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.).