glout

noun, verb — 4 senses

glout

noun

/ɡluːt/ · /ɡlaʊt/

Etymology From Scots. Compare gloat.

1

Obsolete A sulky look.

2

Obsolete A stare.

glout

verb

Etymology From Scots. Compare gloat.

1

Obsolete To sulk; to be sulky; to pout.

"Mehalah!" called Mrs. Sharland. "I will not have you glouting in there any longer. Come out."1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes:

2

Obsolete To stare; to stare gloatingly.

... namely that whosoever attempteth any thing for the publike (specially if it pertaine to Religion, and to the opening and clearing of the word of God) the same setteth himselfe upon a stage to be glouted upon by every evil eye, yea, he casteth himselfe headlong upon pikes, to be gored by every sharpe tongue.1769, The King James Bible - Oxford Standard Text, published 1611, Preface:

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