Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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‡FLARY, adj. Gaudy, showy (Kcb. 1951). For comb. glairy-flairy, see Glairy.Dmf. 1866 Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 157:
They were not so well dressed as their Edinburgh sisters; sometimes flary, glary, colours too flagrant and ill-assorted.Dmf. 1873 Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Letters (ed. Froude) I. 263:
Flary, staring, and conceited, stolid-looking girls.
