Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1722-1914, 1988
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†GLORE, n. Also gloir. Obs. exc. arch.
1. Glory, majesty. Also in n.Eng. dial.Sc. 1722 W. Hamilton Wallace i. 8:
Where Kings in Pomp and Glore were crowned.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems (1925) 82:
So glowr the saints when first is given A fav'rite keek o' glore and heaven.Rxb. 1808 A. Scott Poems 36:
How chang'd its aspect sin' the days o' yore, Sin' we first saw it glenting in its glore.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 20:
The goddess in her glore Gaes in and mak's her beck.Gsw. 1868 J. Young Poems 92:
The lowly cot, yet to the fore, Whaur thee thy favoured mither bore, Has still mair gowden beams o' glore Around it shed.Hdg. 1885 J. Lumsden Rhymes & Sk. 82:
A glowing orb amid the gloir That star-wreathes Fame's eternal brow.Sc.(E) 1914 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ i. xxiv.:
Gin till this day ye hed aye leeved i' glore an' pleesures, what guid wad it a' a been t'ye, gif ye war the noo tae dee in a twink?Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 101:
wi glore that's won thro blinks and aeons
frae dreicher blintrin moments -
2. The doxology, the gloria in the Episcopalian service.Sc. c.1745 Jacobite Minstrelsy (1829) 211:
We must kneel till our breeches are bare, And stand at the glore and the grace.
