A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Glowme, Gloume, Gloom, n. [f. Glowm(e,v.] A frown; a scowl.1596 Dalr. II. 462/20.
Bosting the pane confirmet be the edict with a gloume [L. supercilio] inttollerable 1629 Boyd Last B. 1.
Nowe God's glowmes, … make heart and soule to melt Ib. 118.
There is sweete in his glowmes, and loue in his looke, euen while hee seemeth to be angrie 1636 Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 184.
I trust in God not to call His glooms unkind again 1640 Baillie I. 283.
A gloom of the King's brow would disperse this feeble people
