gleg

verb, noun, adj — 3 senses

gleg

verb

/ɡlɛɡ/

1

Northern England To glance.

Synonyms: glance

gleg

noun

1

Northern England, Archaic A look or glance.

And besides, you'd do the tomb so well. Everybody feels as if they want a gleg at the skeleton in your vault.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

gleg

adj

1

Scotland Smart; quick; brisk.

One patted her neck, and assured her she was the gleggest and bonniest young thing she had ever seen.1856, Thomas Hamilton, The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton, page 279:

Derived terms: glegly, glegness

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