glinn

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[glin]

Maine.

–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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