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glance, glancie, glancin, glancy, glans, glanse, glansin, glaunce, glauncy, glence, glencie, glency,
glence [glɛns]
n. A glance. A flash, gleam.
dim. glencie A quick glance.
v. To glance.
 
glency
adj. Shiny, shining, bright.
 

Compounds and phrases etc.
 
glencin: Glancing. adj. Sparkling
glence on: To occur to.
glant, glent, glentin, glentit, glentit, glentle, glink, glinked, glinkit, glinntid, glinntit, glint, glintin, glintit, glintle, glunt,
glent [glɛnt, glɪnt]
also glink
n. A gleam, a flash of light.
v. To gleam, glint, shine, sparkle.
pt. glant, glentit, glinkit
pp. glentit, glinkit
 
glentle
v. To gleam, glint, shine, sparkle.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
glentin: Gleaming, glinting, shining, sparkling.
Glen_Muick, Loch_Muick,
Glen Muick [glɛn mɪk]
pn. Glen Muick (Aberdeenshire)
 
Loch Muick
pn. The body of water in Glen Muick.
glaerl, glerel, glerelit, gleret, glerl, glerlit,
glerel [I.Sh. ˈglærəl]
n. A smooth, glassy sheet of ice.
 
glerelit
adj. Glazed.
Glaesga, Glaisga, Glaisgo, Glasgaa, Glasgae, Glasgay, Glasgie, Glasgou, Glassgow, Gleasga, Gleasgae, Glesae, Glesca, Glesca$, Glescae, Glesco, Glesga, Glesgae, Glesgah, Glesgay, Glesgi, Gles-gi, Glesgie, Glesgo, Glesgy, Gleska, Gleski, Gleskie, Glesko, Glessgae, Glezga, Glezgie, Port_Glesca, Port_Glesgae, weedge, weedgie, weedje, weedjie, weegie, weejie,
Glesgae [ˈglɛzge, ˈglɛzgə, ˈglɛskə, ˈglezgə ˈgleskə]
pn. Glasgow.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Glesgae magistrate: A salt or red herring.
Port Glesgae: Port Glasgow (Inverclyde), locally the Port.
Weegie [ˈwidʒiː]: sl. A Glaswegian.
glaess, glaesses, glaiss, glaisses, glaissie, glassie, glassy, gleeses, gless, glesses, glessheid, glessie, glessy, glessy, keekin$-glass, keekin-gless, keikin-gless, leukin-gless, luikin-gless, lukin-gless, lukkin-gless, san-gless, saund-gless, seein-gless, synin_gless, synin-gless, watter-gless,
gless [glɛs, gles]
n. Glass. A crystal ball.
dim. glessie A glass marble, a boiled sweet.
pl. glesses [ˈglɛsəs, ˈglesəs] Glasses, spectacles.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
glessheid [ˈglɛs-, ˈgles-]: A dragonfly.
glessy: Glassy.
keekin-gless, leukin-gless, seein-gless: A mirror.
puir man's wather-gless: WC. the scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis or MN. the bittersweet Solanum dulcamara.
rin the gless: Used up the allotted time.
saund-gless: An hourglass.
watter-gless MN.: A water-glass. A solution used for preserving eggs.
Glaisterlaw, Glesterlaa, Glesterlaw,
Glesterlaw [ˈglɛstərlɑː, -lɔː, -la, ˈglestər-ː]
pn. Glasterlaw (Angus).
glet, glett,
glet [I.Ork. glɛt]
n. A temporary clearing of the sky on a cloudy or rainy day.
aglae, aglay, aglee, a-glee, aglei, agley, aglie, glay, glead, glee, gleed, gleide, gleit, gley, gley$d, gleyd, gleyed, gleyt, glide, glie, gligh, gly, glyde, glyed, gly-eyed, glyte,
gley [gləi, gliː]
n. A squint, a sidelong or sly look.
v. To squint, to cast a sidelong glance, to look askance.
pt. pp. gleyed adj. Squint-eyed, having a squint. Off the straight, awry. Mistaken, misguided.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
agley [əˈ-]: adv. adj. Asquint, off the straight, awry, obliquely.
gang agley: Go awry, go wrong.
glib, glibe, glib-gabbit, glybe,
glib [glɪb]
adj. Smooth, slippery, cunning, ready. Voluble, fluent.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
glib-gabbit: With ready tongue.

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