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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GLIMP, n., v.

I. n. 1. = Eng. glimpse, lit. and fig. (Fif. 1954).Abd. 1865 G. Macdonald Alec Forbes xxi.:
I only got a glimp o't . . . in an auld news.Ork. 1922 in J. Firth Reminisc. 115:
Whate'er could fill their herts wi' glee Like ae glimp o' the cruizie?Fif. 1929 A. Taylor Bitter Bread 186:
Whiles ye get a glimp o' what he micht ha' been but for those wasted years o' exile.

2. Fig. A slight idea, a notion (Bnff.² 1945).Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xxx.:
“Do you know what it means, Nicie?” “No ae glimp, missie,” answered Nicie.

†II. v. To blink.Gall. 1881 J. K. Scott Gall. Gleanings 89:
Jess, wi' nieve at his een, Gaured Jock stan' baith glimpin' an' winkin'.