or glim-flashey, adj. (old).—Angry. See NAB THE RUST and HAIR.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. GLIMFLASHLY, c., Angry, or in a Passion. The Cull is GLIMFLASHLY, c. the Fellow is in a Heat.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1830. BULWER-LYTTON, Paul Clifford, ch. xxxi. No, Captain, don’t be GLIMFLASHEY! You have not heard all yet.
