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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GLOG, v., n. Also gloog. [glɔg, glug]

I. v. 1. To gulp down, drink hastily (Abd. 1825 Jam.; Abd.⁶ 1916), gen. followed by ower. Also freq. form glogger (ne.Sc. 1954).Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 136:
They'll hae wasted Lamb or Veal, To stuff their Kyte; The De'il glog o'er, sic canna fail To drown in debt!Sc.(E) 1868 D. M. Ogilvy Willie Wabster 1:
He's willin' ay to chow and chaff — To glew and glog, and play giff-gaff.Abd. 1897 G. Macdonald Salted with Fire xxv.:
Noo, I hae but the dregs to drink, and them I maun glog ower wi' patience, for I hae weel deserved to drink them!

2. To gurgle (Arg.³ 1954). Deriv. glogger (ne.Sc. 1954). Vbl.n. gloggin, “a gurgling sound, e.g. that made when water is hastily drunk from a bottle” (Abd.⁷ 1925).Arg.¹ 1931:
I kent he had a bottle in his pocket for I heard it gloggin.

II. n. 1. A gulp, “a hasty draught” (Abd. 1825 Jam.).Abd. 1895 J. Davidson Ministers 139:
An arithmetical table of toddy-drinking was known in at least one district in Aberdeenshire. It ran — “Three glogs one glass, two glasses one tumbler, six tumblers one sitting.”Abd. 1950 Buchan Observer (5 Dec.):
If a man needs anything stronger than a “glog o' ginger beer,” or a fizz, like lemonade, . . .

2. “A gurgle, a gurgling noise” (Abd. 1900 E.D.D.). Also glogger, “the gurgle of a liquid when poured quickly from a bottle” (Sc. 1911 S.D.D. Add.; ne.Sc. 1954).

Hence ¶gloggie, of language: guttural.Abd. 1868 G. Macdonald R. Falconer I. xii.:
I never likit to hear nane o' them speyk the Erse . . . it was aye sae gloggie and baneless.