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glinn

  [glin] Maine.
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–noun
1. a bright glow in the sky close to the horizon, usually taken as a portent of a storm.
–verb (used without object)
2. (of the sky near the horizon) to become lighter (often fol. by up).
Also, glin.

Origin:
cf. Newfoundland dial. glin, glynn, glim glow from distant ice; appar. akin to glim, glimmer, though source of n is unclear
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