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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. OE.

gliffen

gliften

, to look with fear at.]

A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear.

[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Halliwell.

A moment: as, for a gliff.

[Scot.]

Sir W. Scott.

gliff ‎(plural gliffs)

(Britain, Scotland, dialect) A transient glance.
(Britain, Scotland, dialect) An unexpected view of something that startles one.
(Britain, Scotland, dialect) A sudden fear.
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