Definition of Gliffing

1. a moment [n -S] - See also: moment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gliffing

glidepaths
glider
glider gun
gliders
glides
glidest
glideth
gliding
gliding bacteria
gliding joint
gliding occlusion
gliding plane
glidingly
glidings
gliff
gliffing (current term)
gliffings
gliffs
glift
glifts
glike
glikes
glim
glime
glimed
glimepiride
glimes
gliming
glimmer
glimmered

Literary usage of Gliffing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Waverley Novels by Walter Scott (1870)
"... wherefore I asked them, I'll gie you a bit canny advice, and ye maunna speir what for neither. Tib Mumps will be out wi' the stirrup-dram in a gliffing; ..."

2. Guy Mannering by Walter Scott (1910)
"Tib Mumps will be out wi' the stirrup-dram in a gliffing. She 'll ask ye whether ye gang ower Willie's Brae or through Cons- ..."

3. The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last by Walter Scott (1833)
"... you may depend on't— Keep the door locked, and 111 speak to these gentlemen in a gliffing—But first I maun hae a crack wi' an auid acquaintance here. ..."

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