glaum

1. (Scotland, Ireland) To grasp or snatch (at), usually feebly or ineffectually; to grope (at) with the hands, as in the dark.Examples: "My heart, for fear, gaed sough for sough, / To hear the thuds, and see the cluds / O' clans frae woods, in tartan duds, / Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three."; ""Few get what they glaum at.""; "She plays a game of blind-man's bute, / Glaums at the first she touches; / Even if the coof has coin enough, / She multiplies his riches."Synonyms: fumble, clutchIrelandScotland

2. (dialectal) To search (for something).Examples: "Pádraig Ó Cíobháin, of An Spidéal, heard the word glauming from his mother-in-law , Kathleen Lanigan, in Kilkenny. The good lady offered this gloss: 'She'd be going around the house glauming for something - searching for [it].'"; "Linda eyed Teddy intently, he was still glauming his mind for something, anything. He was not giving up. Linda asked himself, just what happened to this guy? Tina was still sulking from the balcony, Mrs Abebe attempted throughout the[…]"dialectal