"Gavelokes also thicke flowe
So gnattes, ichil avowe."
GAVER. A Cornish name for the sea cray-fish.
GAW. A southern term for a boat-pole.
GAWDNIE. The dragonet, or yellow gurnard; _Callionymus lyra_.
GAW-GAW. A lubberly simpleton.
GAWKY. A half-witted, awkward youth. Also, the shell called
horse-cockle.
GAWLIN. A small sea-fowl which the natives of the Western Isles of
Scotland trust in, as a prognosticator of the weather.
GAWN-TREE. _See_ GANTREE.
GAWPUS. A stupid, idle fellow.
GAWRIE. A name for the red gurnard; _Trigla cuculus_.
GAZONS [Fr.] Sods of earth or turf, cut in wedge-shaped form, to line
the parapet and face the outside of works.
GAZZETTA. The name of a small coin in the Adriatic and Levant. It was
the price of the first Venetian newspaper, and thereby gave the name to
those publications. In the Greek islands the word is used for ancient
coins.
G.C.B. The initials for Grand Cross of the most honourable and Military
Order of the Bath.
GEAR [the Anglo-Saxon _geara_, clothing]. A general name for the rigging
of any particular spar or sail; and in or out of gear implies anything
being fit or unfit for use.
GEARING. A complication of wheels and pinions, or of shafts and pulleys,
&c.
GEARS. _See_ JEERS.