Gliff

·noun A moment: as, for a gliff.

II. Gliff ·noun A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear.

gliff
a fright. N. In Cheshire it is used to signify a glimpse or transient view ; as I got a gliff of him...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose