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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[Of Celtic origin; cf. W.

glafr

flattery.]

To prate; to jabber; to babble.

[Obs.]

Here many, clepid filosophirs,

glavern

diversely.

Wyclif.

To flatter; to wheedle.

[Obs.]

Some slavish,

glavering

, flattering parasite.

South.

Verb.

[L. glaber, lavis, or lubricus; Eng. glib.]

To flatter; to wheedle. [Little used and vulgar.]