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"I jaloused his keeping his face frae us, and speaking wi 'a madelike voice, sae I e'en tried him wi' some tales o" lang syne; and when I spake o 'the brose, ye ken, he didna just laugh, -- he's ower grave for that nowadays, but he gae a gledge wi' his ee that I kend he took up what I said.

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  1. To look askance; squint; look cunningly and slyly at an object out of the corners of one's eyes. The next time that ye send or bring onybody here, let them be gentles allenarly, without ony fremd servants, like that chield Lockhard, to be gledging and gleeing about, and looking to the wrang side o ane's housekeeping, to the discredit of the family. Scott, Bride of Lammermoor, xxvi.
  2. A side glance; a quick, knowing look. He gae a gledge wi’ his e'e that I kenn'd he took up what I said. Scott, Old Mortality, xxxviii.

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  • "I jaloused his keeping his face frae us, and speaking wi 'a madelike voice, sae I e'en tried him wi' some tales o" lang syne; and when I spake o 'the brose, ye ken, he didna just laugh, -- he's ower grave for that nowadays, but he gae a gledge wi' his ee that I kend he took up what I said. —  Old Mortality, Volume 2.
  • o lang syne; and when I spake o 'the brose, ye ken, he didna just laugh, -- he's ower grave for that nowadays, but he gae a gledge wi' his ee that I kend he took up what I said. —  Old Mortality, Complete
 

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