Define:Gleg

English

Verb

Gleg (third-person singular simple present glegs, present participle glegging, simple past an past participle glegged)

1. (Northern England) To glance.

Noun

Gleg (plural Glegs)

1. (now Template:Context 2) 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.

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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/