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Definition of Glaik
1. a flash [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glaik
Literary usage of Glaik
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... Maid in the Mill, ii. 2. See examples in Nares. It is the same as Lowl. Sc.
glaik, a glance of the eye, a deception, a trick, cheat, toy; ..."
2. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"... lo gull, to cheat; u get the glaik, to be gulled or cheated ; and bi seems
inclined to suspect that it is radically the same (and indeed it appears to ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"glaik, (ii.Mki-:, ». 1. A glance of the rye. Ayr-. 2. ... to deceive, to impose
on one, S. To get the glaik, la be gulled or cheated, SB Lea. ..."
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