10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLAIKET»
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From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of ...
gipe See gype glaikit, glaiket, glaikid, glakit adj Foolish, thoughtless, careless,
giddy. Hence glakedness n Carelessness, stupidity. [< Old Scots glaik 'senseless,
foolish' cl470—; cf SND glaikit 1 'stupid, careless, foolish', glaikitness 'ineptitude,
...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
glaiket Se. th.'; glakit Sc. ; and in form gleaket Lnk. Senseless, foolish, stupid;
thoughtless,giddy,inattcntive. Sc. Bolted off this gate after a glaiket ne'er-do-weel,
SCO'IT Rnig. (1824) ii. Or.I. (5.A.5.), Cal.l Abd. llccly, heely, Tam. ye glaiket stirk, ...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
glaiket | glass ceiling glaiket adjective foolish; having a foolish appearance uk,
198s From an earlier sense as 'inattentive to duty'. • Are you deaf as well as
glaiket?— ian Pattison, Rab c Nesbitt, 1988 glam noun glamour us. 1937 glam;
glam ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
4
Wilson's historical, traditionary, and imaginative tales of ...
No," muttered Mysie, in an all but inaudible tone. " That's richt," replied Sandy ; "
for she's a glaiket, silly taupy, and, I verily believe, thinks I hae some notion o' her.
Gude save the mark ! he wad be unco ill aff for a wife wad take Mysie Blackatcr.
5
Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
... to her new heme, and the hundred more pounds 0' tocher she should have had
, had so much not been spent on Charlie's learning, than 0' the father's house,
and kindred she's leaving, and the witless, glaiket brother she is parting from.
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Guy Mannering: Or, the Astrologer
... some o' theni, as Glaiket Christie, and the Deuke's Davie, or maybe, like this
lad Gabriel, by hi employment; as for example, Tod Gabbie, or Hunter Gabbie.
He's no been lang here, sir, and I dinna think ony body kens him by ony other
name.
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The Saxon and the Gaël, Or, The Northern Metropolis: ...
Troth Jean that glaiket madge, Leddy Sibby's aff to the half-merk wi' the Count;
but, after a', its neither stealin nor murder," “ 0 no gracious! she is not to be
married at all; I assure you its very shocking to go to a ship, only think, with
nothing but ...
Christian Isobel Johnstone, 1814
... good master here, o' the Charlies-hope. Aweel, sir, and then the inferior sort o'
people, ye 'll observe, are kend by sorts o' by-names some o' them, as Glaiket
Christie, and the Deuke's Davie, or maybe, like this lad Gabriel, by his
employment ...
9
Thoughts on the Seasons, &c. Partly in the Scottish Dialect, ...
... foe Fur, furrow Fumert, a pole-cat Fykes, fidges G. Gab, mouth, muzzle Gang,
go, walk Gar, make, oblige Gimmers, ewes Gims~grin, to complain GlaikerJ
Glaiket, wanton Gled, kite Gleg, quickfighted Glens, dells Glent, twinkle 186
G L O S ...
10
The works of Robert Burns: with an account of his life, and ...
Parnassian queens, I fear, I fear, Ye' 11 now disdain me, And then my fifty pounds
a year, Will little gain me. Ye glaiket, gleesome, dainty damies, Wha by Castalia's
wimplin streamies, Lowp, sing, and lave your pretty limbies, Ye ken, ye ken, ...
Robert Burns, Mr. Thomson (George), 1806
