Meaning of glaum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To grasp or snatch (at), usually feebly or ineffectually; to grope (at) with the hands, as in the dark.
   Ireland, Scotland
2. To look sullen or sad; scowl, frown.
   Northern-England, Scotland
3. To search (for something).
   dialectal
4. To look (at), to stare (at).

Examples

“My heart, for fear, gaed sough for sough, / To hear⟳ the thuds, and see⟳ the cluds / O' clans frae woods, in tartan duds, / Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three.”

“"Few get⟳ what they glaum at."”

“She plays a game of blind-man's bute, / Glaums at the first she touches; / Even if the coof has coin enough, / She multiplies his riches.”

“"Katty, Katty Regan, for God's sake" he cried, all in a breath, his voice wild and high with surprise⟳ and despair, his hand glauming at nothing. Only with her last⟳ word had her own⟳ voice broken from her, letting him know⟳ whose[…]”

“... used to be always embracing me Josie whenever he was there meaning him of course glauming me over and when I said I washed up and down as sar as possible asking me did you wash⟳[…]”

“Pádraig Ó Cíobháin, of An Spidéal, heard the word glauming from his mother-in-law , Kathleen Lanigan, in Kilkenny. The good lady offered this gloss: 'She'd be going around the house glauming for something - searching for [it].'”

“Linda eyed Teddy intently, he was still glauming his mind⟳ for something, anything. He was not giving up. Linda asked himself, just what happened to this guy? Tina was still sulking from the balcony, Mrs Abebe attempted throughout the[…]”

“I drop my bantering side, glauming a hard frown. “Why would your clients not want⟳ you to execute on these in full? Obviously you have⟳ a skilled eye for dramatic impact. And I know⟳ naught of intricate fashion construction,[…]”

“He drummed on the table, glauming at me and through me until I wondered if I should count⟳ the interview ended. Then of a sudden he shouted, […]”

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