1886. Badminton Library, 'Racing,' p. 255. Hardly worth mentioning are the backers who come in for a hit-or-miss dash at the ring—to go for the gloves, as it is called in ring parlance.
1891. Licensed Vict. Gaz., 3 Apr. Although we frequently read in stories of the hero backing the right horse at a long price, and so getting out of sundry monetary difficulties, we rarely find the idea realised in practice. Many a bookmaker has GONE FOR THE GLOVES.
Glow, adj. (tailors').—Ashamed.
Glue, subs. (common).—1. Thick
soup. (Because it sticks to the
ribs.)
English Synonyms.—Deferred stock; belly-gum; giblets-twist; gut-concrete; rib-tickler; stick-in-the-ribs.
French Synonyms.—La menêtre (thieves'); la lavasse (= a mess of pot liquor); la laffe (thieves'); la jaffe (popular); l'ordinaire (popular: soup and boiled beef at an ordinary); le fond d'estomac (= thick soup); la mousse; la mouillante (= the moistener).
German Synonyms.—Jauche; Polifke.
2. (common).—Gonorrhœa.
Glue-pot, subs. (common).—A
parson. [Because he joins in
wedlock.] For synonyms, see
Devil-dodger and Sky-pilot.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Glum, adj. (old: now recognised).—Sullen;
down in the mouth;
stern. Fr.: faire son nez = to
look glum; also, n'en pas mener
large.
1712. Arbuthnot, Hist. of John Bull, pt. IV., ch. vii. Nic. looked sour and glum, and would not open his mouth.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v
17(?). Broadside Ballad. 'Sam Hall, The parson he will come, And he'll look so bloody glum.
1816. Johnson, Dict. of the English Language. Glum, s.v., a low cant word formed by corrupting 'gloom.'
1847. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, ii., ch. vi. 'I wonder whether Lady Southdown will go away; she looked very glum upon Mrs. Rawdon,' the other said.
1888. Referee, 21 Oct. Who found him looking glum and gray, And thought his accent gruff and foreign.
1892. A. W. Pinero, The Times, v., i. What are you so glum about.
Glump, verb. (provincial).—To
sulk. Hence glumpy, glumping,
and glumpish = sullen or
stubborn.
1787. Grose, Prov. Glossary. Glumping, sullen, or sour looking. Exm.
1835. Th. Hook, Gilbert Gurney. He was glumpy enough when I called.
1860. G. Eliot, Mill on the Floss, Bk. VI., ch. iv. An it worrets me as Mr. Tom 'ull sit by himself so glumpish, a-knittin' his brow, an' a lookin' at the fire of a night.
Glutman, subs. (old).—-See quot.
1797. Police of the Metropolis, p. 64. An inferior officer of the Customs, and particularly one of that class of supernumerary tide waiters, who are employed temporarily when there is a press or hurry of business. These glutmen are generally composed of persons who are without employment, and, being also without character, recommend themselves principally from the circumstance of being able to write.
Glutton, subs. (common).—1. A
horse which lasts well; a stayer
(q.v.).
2. (pugilists').—A pugilist who can take a lot of punishment (q.v.).
1819. Moore, Tom Crib, xvi. Thus Theocritus, in his Milling Match, calls Amycus a glutton, which is well known to be the classical phrase at Moulsey-Hurst for one who, like Amycus, takes a deal of punishment before he is satisfied.
