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glair, glair, glairy, glairy-flairy, glare, glarie, glary, glary-flairy, glary-flary, glaur,
glare [gler]
n. A glare.
v. To glare.
 
glary
adj. Glary, dazzling, glaring. Gaudy, showy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
glary-flary: Gaudy, showy.
glaishan, glaisin, glashan, glassin, glassock, gleshan, gleshing,
glashan [glaʃən, gleʃən]
n. U. WC. The coalfish Pollachius virens in its second or third year.
also glassock
 
From Gaelic glaisean
clem, glaam, glaamach, glaamed, glaamin, glam, glamed, glammach, glammin, glammoch, glamp, glamped, glampin, glampit, glamsh, glamshach, glaum, glaum$d, glaumach, glaumed, glaumer, glaumin, glaump, glaumpin, glaumshach, glaumt, glaunch, gloamer, gloamr, glom, glomer, glons, glumps, glumpse, glums, glumse, glumsh, glumshach, glunsh,
glaum [glɑːm, glɔːm, N. I. glaːm]
also glaumoch [-məx]
v. To snatch, grab, to clutch, to grope.
pt. pp. glaumt, glaumed
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
glaum at: To snatch at.
glaumin: Snatching, grabbing.
glaumer: To seek for or gather up with the fingers, to grope.
glaums [NN.b. I. glaːms, glʌms, glʌnʃ] An abrupt rude reply. To bite.
glaumshach: C. MN. Greedy, grasping, gluttonous. A morsel.
glaam, glaamin, glam, glammin, glamp, glampin, glaum, glaumin, glaump, glaumpin,
glaum [glɑːm, glɔːm, N. I. glaːm]
v. To stare.
 
glaumin [ˈglɑːmɪn, ˈglɔːmɪn, N. I. ˈglaːmɪn]
v. Staring.
Glaams, Glams, Glaums,
Glaums [glɑːmz, N. glaːmz]
pn. Glamis (Angus).
clarr, clarrie, clarried, clarrit, clarry, clary, claurie, clauried, claurit, glaar, glaarie, glaarsel, glaary, glar, glarry, glaur, glaur_sel, glaurie, glaursel, glaursle, glaury, glore,
glaur [glɑːr, glɔːr, N. glaːr, gleːr]
n. Clay, mud in puddles, ooze.
v. To dirty, soil, especially to dirty or cover with mud, to make slimy or slippery.
 
glaurie [′glɑːri, glɔːri, N. ′glaːri, ′gleːri]
adj. Muddy, slimy. Of weather: sticky, clammy.
 
clarry [WC. SWC. U. ′gla(ː)ri, ′kleːri]
n. A mess. A generous spread of butter or jam etc. A daub of paint.
v. To besmear.
pt. pp. clarrit, clarried
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
glaur's sel, contracted glaursel: Mud itself, a sea of mud, completely covered with mud, bemired.
Glaarie_Foord, Glarryford, Glaurie_Fuird, Glaurie_Fuird, Glauryfuird,
Glauryfuird [ˈglɑːrefʌrd]
pn. Glarryford (County Antrim).
 
From glaur + fuird
glaise, glaize, glaizie, glaizy, glaze, glaze, glazey, glazie, glazy,
glaze [gleːz]
v. To glaze, to smooth. SW. U. A warm at a fire.
pt. pp. glazed
 
glazie [ˈgleːzi]
adj. Smooth and shining.
glaem, glaim, glame, glamin$, gleam, gleamin, gleamoch, gleem, gleemoch, gleim, gleym, glimmer,
gleam [glim, glem]
n. A flash of lightning, a flame.
dim. MN. gleamoch
v. To gleam.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gleamin: Gleaming.
glimmer [ˈglɪmər]: To Glimmer. To blink.
glaen, glain, glean, gleaner, gleanins, gleenuns, glein, gleyn,
glean [glin]
v. To glean.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gleaner: A gleaner.
gleanins: Grains etc. left in the field after harvesting.

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