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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gluve, Glufe, Gluif, n. Also: gluf, gluff(e, gluife, gluyf. Pl. gluvis (glvuis), gluwis, gluwys, glufis, -es, gluffis, gluifis, -es, gluiffis, -es; glovis, glowis, -es, gloov(e)s, glouf(e)s. [ME. gloove, glove (glowe), glofe, OE. glóf, ON. glófe, glófi.]

1. A glove.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xvii. 239.
Bot myne gluwis & myne rynge Thare I lewyt 14.. Acts I. 336/2.
Skynnaris … mak gluvis and vther graith or thair lethir be kindely wrocht and maid c1420 Wynt. vii. 1998.
Hawand … gluwys on his handys twa 1488 Treas. Acc. I. 103.
To Master Robert Cokburne for gluvis to the Dwke 1526 Ib. V. 275.
For veluus … to be ane gluve till his sair hand 1562 Edinb. B. Deeds 62 b.
Ane pair of schone, … ane pair of glvuis 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 14.
Sa mony of the assistandis to thys act as be graduat in divinite … sal haif … ane pair of gluvis 1585 Edinb. Test. XIV. 184.
Tuentie pair of doubill gluvis … , fyftene pair of frenȝeit gluvis … , tuentie dosan of playne gluvis … , vij pair of kingis gluvis 1596 Dalr. I. 101/24.
Thay vse … to put a gluue vpon the poynte of ane speir in exprobratione and schame of him quha crakit his creddence(b) a1400 Leg. S. xvii. 251.
Thai … brocht the ta glufe and the rynge & levyt the todyre 1462 Peebles B. Rec. 145.
The sayd Schyr John resygnyt vp with a glufe in the balyais handis Ib.
With the said gluf [they] gat possessioun … of that sayd seruis c1475 Wall. ix. 169.
The Reid Reiffar … Held out a gluff, in takyn off the trew 1501 Acta Conc. II. 489.
Twa paire of gluffis quhit for the doubling of blanchferme of the sammyn landis 1542 Treas. Acc. VIII. 115.
Ane bow, ane brais, ane gluffe, to the Quenis grace 1557 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 12.
This said wyne disponit to the saidis seriandis in recompence of thair deutie of the schereffis gluffis dischargit at this present fair of Alhallomes a1570-86 Maitl. F. clxxviii. 92.
Thair gluffis perfomit in thair hand Helpis meikill thair countenance 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 153.
That they make glufes … before their lether be kindlie wrocht(c) 1535 Stewart 41507.
He … kest his gluif to preif that all wes trew 1547 Black Bk. Taymouth 184.
The said Iohne M^cBay and Mare Vykfaill … hes deliuerit ane gluyf … in taikin of all their gudis … efter their decess c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1077.
Scho gaif him hir richt hand gluif, The quhilk he on his basnet bure 1567 Treas. Acc. MS. 58.
vj pair of small cuttit gluiffis 1586 Edinb. Test. XV. 329.
xxx pair of chiveroun gluifis Ib.
Fyftene pair of doubill dog ledder … gluifis 1607 Dundee B. Laws 411.
Ane pair of dowbill gluiffis of haill ledder, ane pair of singill gluiffis 1629 M. Works Acc. XXIV. 18.
For … gluiffis to the tuo casteris and thair hailler 1637 Banff Ann. I. 77.
The thifteous steilling … off … ane pair of gluiffes and twyne thred(d) 1551 Treas. Acc. X. 18.
Ane dosane paris of glovves 1571 Edinb. Test. I. 192 b.
Aucht pair of glovis 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Serplath.
Twelue dowzane of glooues, or ledder poyntes, makis ane grosse 1641 Acts V. 590/2.
The … schireffis glowes, tolles, customes, … and all vthir fies 1675 Cunningham Diary 61.
For 2 pair of good gloovs(e) 1603 Montgomery Mem. 245.
For tou par of gloufes, v s. 1649 Wemyss Chart II. 231.
My best gloufs … laying in the kalbinet in my husbands stoudei

b. The glove aimed at in the exercise of riding at the glove. 1580-92 James VI Lusus R. 6.
We heir are sent … with thir oure brether deir, Quho are prepairid for gluife or ring or any sporte with speir

2. A gauntlet. Usu. in pl. gluvis (etc.) of plate. 14.. Acts I. 113/2.
That … evir ilk lawyt man … sal haf … a gud suffyciand acton, a basnet, & gluffis of playt c1475 Wall. iii. 89.
His glowis of plait in claith war couerit weill Ib. viii. 1207.
His glytterand glowis grawin on ather sid 1491 Acts II. 326/2.
That euere man be furnist … with quhite harnes, brekantynes, or gude iakkis, with splentis & gluffis 1502–3 Treas. Acc. II. 199.
For tua gluffis of plait 1514 Irvine Mun. I. 35.
That thai … be wele abulȝeit … in quhite harnes, … gorgettis, gluvis of piait [etc.] 1539 Treas. Acc. VII. 13.
Ane gluff of plait c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 537.
The squyer … him bair … Throw curras and throw gluifis of plait