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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GLUM, v., adj. Sc. usages:

I. v. To look sullen (Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 245; Ags.¹⁹ 1954) or doleful; to sulk (of a fire).Abd. 1868 W. Shelley Wayside Flowers 89:
Winter's down-draught sweeps the lum, . . . And the peats do nocht but glum.Lth. 1924 A. Dodds Poppies in Corn 12:
To the funeral we a' gaed glummin'.

II. adj. Stupid, doltish.Ags. 1905 A. N. Simpson Bobbie Guthrie 99:
Ye man be awfa' glum, Andrew, no ta ken fat insurin' folks lives is!