Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GLOSE, v.1, n. [glo:z]
I. v. To interpret falsely, to romance. Found only in vbl.n. glosing.Kcb. 1894 Crockett Raiders xiii.:
The glosing of the common people has raised a great number of legends in the countryside — as that when we were besieged in this cave by the Black Smugglers we escaped inland . . . and came out by an underground passage . . . with other stories that have no truth in them.
II. n. A vague notion.Slk. 1835 Hogg Wars Montrose III. 139:
A kind of glose cam' o'er me that this might be the stawn heiress.
