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▪ I. † ˈglumming, vbl. n. Obs. [f. glum v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. glum.
a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 35 And so there was never pees betwene hem, but ever glomyng, louring, and chiding. a1529Skelton Col. Cloute 83 And as for theyr connynge, A glommynge, and a mummynge, And make thereof a jape. a1553Udall Royster D. i. i. (Arb.) 12, I haue yond espied hym sadly comming, And in loue for twentie pounde, by hys glommyng. 1575Gamm. Gurton iii. iii, What deuill woman, plucke vp your hart, & leue of al this gloming. ▪ II. † ˈglumming, ppl. a. Obs. [f. glum v. + -ing2.] That looks glum or sullen.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 94 But declyne from his company, with glummynge or froward manner. 1549Chaloner Erasm. on Folly C j, Who would..serche the maner of living of those soure and glommyng gods? 1572tr. Buchanan's Detect. Mary N ij, There was all the way a sad glumming silence. 1573–80Baret Alv. G 296. |