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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1868

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GLEW, v.1 To jest, make merry. Found in Eng. up to early 14th c. Arch.Sc.(E) 1868 D. M. Ogilvy Willie Wabster 12:
He's willin' ay to chow and chaff — To glew and glog, and play giff-gaff.

[From O.E. glēow-ian, to sing, jest, joke. O.Sc. has glew, used tr. = to delight, gladden, from 1438.]

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