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Definition of Gliff
1. n. A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear.
Definition of Gliff
1. Noun. (UK Scotland dialect) A transient glance. ¹
2. Noun. (UK Scotland dialect) An unexpected view of something that startles one. ¹
3. Noun. (UK Scotland dialect) A sudden fear. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gliff
1. a brief moment [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gliff
Literary usage of Gliff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"Jamieson's conjecture regarding its derivation is very fanciful, and has been
deleted.] gliff, a. 1. A glimpse, a transient view, ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To gliff, GLOFF, QI.DFF, vn To be seized with sudden fear, S. Journal Lond. ...
To GLOFF, gliff, ». n. 1. To feel a sudden shock In consequence of plunging ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Also called slipping-plane. gliff ... A sudden fright or shock. gliff (glif), r.
[Sc. also glu/, glo/; < ME. glif- fen, ... Bide behind it for a gliff. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"Glow ; uneasy sensation of heat, Ang. gliff, ». I. A transient view, S. 2. ...
Го GLOFF, gliff, t>. n. 1. To feel a sudden shock in consequence of plunging ..."
5. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"gliff, a sudden fright. gliff, a glance, a glimpse. gliff, to frighten, as with
... a glance of light ; a transient ray, a transient view. Compare gliff, 2. ..."
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