A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Glim, n. [Of doubtful origin. In later Eng. in other senses.] A glance, a glimpse. —c1616 Hume Orthog. 2.
To draue your eie … to take a glim of a thing of so mean contemplation
