glour

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A form of glower — To look or stare with anger.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

verbglour (third-person singular simple present glours, present participle glouring, simple past and past participle gloured)

present singular third person glours · participle present glouring · participle past gloured · past gloured

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of glower.

    Here the Neapolitan appeared at the door, glouring at us both. Velvet-Hood was back in her place in an instant. Said he, in his snarling way, his black eyes shooting out sparkles. "What is this hole and corner work? These confidences when I am gone—speak?"

    1858 May 1, [Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald], “By Night Express”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal, volume XVII, number 423, London: Published at the office, 16, Wellington Street North, Strand; printed by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, London, →OCLC, page 479

Origin

Regarding the spelling glour/glower, compare lour/lower.

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Chicago

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