单词 | glisk |
释义 | gliskn. Scottish. 1. A slight look; a glimpse. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > hasty glance1591 look-in1653 squint1673 gliska1713 run-over1814 once-over1913 up and down1923 a1713 A. Pitcairne Assembly (1722) i. iii. 18 The Malignants, whom they knew by the first Glisk of their Face. 1716 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 164 I was much pleased with the glisk I took of it [a book]. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvi. 238 They just got a glisk o' his Honour as he gaed into the wood. View more context for this quotation 1922 J. Buchan Huntingtower vii. 138 I took a walk and got a glisk of the House and I liked the look of it. 2. A glance (of the eye); a gleam, glimmer, flash (of light). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker blenka1400 blushc1400 gleamc1440 glance?a1513 glinta1542 glish1570 glimpse1603 glimmera1616 glimble1658 blink1717 glent1728 shimmer1821 glisk1824 flicker1849 glist1864 styme1888 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xviii. 207 I wauld na gi'e a glisk of thae bonny een of your's for aw the eyes o' the world put thegither. 1870 A. Wanless in Crockett Minstr. Merse (1893) 231 The glisks o' heaven will never fade. 1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 341 The rapture of her eye infected me like a glisk of the sun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gliskv. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > glance or look quickly glent1303 gliffc1330 gleam1340 blenka1375 keekc1405 glidec1425 gliffen1489 runa1500 glish1570 glance1582 to glance one's eye, look1590 blink1592 squint1610 reflect1611 teet1710 glisk1720 glint1888 1720 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 490 I have only got time to glisk it over cursorily. 2. dialect. To glitter, shine. ΚΠ 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 72 It glisk'd like a piece of glass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1713v.1720 |
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