Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1719, 1819-1846
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†GLISS, v. To shine, glisten; found only in pa.t. and ppl.adj. glist.Sc. 1719 in Ramsay T.T.Misc. (1876) I. 224:
Her girdle shawd her middle jimp, And gowden glist her hair.Rnf. 1819 Harp Rnf. (Motherwell 1872) 210:
Gowden glist the yellow links, That round her neck she'd twine.Edb. 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie 29:
Come wi' the red cherries ripe on thy mou' A' glist' wi' balm, like the dew on the lea.Sc. 1846 Whistle-Binkie, Songs for the Nursery 91:
The callans' een were glist wi' tears, they gazed on ane anither.
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