glaur
English
editEtymology
editFrom Scots glaur, from Middle Scots glar, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editglaur
- Mud, slime, mire.
- 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 229:
- ’twas all there in the Stars, the whole miserable story, but did I pay attention? Nooaahh...I was regretting the Sixpence, a fool with his eyes in the glaur.