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gleck, gleck, gleg, gleg-ee$d, gleg-eed, glegg, gleglie, glegly, glegness, glegsome, gleig, glig, glig-eed,
gleg [glɛg, glɪg]
adj. Alert, smart, sharp, bright, intelligent, quick-witted. Smooth working, eager, nimble.
glegly [ˈglɛglɪ, ˈglɪglɪ]
adv. Sharply, keenly, quickly, attentively, briskly, smartly, skilfully, adroitly.
Compounds and phrases etc.
gleg-ee'd: Sharp-eyed.
gleg-gabbit: Smooth-tongued, glib, voluble.
glegsome [-səm]: Keen, sharp, eager.
glegness: Sharpness, keenness, cleverness.
glen,
glen [glɛn]
n. A (narrow) valley.
glance, glancin, glancy, glans, glanse, glansin, glaunce, glauncy, glence, glency,
glence [glɛns]
n. A glance. A flash, gleam.
v. To glance.
glency
adj. Shiny, shining, bright.
Compounds and phrases etc.
glencin: Glancing. adj. Sparkling
glence on: To occur to.
glant, glent, glentin, glentit, glentit, glentle, glink, glinked, glinkit, glinntid, glinntit, glint, glintin, glintit, glintle, glunt,
glent [glɛnt, glɪnt]
also glink
n. A gleam, a flash of light.
v. To gleam, glint, shine, sparkle.
pt. glant, glentit, glinkit
pp. glentit, glinkit
glentle
v. To gleam, glint, shine, sparkle.
Compounds and phrases etc.
glentin: Gleaming, glinting, shining, sparkling.
Glen_Muick, Loch_Muick,
Glen Muick [glɛn mɪk]
pn. Glen Muick (Aberdeenshire)
Loch Muick
pn. The body of water in Glen Muick.
glaerl, glerel, glerelit, gleret, glerl, glerlit,
glerel [I.Sh. ˈglærəl]
n. A smooth, glassy sheet of ice.
glerelit
adj. Glazed.
Glaisga, Glaisgo, Glasgae, Glasgay, Glasgie, Gleasga, Gleasgae, Glesca, Glesca$, Glescae, Glesco, Glesga, Glesgae, Glesgah, Glesgay, Glesgi, Gles-gi, Glesgie, Glesgy, Gleska, Gleski, 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.
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