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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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¶GLEEMOCH, n. A faint or deadened gleam, as that of the sun when fog intervenes.Ayr. 1821 Scots Mag. (April) 352:
To . . . shyne like the rouky gleemoch in a craunrochie morning.