gleg

English

Etymology 1

Verb

gleg (third-person singular simple present glegs, present participle glegging, simple past and past participle glegged)

1. (regional) To glance.

Noun

gleg (plural glegs)

1. (now rare, regional) A look or glance.
   • 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 308:

     And besides, you'd do the tomb so well. Everybody feels as if they want a gleg at the skeleton in your vault.

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

gleg (plural glegs)

1. Alternative form of cleg.

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Scots

Adjective

gleg (comparative mair gleg, superlative maist gleg)

1. smart, quick, brisk
2. alert, quick-witted, keen in sight, hearing, etc.
3. intelligent, adroit, skilful
4. (of blades, points, etc) sharp

Derived terms

• gleg-lugged
• gleg-gabbit

References

http://www.dsl.ac.uk/