 This sylit, begylit, They will bot get þe glaikis. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 471 Another writeng sensles, ful of Gukis and Glaikis. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 59 We did nothing but hunt the glaiks. Note. Hunt the glaiks, go of a fool's errand. 17.. in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (1776) II. 230 She gave me the glaiks when a' was done. 1755 R. Forbes tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 7 Yet routh o' honour he has got, Ev'n tho he gets the glaik. 1805 A. Scott Poems (1808) 121 Lads the glaiks did gie ye..when ye were young. < as lemmas |
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