单词 | glaik |
释义 | glaikn. Scottish. 1. plural. Mocking deception; chiefly in the phrases to give (†play) one the glaiks, to cheat, swindle one; to get the glaik(s, to be cheated or deceived. Cf. gleek n.2 ΚΠ 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 216 Greit in the glaykis, gude maister Gilliam gukkis. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 1871 I se they haue playit me the glaiks. 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxv. 110 This sylit, begylit, They will bot get þe glaikis. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 471 Another writeng sensles, ful of Gukis and Glaikis. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 59 We did nothing but hunt the glaiks. Note. Hunt the glaiks, go of a fool's errand. 17.. in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (1776) II. 230 She gave me the glaiks when a' was done. 1755 R. Forbes tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 7 Yet routh o' honour he has got, Ev'n tho he gets the glaik. 1805 A. Scott Poems (1808) 121 Lads the glaiks did gie ye..when ye were young. 2. A contemptuous epithet applied to a person. ΚΠ 1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 268 His wyfe bad him ga hame gub glaikis.] 1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël I. 20 Och sorrow be on the glaik, my own heart will never warm to her. 3. ‘A child's toy or puzzle’ (Jamieson).[Perhaps quot. 1638 for glaxe should come here; see glaiks n. ] ΚΠ 1893 W. Gregor in Poems W. Dunbar III. 62 The original meaning of glaiks seems to be a reflected light dazzling and so deceiving the eyes... I have seen a toy called ‘the glaykis’ which was composed of several pieces of notched wood fitted into each other in such a manner that they can be separated only in one way. 1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man iii Why should a grown man..care about the glaiks and puppet plays of a lassie of sixteen? 4. A flash of light. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 320 Gazing, glancing-glasses they are, fit only to fling the glaiks in folks een. 1823 J. Galt Entail II. xix. 186 He has glaiks and gleams o' sense about him, that [etc.]. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 175 His een..Ae single styme afore his nose, They couldna see for glaiks. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. v. 215 The rising sun was..sprinkling the floor of the forest-aisles with glaiks and gleams. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † glaikv. Scottish. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To gaze wantonly or idly. ΚΠ c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xx. 42 The blenkyne of ane E Ay gart the goif and glaik. ?1590–1 J. Burel Passage of Pilgremer i, in Poems sig. O On sik consaits to glaik. 2. transitive. a. To befool, delude. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)] belirtOE bitruflea1250 begab1297 bobc1320 bedaffc1386 befool1393 mock1440 triflea1450 glaik?a1513 bedawa1529 fond?1529 allude1535 gulla1550 dolt1553 dor1570 poop1575 colt1579 foolify1581 assot1583 noddify1583 begecka1586 elude1594 wigeona1595 fool1598 noddy1600 fop1602 begull1605 waddle1606 woodcockize1611 bemocka1616 greasea1625 noddypoop1640 truff1657 bubble1668 cully1676 coaxc1679 dupe1704 to play off1712 noodle1769 idiotize1775 oxify1804 tomfool1835 sammyfoozle1837 trail1847 pipe lay1848 pigwidgeon1852 green1853 con1896 rib1912 shuck1959 ?a1513 [see glaiking n. at Derivatives]. c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xi. 33 Get ȝe ane goldin hour to glak thame [women]. b. ? To pervert, sophisticate. ΚΠ 1567 Gude & G. Ballatis (1897) 178 Thocht thow be of Religioun..Ȝit and thow glaik or gagioun The treuth, thow sall cum downe. 3. To dazzle (the eyes). ΚΠ 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 3 Thou at his elbuck stood unseen, And wi' thy glamour glaik'd his een. DerivativesΚΠ a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 147 Sum takkis our littill awtoritie, And sum our mekle, and that is glaiking. In taking sowld discretioun be. ΚΠ a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 751 Gleyd glaiker, roome raiker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1508v.?a1513 |
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