Definition of "gliff" [gliff]

• A transient glance. (noun)
• An unexpected view of something that startles one. (noun)
• A sudden fear. (noun)

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• "'Well,' he said slowly, 'I once got a "gliff" myself in exactly the same place as I made a short cut through the churchyard one autumn evening."
• "'There's many a body that micht be the better of a bit "gliff," but it disna always last, and it's a daungerous game to play at."
• "'Now,' I said, after, congratulating him on his recovery, 'if it doesn't excite you too much tell me exactly what occurred in the churchyard last night, for 'tis an absolute mystery to me, besides having given me an awful "gliff," old fellow, for I have been wondering what might have happened if I hadn't by the merest chance discovered you in your premature grave.'"