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Definition of Glaiks
1. glaik [n] - See also: glaik
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glaiks
Literary usage of Glaiks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chronicle of Scottish Poetry: From the Thirteenth Century, to the Union of ...by James Sibbald by James Sibbald (1802)
"glaiks, a kind of puzzle or idle ... Gleek was formerly the name of a game at
cards ; hence perhaps glaiks came to ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"Hence, To cast Ac glaiks on one ; to make the reflection full on one, 3. 3. ...
To hunt the glaiks, to pursue with perpetual disappointment. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"B. Du. glichen (parallel with blicken), to shine ; Sc. glaiks, reflection of the
rays of light from a lucid body in motion ; to cast the ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"To Play the glaiks with one. To gull, to cheat. ... To Fling the glaiks in one's
een. To deceive, to impose on one, ..."
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