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glisking

glisking is the present participle and gerund of glisk.

Meaning of glisk

Verb

glisk (third-person singular simple present glisks, present participle glisking, simple past and past participle glisked)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) To glisten or glitter, sparkle or shine.
    • […] to watch the young fish go by glisking, and I thought to look a fish in the eye for the expression there and see if a wild fish were stupid or not. But no fish stopped and I thought of the pie again, in my mind seeing the brown peaks rising up where they would be[…]2013 October 17, Josephine Johnson, Winter Orchard and Other Stories, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) To glance.
    • As the piercing e'en o' Sir David Grame; / She glisked wi' her e'e where these e'en should be, / But the raven had been there afore she came. / There's a cloud that fa's darker than the night, / An' darkly on that lady it came; […]1836, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, page 429

Questions about glisking

What is glisking the present participle and gerund of?
Glisking is the present participle and gerund of glisk.

Words near glisking in the dictionary

  1. Glis
  2. glisentide
  3. glisindamide
  4. glisk
  5. glisked
  6. glisking
  7. glisks
  8. glisky
  9. glisolamide
  10. glisoxepide
  11. gliss

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