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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

gleg en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ɡlɛɡ/

Meanings

(Northern-England, archaic) A look or glance.
- And besides, you'd do the tomb so well. Everybody feels as if they want a gleg at the skeleton in your vault. 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
glegs	Number=Plur		lexicographic

gleg en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ɡlɛɡ/

Meanings

(Northern-England) To glance.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
glegs	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
glegging	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
glegged	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
glegged	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Synonyms

gleg en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ɡlɛɡ/

Etymology

Variant forms.

Meanings

(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of cleg.
alt of cleg

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
glegs	Number=Plur		lexicographic

gleg en · ADJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ɡlɛɡ/

Meanings

(Scotland) Smart; quick; brisk.
- One patted her neck, and assured her she was the gleggest and bonniest young thing she had ever seen. 1856, Thomas Hamilton, The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton, page 279:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
gleggest	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
glegger	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Deriveds

glegness · glegly