Gliff (?), n. [Cf. OE. gliffen, gliften, to look with fear at.]
1.
A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Halliwell.
2.
A moment: as, for a gliff.
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.
© Webster 1913.