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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GLUT, n.³ A wooden wedge, such as was used e.g. in tightening the Huidin of a flail or in adjusting a plough (Cld. 1825 Jam.): “the end of the beam being moveable in the stilt into which it was inserted, these wedges were anciently employed in raising or depressing it” (Ib.). Also in dial. or tech. Eng.Sc. 1738 Scots Mag. (Dec.) 583:
It is of no use, but to a well-going plough, that needs no tempering, or to a plough that is made to be tempered with wedges or gluts.