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Answer for the clue "Glaswegian's grin ", 4 letters:
girn

Word definitions for girn in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A vocalization similar to a cat's purring. vb. 1 (label en dialectal) To grimace; to snarl. 2 (label en Scotland northern England) To whinge, moan, complain. 3 (label en intransitive) To make elaborate unnatural and distorted faces as a form of amusement ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Girn \Girn\, v. i. [See Grin , n.] To grin. [Obs.]

Usage examples of girn.

She crept along the open grillework of the catwalk between the two main engines, towards the high girn of the donkey engine and the whining AC generator.

He whined and shivered, and my young blood mixed on his slavering chops with gamey saliva and thick eye-mucus as he girned and looked shakily and pleadingly up at my father, who picked him up and strangled him.

Local residents are always girning about the noise when the place lets out.

The usual girning baby and harassed young mother, somewhere at the back.