Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1790-1801
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†GLIM, n.2, adj.
I. n. A vain snatch at something, “an ineffectual attempt to lay hold of an object”; a fumble.Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 336:
. . . ane, like you, o' skilly ee, May mony glim and snapper see, Yet spare your blame.
Phr.: to gie one the glim, to give one the slip, to disappoint one.Abd. 1801 W. Beattie Parings 8:
But, sang, I ga'e mysel' the glim, For a' my cracks.
II. adj. Blind (Abd. 1808 Jam.). sc. groping.
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