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Page 27 of 55 for the letter G

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.
glid, glidder, glidders,
glid [S. glɪd]
adj. S. Smooth, easy in motion. Slippery like ice. Untrustworthy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
glidders: S. Loose stones on a hill-side. Scree.
gleide, gleidin, gleyd, glide, glidin, glyde,
glide [gləid]
v. To glide. To move or go easily or smoothly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
glidin: Gliding.
glaff, glaffi, gliff, gloff, gluf, gluff, gluff, gluffus, gluffy,
gliff [glɪf, glɛf]
also gluff [glʌf]
n. A glimpse, a glance. A moment, an instant. A fright, a scare. A sudden or passing sensation either of pain or pleasure, a shock, a thrill, an impulse. A sudden blast of cold, heat or wind etc.
v. To glance in a hurried manner. To frighten, startle.
 
gluffy
adj. I. Unpredictable.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
in a gliff: In a trice.
gluffus NN.b. I.Ork.: A blustering person.
glig, gligg,
glig [I.Sh. glɪg]
n. A hole in a byre-wall that lets in light, air and hens.
glim, glimm, glimro, limro,
glim [glɪm]
n. N. I. A gleam, a faint streak of light.
 
glimro [′lgɪmro, ′glimru]
n. I.Ork. A phosphorescent glow.
 
See also gleam.
gleim, gleimed, glime, glime$t, glimed, gloame, glyme, glymed,
glime [gləim]
n. A sidelong look, a sly glance.
v. To look askance, to take a sidelong glance, to squint, to look slyly or shyly.
pt. pp. glime't, glimed
glimp, glimpse, glimse, glimsh,
glimpse [glɪm(p)s, MN. glɪmʃ]
also glimp
n. A glimpse, a passing glance, a hurried view. A slight idea, a notion.
v. To glimpse, to blink.
glinder, glindered, glinder-ee$d, glinderit, glindert, glindrit, gliner-eed,
glinder [I.Sh. ˈglɪndər]
v. To peep through half-shut eyes, to peer.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
glinder-ee'd: adj. Wall-eyed.

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