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Quotation dates: 1916-1952
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GLINDER, v. To peep through half-shut eyes, to peer (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., Sh.10 1954); to blink (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh.7 1935). [′glɪndər]Sh. 1916 J. Burgess Rasmie's Smaa Murr, Dezember 11:
Whin da sun glinders, ye may see winders.Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 152:
As I wis glinderin ta da aestard Troo yon dim ooncertain light.
Hence glinder-eed, glind(e)rit, adj., “that peeps through half-closed eyes, blinking” (Jak.); wall-eyed (Edm. Gl., glinderit, Sh. 1932 J. M. E. Saxby Trad. Lore 194, glindrit).
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