gliff (glif)

[ I ha'e gi'en some o' then i a gliff in my day, when they were coming rather ower near me. Scott , Antiquary, xxi. Mony's the gliff I got mysel' in the great deep. R. L. Stevens on, Merry Men. 2. A glimpse; a sudden or chance view. The mirk came in gliffs. IMG:content-2386.png:[blocks in formation]