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Quotation dates: 1824-1825
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†GLAISTER, GLASTER, v.2
1. To bawl or bark (Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I., Gl., glaister). Hence glastrious, adj., rowdy (Jam.2).Ags. a.1825 H. Blyd's Contract (Jam.2):
If I was magstravigant and glastrious as other lads, I sud ken whether ye were a man or a boy.
2. “To babble . . . to talk much with a pronunciation resembling that of one whose tongue is too large for his mouth” (Cld. 1825 Jam., glaster).
[O.Sc. has glaster, to talk boastingly, 1513; of uncertain origin, but cf. Mid.Eng. galstre (a.1225), to make a noise or outcry (phs. derived from O.E. galan, to sing; scream (of birds)).]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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