Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gliff

Gliff , noun

[Compare Old English gliffen, gliften, to look with fear at.]

1.
A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear. [Provincial English & Scottish] — Halliwell
2.
A moment: as, for a gliff. [Scottish] — Sir W. Scott