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

GLID, adj. Slippery.
V. [Glad].

To GLIFF, GLOFF, GLUFF, v. n. To be seized with sudden fear, S.
Journal Lond.

To Gliff, v. a. To affright, to alarm, S. A. It glift him, Loth. Gluft, id. Caithn.

Gliff, Gloff, Gluff, s.
1. A sudden fear, Loth.
Ramsay.
2. The shock felt in plunging into water, S. B.
Ross.
3. Glow, uneasy sensation of heat, Ang.

GLIFF, s.
1. A transient view, S.
2. A moment, S.
Mannering.

To GLIFFIN, v. n. To open the eyes at intervals, in awaking from a disturbed sleep.
V. [Gleuin].
Barbour.

GLIM, s. An effectual attempt to lay hold of an object, Aberd.
Shirrefs.

Glim, adj. Blind, Aberd.

Glim-glam, s. Blind man's buff.
Ibid.

Isl. glam, visu hebes.