gliffing

"Ye're aye cute, dame," I cried, thrawing the bit gy abune, and in a gliffing, doun jumpit the chiel, and a braw chiel he was sure enough, siccan my auld e'en sall ne'er see again, wi 'his brent brow and buirdly bowk wrappit in a tartan plaid, wi' a Highland kilt.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 Various

Tib Mumps will be out wi’ the stirrup-dram in a gliffing; she’ll ask ye whether ye gang over Willie’s brae or through Conscowthart-moss; —tell her ony ane ye like, but be sure’ (speaking low and emphatically) ‘to tak the ane ye dinna tell her.

Chapter XXII 1917

--- I shall look after this, Stanchells, you may depend on't --- Keep the door locked, and I'll speak to these gentlemen in a gliffing --- But first I maun hae a crack wi 'an auld acquaintance here.

Rob Roy 1887

-- I shall look after this, Stanchells, you may depend on't -- Keep the door locked, and I'll speak to these gentlemen in a gliffing -- But first I maun hae a crack wi 'an auld acquaintance here.

Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

-- I shall look after this, Stanchells, you may depend on't -- Keep the door locked, and I'll speak to these gentlemen in a gliffing -- But first I maun hae a crack wi 'an auld acquaintance here.

Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801

Tib Mumps will be out wi 'the stirrup-dram in a gliffing.

Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801

Tib Mumps will be out wi 'the stirrup-dram in a gliffing.

Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

Tib Mumps will be out wi 'the stirrup-dram in a gliffing.

Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801

I shall look after this, Stanchells, you may depend on’t — Keep the door locked, and I’ll speak to these gentlemen in a gliffing — But first I maun hae a crack wi’ an auld acquaintance here. —

Rob Roy 2005

Tib Mumps will be out wi’ the stirrup-dram in a gliffing.

Guy Mannering 1815