An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Gle-men, s. pl. Minstrels.
Dunbar.

A. S. gli-man, a musician.

GLEAM. Gane gleam, taken fire, S. B.
Poems Buchan Dial.

GLED, s. The kite, S.

To GLEEK, v. n. To gibe.
Sir J. Sinclair.

GLEG, adj.
1. Quick of perception, by means of any one of the senses, S., as gleg of the ee, S.
Fordun.
2. Keen; applied to edged tools, S.
J. Nicol.
3. Clever, expeditious, S.
Burns.
4. Attentive, S.
Ramsay.
5. Smooth, slippery; as gleg ice, S.
6. Quick of apprehension, S.
Ferguson.
7. Conjoined with the idea of avarice.
Ramsay.

Isl. gloegg-r, acer visu; acutus; attentus; consideratus; parcus; from Su. G. glo, attentis oculis videre.

Glegly, adv.
1. Expeditiously, S.
2. Attentively, S.
Ross.

GLEG, s. A gad-fly.
V. [Cleg].

To GLEY, GLYE, v. n.
1. To squint, S.
2. Metaph. to overlook.
Kelly.