释义 |
ˈgliffing, vbl. n. Sc. [f. gliff v. + -ing1.] 1. The time required to give a glance; an instant.
1815Scott Guy M. xxii, Tib Mumps will be out wi' the stirrup-dram in a gliffing. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 38 In a gliffin' ilka bishop Ramm'd in his hand and cleik'd his fish up. 2. A surprise, fright.
1813Picken Misc. Poems II. 47 It was an unco gliffin. |