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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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GLOWE, n. Sc. form of Eng. glow, a blaze; “a glowing coal” (Ant. 1892 Ballymena Obs. (E.D.D.); Abd., Ags., Per., Wgt., Kcb. 1954). See P.L.D. § 47 (1). [glʌu]Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 34:
To ilk tar-tun he pat the lowe; At ance it flew up in a glowe.Ags. 1894 A. Reid Sangs 46:
It was mirk as the deid o' a winter nicht, But it tint a' its dule in a glowe o' licht.Lnl. 1910 J. White Eppie Gray 3:
. . . the sun's bricht axle by degrees Sinks in the Western Hebrides, An a' is in a glimmerin glowe.Ags. 1993 Mary McIntosh in Joy Hendry Chapman 74-5 112:
Thar wis a spladge o orange i the sky aa shotten through wi a crammasie glowe, an he shiddered as the nicht creepit roon him.