_Presb. Eloq._
_To_ FRIST, _v. a._
1. To delay.
Isl. _frest-a_.
_Rutherford._
2. To give on credit, S.
_Chron. S. P._
~Frist~, ~Fristing~, _s._
1. Delay.
_Rutherford._
Isl. _frest-r_, Germ. _frist_, id.
2. _To frist_, _afrist_, on credit.
_Bannatyne Poems._
FRYST, _adj_ First.
_Barbour._
FRITTE, _s._ Perhaps, protection; Germ. _friede_.
_Houlate._
FROATH-STICK, _s._ A stick for whipping cream, S. B.
_Watson's Coll._
FRODY, _adj._ L. _frelie_.
_Lyndsay._
FROG, _s._ An upper coat.
_Barbour._
O. Flem. _frock_, suprema vestis.
_To_ FROG, _v. n._ To snow or sleet at intervals, Ang.
~Frog~, _s._ A flying shower of snow or sleet, Ang.
_Lyndsay._
FROG, _s._ A young horse.
_Buchan._
_To_ FRONT, _v. n._ Applied to meat, when it swells in boiling, Ang.
FROUNSIT, _part. pa._ Wrinkled.
Fr. _frons-er_, to wrinkle.
_Henrysone._
FROW, _s._ A lusty female, S.
Germ. _fraw_, Belg. _vrowe_, a woman.
FROWDIE, _s._ A big lusty woman, S. B.
Sw. _frodig_, plump.
FROWDIE, _s._ A cap worn by old women, Ang.
Su. G. _fru-tyg_, a lady's cap.
FRUCTUOUS, _adj._ Fruitful.
_Douglas._
FRUNTY, FRONTY, _adj._ Free in manner, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
Fr. _effronté_, overbold.
_To_ FRUSCH, FRWSCH, _v. a._
1. To dash.
_Douglas._
2. To break in pieces.
_Barbour._
3. To overthrow.
_Wallace._
Fr. _froiss-er_, to dash.
_To_ ~Frusch~, _v. n._ To break.
_Wallace._
~Frusch, Frush~, _adj._. Brittle, S.
Teut. _broosch_, fragilis.
_Minst. Bord._
~Frusch~, s. Breaking.
_Barbour._
_To_ FRUSTIR, _v. a._ To render useless.
Fr. _frustr-er_, id.
_Dunbar._
~Frustir~, _adj._
1. Frustrated.
_Wallace._
2. Vain, empty.
_Dunbar._
FUD, FUDE, _s._
1. The matrix.
_Wallace._
A. S. _foth_, Isl. _fud_, id.
2. The backside, S. B.
_Ritson._
3. A hare or rabbit's brush, S.
_Burns._
FUDDER, FOTHYR, FUTHIR, FIDDER, _s._
1. A large quantity; a cart-load.
_Barbour._
2. A certain weight of lead.
_Skene._
3. A great number.
_Chr. Kirk._
A. S. _fother_, a wain-load.
FUDDER, _s._ Lightning.
_Burel._
Fr. _foudre_, id.
FUDDY, _s._ A designation given to the wind, Aberd.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
Isl. _fud-r_, motus; or _hwida_, aer.
~Fuddum~, _s._ Drift at intervals, Ang.
FUDGIE, _adj._ Gross, Loth.
V. ~Fodgel~.
To FUF, FUFF, _v. n._ To puff, S.
_Doug._
Germ. _pfuffen_, id.
_To_ ~Fuff~, _v. a._ To blow intermittently, S.
_Burns._
~Fuff~, _s._ A puff, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Fuffars~, _s. pl._ Bellows, Ang.
_To_ FUFFLE, _v. a._ To put any thing in disorder, S.
Isl. _fipla_, contrectare.
FUGE, _s._ Perhaps, a kind of pick-axe.
Fr. _fouaige_, id.
_K. Hart._
FUGÉ, FUGIE, _adj._ Fugitive.
_Doug._
~Fugé~, ~Fugie~, _s._
1. A fugitive, S.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
2. One who flies from the fight, S.
_Brand._
FUISH, _pret._ Fetched, S.
_Ross._
_To_ FULE, _v. n._ To play the fool.
_Barbour._
FULYE, _s._
1. A leaf.
_Douglas._
2. Leaf gold, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
Fr. _feuille_, id.
_To_ FULYIE, _v. a._ To defile.
_Bellenden._
~Fulyie~, _s._
1. The dung of a town, S.
_Act Sedt._
2. Transferred to manure.
_Kelly._
~Fulyear~, s. One who pollutes.
_Bellenden._
FULLYERY, _s._ Leaved work.
_Pal. Hon._
Fr. _fueill-er_, to foliate.
FULLELY, _adv._ Fully.
_Barbour._
FULMAR, _s._ A species of petrel.
_Martin._
FUMART.
V. ~Fowmarte~.
FUMLER, _s._ _Caik fumler_, a parasite.
_Douglas._
_To_ FUNDY, FUNNY, _v. n._ To become stiff with cold.
_Ramsay._
FUNDYN, _part. pa._
1. Found.
_Barbour._
2. Supplied.
_Id._
A. S. _find-an_, suppeditare.
FUNYIE, _s._ A polecat.
V. ~Foyn~.
_To_ FUNK, _v. a._
1. To strike, S.
2. To kick behind, S.
~Funk~, _s._
1. A stroke, S.
2. A kick, S.
3. Ill humour, Loth.
Teut. _in de fonck zijn_, turbari.
FUR, FURE, FEURE, _s._
1. A furrow, S.
_Wallace._
~Furlenth~, _s._ The length of a furrow.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. What resembles a furrow.
_Douglas._
Dan. _fur_, A. S. _furh_, id.
FUR. _pret._
1. Went.
_Wallace._
2. Fared; as to food.
_Wallace._
FURC, _s._ Gallows.
V. ~Pit~.
_To_ FURE, _v. a._
1. To carry.
_Acts Ja. III._
2. To conduct.
_Bellenden._
Su. G. _foer-a_, to carry, to lead.
FURE, _pret._ Fared.
A. S. _for_.
_Wyntown._
FURE, _adj._ Firm, fresh.
V. ~Fery~.
_Gl. Sibb._
FURE, _s._ A strong man.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _foer_, fortis.
FURE-DAYS, FUIR-DAYS, FOOR-DAYS.
1. Late in the afternoon, S. B.
A. S. _forth dages_, die longe provecta.
2. _Fair-fuir days_, broad day-light, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _veur-dagh_, tempus antelucanum.
FURFELLES, _s. pl._ Furred skins.
_Skene._
FURISINE, _s._ A steel to strike fire with.
_Bellenden._
Teut. _vuer_, fire, and _ijser_, steel.
FURK ~and~ FOS, gallows and pit.
Lat. _furc-a_, _fossa_.
_O. Chart._
FURLENTH, _s._
V. ~Fur~.
FURLET.
V. ~Firlot~.
FURMAGE, _s._ Cheese; Fr. _fourmage_.
_Henrysone._
FURME, _s._ A form.
_Bannatyne P._
_To_ FURROW, _v. a._
V. ~Forray~.
_Godscroft._
FURSABIL, _adj._ What can be driven away, Fr. _forceable_.
_Maitland P._
FURSDAY, FURISDAY, _s._ Thursday, S.
_Act Ja. V._
FURTH. _The muckle furth_, the open air, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
_To_ FURTHEYET, _v. a._ To pour out.
_S. P. Repr._
A. S. _forth-geot-an_, profundere.
FURTHY, _adj._
1. Forward.
_Sir Egeir._
2. Frank, affable, S.
_Sax. and Gael._
3. Unabashed.
_A. Douglas._
_To_ FURTHSCHAW, _v. a._ To manifest.
_Crosraguell._
FURTH SETTER, _s._ An author.
_Crosraguell._
FUSH, _pret._ v. Fetched.
_Ramsay._
FUST, _adj._ Perhaps, at rest.
_Bannatyne P._
FUTE-ALE, _s._ An entertainment given when a woman first gets out of
bed, after childbirth; pron. _fit-ale_, S.
FUTEBROD, _s._ A footstool, S.
Moes. G. _fotabord_, id.
FUTE HATE,
1. Straightway; a term borrowed from the chase, q. _hot foot_.
_Barbour._
2. Closely, accurately.
_Douglas._
3. Denoting proximity of place.
_Doug._
FUTIE, _adj._ Mean, S.
V. ~Fouty~.
G
_To_ GA, GAE, _v. n._
1. To go, S.
A. S. _ga-n_, Isl. _ga_, id.
_Wallace._
2. _To gae throw_, to bungle, S.
3. _To gae throw_, to waste, S.
4. _To gae_ one's _gait_, to depart, S.
5. _To gae with_, to go to wreck, S.
GAAR, GARR, _s._
1. Vegetable substance in the bed of a river, S. B.
2. Rheum from the eyes, when hardened, S. B.
A. S. _gor_, coenum.
GAB, _s._
1. The mouth, S.
Ir. _gob_.
_Ramsay._
2. The taste, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ GAB, _v. n._
1. To mock.
_Barbour._
Isl. _gabb-a_, A. S. _gabb-en_, deridere.
2. To prate, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
~Gab~, _s._
1. Prating, S.
2. Entertaining conversation, S.
_Burns._
~Gabbed~, _adj._ Loquacious, S. B.
_Auld-gabbit_, sagacious, S.
_Ramsay._
~Gabby~, _adj._
1. Having fluency of speech, S.
_Hamilton._
2. Loquacious, S.
_Journal Lond._
~Gabbing~, _s._
1. Mockery.
_Barbour._
2. Jeering, raillery.
_Douglas._
A. S. _gabbung_, derisio.
_To_ GABBER, _v. n._ To jabber, S.
Belg. _gabber-en_, id.
GABBIT, _s._ A fragment, S. B.
O. E. _gobet_. Fr. _gob_, a morsel.
GABER, _s._ A lean horse, Stirlings.
GABERLUNYIE, _s._ A wallet that hangs on the loins.
_Ritson._
~Gaberlunyie-man~, _s._ The man who carries the wallet.
_Callander._
GABERT, _s._ A lighter, S.
Fr. _gabare_.
_Statist. Acc._
GABERTS, _s. pl._
1. A kind of gallows for supporting the wheel of a draw-well, Ang.
2. Three poles of wood, forming an angle at the top, for weighing hay,
Ang.
GAD, GADE, _s._
1. A rod, S.
_Skene._
2. A spear.
_Dalyell._
3. A fishing-rod, S. A.
4. A goad.
_Z. Boyd._
A. S. _gaad_, _gad_, stimulus.
~Gadwand~, _s._ A goad for driving cattle, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ GADGE, _v. n._ To talk idly with stupid gravity.
_Ramsay._
_To_ GADYR, _v. a._ To gather.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _gaeder-an_, id.
~Gaddryng~, _s._ Assembly.
_Wyntown._
GAE, _s._ The jay, a bird.
_Burel._
GAF, GAFF, _pret._ Gave.
_Barbour._
GAFF, _s._ A sort of net.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._
_To_ GAFFAW, _v. n._ To laugh aloud, S.
V. ~Gawf~.
_Ramsay._
~Gaffaw~, _s._ A loud laugh, S.
V. ~Gawf~.
_To_ GAGOIUN, _v. a._ To ridicule.
Fr. _gogay-er_, to mock.
_Godly Ball._
GAY, _adv._ Moderately.
V. ~Gey~.
GAID, _pret._ Went, S.
_R. Bruce._
GAYN-CUM, _s._ Return.
_Wyntown._
GAYNIS, _s._ Perh. gaiety.
_Maitland P._
GAIR, GARE, _s._
1. A triangular piece of cloth inserted at the bottom of a shift or
robe, S. Also _Gore_.
_Henrysone._
Isl. _geir_, segmentum panni figura triquetra.
2. A slip of tender fertile grass in a barren situation, S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
~Gaired~, ~Gairy~, _adj._ Having streaks of different colours, S. A
_gairy cow_, a cow thus streaked.
~Gairie-bee~, _s._ Apis terrestris, S.
GAIRDONE, _s._ Perh. for _guerdon_, reward.
_Henrysone._
GAIRFISH, _s._ The Porpoise, Ang.
_Statist. Acc._
GAIS, _imperat._ of _Ga_, to go.
_Wyntown._
GAISHON, _s._
1. A skeleton, Stirl. Dumfr.
_Hogg._
2. An obstacle or impediment, Fife.
Hence, _ill-gaishon'd_, mischievously disposed, ibid.
GAISLIN, _s._ A young goose, S.
Su. G. _gaasling_. id.
_Ferguson._
GAIST, GAST, _s._
1. The soul.
_Wyntown._
2. A ghost, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _gaste_, Belg. _gheest_.
3. A piece of dead coal, S.
GAIT, GATE, _s._
1. A way, S.
_Wallace_.
Su. G. Isl. _gata_, semita, via.
2. An indefinite space.
_Wallace._
3. A street, S.
Su. G. _gata_, id.
_Burel._
4. A warlike expedition.
_Gawan and Gol._
5. As an _adv. Sa gat_, so; _How gats_, in what manner; _Thus gatis_,
after this manner; _Mony gatis_, in various ways.
6. _To tak the gait_, to depart, to run away; also, to begin to walk
out, S.
7. _To had the gate_, to prosper.
_Gl. Ramsay._
~Gatewards~, _adv._ Towards, S. B.
GAIT, _s._ A goat, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _get_, A. S. _gat_, id.
GAIT GLYDIS.
V. ~Glyde~.
_Maitland P._
_To_ GAIT, _v. a._ To set up sheaves on end, S. B.
Isl. _gat_, foramen, _gat-a_, perforare.
GAITLING, GYTLING, _s._ An infant, S.
V. ~Get~.
_Ramsay._
GAKIE, _s._ Venus mercenaria, a shell.
_Sibbald._
_To_ GALAY, _v. n._ To reel.
_Barbour._
GALYEARD, GALLIARD, _adj._
1. Sprightly.
_Douglas._
2. Wanton.
_Douglas._
Fr. _gaillard_, id.; A. S. _gal_, lascivus.
~Galliard~, _s._ One who is gay, but dissipated.
_Minst. Bord._
~Galyartlie~, _adv._ In a sprightly manner.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ GALE, GAIL, _v. n._ Applied to the note of the cuckoo.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _gal-a_, to sing; Dan. _gal-er_, to crow.
_To_ ~Galyie~, ~Gallyie~, _v. n._ To roar, to brawl, Ang.
Su. G. _gaell-a_, Isl. _giall-a_, to vociferate.
~Galyie~, ~Gallyie~, ~Gellie~, _s._ A cry of displeasure, Ang.
Su. G. _gaell_, vociferatio.
GALLAND, _s._ A young fellow.
V. ~Callan~.
GALLANT, _adj._ Large, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
GALLION, _s._ A lean horse, Tweedd.
GALLYTROUGH, _s._ The char, Fife.
_Statist. Acc._
GALLOWAY, _s._ A horse not more than fourteen hands high, S.
GALLOWS, _s._
1. An elevated station for a view, Loth.
2. Three beams erected in a triangular form, for weighing, S.
GALL WINDE, a gale.
_Z. Boyd._
Isl. _gol_, ventus frigidior.
GALNES, _s._ Satisfaction for slaughter.
_Reg. Maj._
Gael. _gial_, _geal_, a reparation, and _meas_, estimate.
GAM, _adj._ Gay, sportive.
_Pal. Hon._
A. S. _gam-ian_, ludere.
GAM, _s._ A tooth, S. B.
_Douglas._
GAMALEERIE, _adj._ Tall, raw-boned and awkward, commonly used of a
female, S.; sometimes _gamareerie_.
~Gamaleerie~, _s._ A foolish person, Perths.
Isl. _gamal-aer_, an old dotard.
GAMBET, _s._ A gambol.
_Douglas._
Fr. _gambade_, id. from _gambe_, crus.
GAMESONS, _s. pl._ Armour for defending the forepart of the body.
_Sir Gawan._
Fr. _gamboison_, a quilted coat.
GAMFLIN, _part. adj._
1. Neglecting work from foolish merriment, S. B.
Su. G. _gaffla_, to laugh immoderately, or Isl. _giamm_, hilares
facetiae.
2. Spending time in idle talk or dalliance with young men, Ang.
GAMYN, _s._ Game.
_Barbour._
A. S. _gamen_, id.
GAMP, _adj._ Perhaps, Sportive.
_Herd._
GALMOUND, GAMOUNT, _s._ A gambol.
V. ~Gambet~.
_Dunbar._
GAN, _pret._ Began.
_Barbour._
GANARIS, _s. pl._ Ganders.
_Houlate._
_To_ GANE, GAYN, _v. n._
1. To be fit.
_Wallace._
2. To belong to.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _gagn-a_, Isl. _gegn-a_, prodesse.
_To_ ~Gane~, _v. a._
1. To fit, S.
2. To wear with one.
_Ritson._
3. To suffice, S.
_Minst. Bord._
~Gane~, ~Gayn~, _adj._
1. Fit, proper, useful. _Gaynest_, superl.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. Near; applied to a way, S. B.
_Ross._
Su. G. _gen_, utilis; _genwaeg_, via brevior.
~Ganenyng~, _s._ Necessary supply.
_Lyndsay._
GANE, _s._ The mouth or throat.
_Doug._
C. B. _gen_, the mouth.
GANER, _s._ Gander, S.
V. ~Ganaris~.
_To_ GANG, S. ~Geng~, S. B. _v. n._
1. To go.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. To go out, S.
_Lyndsay._
3. To proceed in discourse.
_Wallace._
4. To walk, opposed to riding, S.
_Ross._
5. To pass from one state to another.
_Douglas._
6. To proceed in any course of life.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
7. To have currency, S.
_Acts Ja. IV._
8. _To gang thegither_, to be married, S.
_Ross._
9. _To gang to gait_, to go abroad.
_Philotus._
10. _To gang to the gait_, to set out on a journey, S. B.
_Ross._
A. S. _gangan_, from _ga-n_, _gaa-n_, id.
~Gang~, _s._
1. A journey, S. B.
A. S. _gang_, iter.
2. A walk for cattle, S.
3. As much as one carries at once, S.
4. In composition, a passage. _Throwgang_, an alley.
~Ganging~, _s._ Going.
_Barbour._
~Ganging Gudes~, moveable goods, S.
~Gangin Graith~, the furniture of a mill which a tenant is bound to
uphold, S.
~Gangar~, ~Genger~, _s._ A walker, S. B.
~Gangarel~, ~Gangrel~, _s._
1. A stroller, Ang.
_Dunbar._
2. A child beginning to walk, Ang.
_Ross._
3. Metaph. a novice.
_Ross._
~Gangarris~, _s. pl._ A cant term for feet.
_Dunbar._
~Gangdayis~, _s. pl._ Days of perambulation in Rogation week.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _gang-dagas_, Su. G. _gangdagar_.
GANYE, GAINYE, GENYIE, GAYNYHE, _s._
1. An arrow, a javelin.
_Douglas._
2. An iron gun, opposed to the bow.
_Wallace._
Ir. _gain_, arrow; or an abbrev. of Fr. _engin_.
GANIEN, _s._ Rhodomontade, Banffs.
Isl. _gan-a_, praeceps ruere.
GANYEILD, GENYELL, _s._ A recompence.
_Douglas._
A. S. _gen_, again, and _gild-an_, to pay.
GANK, _s._ Unexpected trouble, S. B.
_Ross._
GANSALD, GANSELL, _s._ A severe rebuke, S.
_Ruddiman._
Su. G. _gen_, against, and _sael-ia_, to pay.
GANSCH, _s._ A snatch; applied to a dog, S.
_To_ GANT, GAUNT, _v. n._
1. To yawn, S.
_Kelly._
A. S. _gan-ian_, Sw. _gan-a_, id.
~Gant, Gaunt~, _s._ A yawn, S.
_Douglas._
GANTREES, _s._ A stand for ale-barrels, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _gaen_, fermentescere.
GAPPOCKS, _s. pl._ Gobbets.
_Ritson._
Isl. _gap-a_, hiare.
GAPUS, _s._ A fool; also _gilly-gapus_, _gilly-gawpy_, and
_gilly-gacus_, S.
Isl. _gape_, id.
_Journal Lond._
_To_ GAR, GER, _v. a._
1. To cause, S.
_Barbour._
2. To force, S.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _goer-a_, anc. _giaer-a_, facere.
GARB, _s._
1. A young bird, Ang.
2. Metaph. a child, Ang.
Norw. _gorp_, a raven.
GARDEROB, _s._ Wardrobe.
Fr.
_Acts Ja. VI._
GARDEVYANCE, _s._ A cabinet.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _garde de viandes_, a cup-board.
GARDY, _s._ The arm, S. B.
_Douglas._
Gael. _gairdain_, id.
~Gardy-chair~, _s._ An elbow chair, Aberd.
_Journal Lond._
GARDIS, _s. pl._ Yards.
_Douglas._
A. S. _geard_, a rod.
GARE, _adj._
1. Keen.
_Douglas._
2. Rapacious.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _gearo_, expeditus.
GARE, _s._ The great auk.
_Sibbald._
Isl. _gyr_, id.
GARE, _s._ A stripe of cloth.
V. ~Gair~.
GARNISOUN, _s._
1. A garrison.
_Doug._
2. A body of armed men.
_Douglas._
GARRAY, _s._ Preparation.
_Peblis Play._
A. S. _geara_, apparatus.
GARRIT, GARRET, GERRET, _s._
1. A watch tower.
_Wallace._
Fr. _garite_, id.
2. The top of a hill.
_Ruddiman._
O. Goth. _wari_, a mountain.
~Garritour~, _s._ The watchman on the battlements of a castle.
_K. Hart._
GARRON, GERRON, _s._
1. A small horse, S.
Ir. id. a hackney.
_Stat. Acc._
2. An old stiff horse, Loth.
3. A tall stout fellow, Ang.
Ir. _garran_, a strong horse.
GARRON NAILS, Spike nails, S.
GARSON, _s._ An attendant.
_Sir Gawan._
Fr. _garçon_, a boy.
GARSTY, _s._ The resemblance of an old dike, Orkn.
Isl. _gardsto_, locus sepimenti.
GARSUMMER, _s._ Gossamer.
_Watson._
GART, GERT, _pret._ of ~Gar~, ~Ger~.
GARTANE, _s._ A garter, S.
_Chron. S. P._
Gael. _gairtein_, id.
GARTEN BERRIES, Bramble berries.
_Gl. Sibb._
GARTH, _s._
1. An inclosure.
_Wallace._
2. A garden.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _geard_, used in both senses.
GARVIE, _s._ The sprat, a fish, S. _Garvock_, Inverness.
_Sibbald._
_To_ GASH, _v. n._
1. To talk a great deal in a confident way, S.
2. To talk pertly, or insolently, S.
3. To talk freely and fluently, S. synon, _gab_.
_Burns._
Fr. _gauss-er_, to gibe. Roquefort gives O. Fr. _gas_, _gaz_, as
merely a variation of _gab_, plaisanterie, moquerie.
~Gash~, _s._
1. Prattle, S. synon. _gab_.
2. Pert language, S.
~Gash~, _adj._
1. Shrewd in conversation, sagacious, S.
_Watson._
2. Lively and fluent in discourse, S.
_Ramsay._
3. Having the appearance of sagacity conjoined with that of
self-importance, S.
_Burns._
4. Trim, respectably dressed, S.
_R. Galloway._
GASH, _s._ A projection of the under jaw, S.
_To_ ~Gash~, _v. n._
1. To project the under jaw, S.
2. To distort the mouth in contempt, S.
Fr. _gauche_, awry; _gauch-ir_, to writhe.
GAST, _s._ A gust of wind, S. B.
A. S. _gest_, id.
GASTROUS, _adj._ Monstrous, Dumfr.
Dan. _gaster_, Manes, ghosts. O. E. _gaster_, to affright.
GATE, _s._ A way.
V. ~Gait~.
GATE, _s._ Jet.
V. ~Get~.
_Douglas._
GATING, _s._ Perhaps, guessing.
_Burel._
Su. G. _gaet-a_, conjecturam facere.
GAUCY, GAWSY, _adj._
1. Plump, jolly, S.
_Journal Lond._
2. Applied to any thing large, S.
_Burns._
3. Metaph., stately, portly, S.
_Ferguson._
Su. G. _gaase_, a male. The ancient Gauls called strong men _Gaesi_.
4. Well prepared, S.
_A. Douglas._
GAUCKIT, _adj._ Stupid.
V. ~Gowkit~.
GAUD, GAWD, _s._
1. A trick.
_Douglas._
2. A bad custom or habit, S. B.
Fr. _gaud-ir_, to be frolicksome, Su. G. _gaed-as_, laetari; from
Isl. _gaa_, gaudium.
GAVEL, GAWIL, _s._ The gable of a house, S.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _gafwel_, Belg. _gevel_, id.
GAVELOCK, _s._ An iron lever, S.
A. S. _gafelucas_, hastilia, _gafl_, furca.
GAUGES, _s. pl._ Wages.
_Acts Sedt._
O. Fr. _guaige_.
GAUKIE, GAWKY, _s._ A foolish person.
V. ~Gowk~.
Sw. _gack_, id.
_Ramsay._
~Gaukit~, ~Gawkit~, _adj._ Foolish, giddy, S.
_Morison._
GAUL, _s._ Dutch myrtle, S.
V. ~Scotchgale~.
GAULE, _s._ A loud laugh.
V. ~Gawf~.
GAUT, _s._ A hog, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
Isl. _galt_, sus exsectus.
_To_ GAW, _v. a._
1. To gall, S.
_Ferguson._
2. Metaph., to fret, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Gaw~, _v. n._ To become pettish, Loth.
_Ramsay._
~Gaw~, _s._ The mark left by a stroke or pressure, S.
_Polwart._
GAW, _s._ A gall-nut.
_Ramsay._
GAW, _s._
1. A furrow or drain, S.
_Statist. Acc._
2. A hollow with water springing in it, Ang.
GAWD, _s._ A goad, S.
_Ross._
GAWDNIE, GOWDNIE, _s._ The yellow gurnard, S. q. _gold_-fish.
_Sibbald._
_To_ GAWF, GAFF, _v. n._ To laugh violently, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _gaffla_, id. Germ. _gaffen_, to gape.
~Gaulf~, ~Gawf~, ~Gaffaw~, A horse-laugh, S.
_Knox._
_To_ GAWP UP, _v. a._ To swallow voraciously, S.
_Ramsay._
Sw. _gulpa_, buccis vorare deductis.
~Gawp~, _s._ A large mouthful, S.
GAWRIE, _s._ The red gurnard, S.
_Sibbald._
GAWSIE, _adj._ Jolly.
V. ~Gaucy~.
GEAN, GEEN, _s._ A wild cherry, S.
Fr. _guigne_, _guine_, id.
_Statist. Acc._
~Geantree~, _s._ A wild cherry-tree, S.
_Statist. Acc._
GEAR, GEARED.
V. ~Gere~.
GEARKING, _part. adj._ Vain.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _gearc-ian_, apparare.
GEAT, _s._ A child.
V. ~Get~.
GEBBIE, GABBIE, _s._ The crop of a fowl, S.
_Ferguson._
Gael. _ciaban_, the gizzard.
_To_ GECK, GEKK, _v. a._
1. To sport, Ang.
2. To deride, S.
_Philotus._
3. To befool.
_Leg. St Androis._
4. To jilt, S.
5. To toss the head disdainfully, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _gheck-en_, deridere, Su. G. _geck-as_, ludificari, Sw.
_gaeck-a_, to jilt.
~Geck~, ~Gekk~, _s._
1. A sign of derision.
_Dunbar._
2. A jibe.
_Montgomerie._
Teut. _geck_, jocus.
3. Cheat, S.
_Poems 16th Cent._
GED, (_g_ hard) _s._ The pike, a fish, S.
Su. G. Isl. _gaedda_, id.
_Barbour._
~Ged-staff~, _s._
1. A staff for stirring pikes from under the banks.
_Douglas._
2. A pointed staff, from Su. G. _gadd_, aculeus.
_Gl. Sibb._
GEE, (_g_ hard) _s._ _To tak the gee_, to become pettish and
unmanageable, S.
Isl. _geig_, offensa.
_Ross._
GEY, GAY, (_g_ hard) _adj._ Tolerable.
_S. P. Repr._
_A gey wheen_, a considerable number.
~Gey~, ~Gay~, _adv._ Indifferently. _Gey and weil_, pretty well, S.
_Ramsay._
~Geily~, ~Gayly~, ~Geylies~, _adv._ Pretty well, S.
_Kelly._
Teut. _gheef_, sanus; Su. G. _gef_, usualis.
GEYELER, _s._ Jailor.
_Wallace._
_To_ GEIF, GEYFF, _v. a._ To give.
_Douglas._
_To_ GEIG, (_g_ soft) _v. n._ To make a creaking noise, S.
_Douglas._
Germ. _geig-en_, fricare.
GEIG, _s._ A net used for catching the razor-fish.
_Evergreen._
GEIL, GEILL, _s._ Jelly, S.
Fr. _gel_.
_Lyndsay._
GEILL POKKIS, bags through which calfshead _jelly_ is strained.
_Maitland P._
GEING, (_g_ hard) _s._ Intoxicating liquor of any kind, Ang.
Isl. _gengd_, cerevisiae motus.
GEING, (_g_ hard) _s._ Dung, Bord.
A. S. _geng_, latrina.
GEIR, _s._ Accoutrements, &c.
V. ~Ger~.
_To_ GEYZE, GEISIN, GIZZEN, (_g_ hard) _v. n._ To become leaky for want
of moisture, S.
_Ferguson._
Su. G. _gistn-a_, _gisn-a_, id.
GEIST, _s._
1. An exploit; Lat. _gesta_.
_Douglas._
2. The history of any memorable action.
_Douglas._
GEIST, GEST, _s._
1. A joist, S.
_Doug._
2. A beam.
_Barbour._
GELORE, GALORE, GILORE, _s._ Plenty, S.
Gael. _go leoir_, enough.
_Ross._
_To_ GELL, (_g_ hard) _v. n._ To thrill with pain, S.
_Sir Egeir._
Germ. _gell-en_, to tingle.
_To_ GELL, (_g_ hard) _v. n._ To crack in consequence of heat, S.
Isl. _geil_, fissura.
~Gell~, _s._ A crack or rent in wood, S.
GELL, (_g_ hard) _s._ A leech, S. B. _gellie_, Perths.
Su. G. _igel_, id. C. B. _gel_, a horseleech.
GELT, _s._ Money.
V. ~Gilt~.
GEN, _prep._ Against.
A. S. _gean_, id.
GEND, (_g_ hard) _adj._ Playful.
_S. P. Repr._
Isl. _gant-a_, ludificare.
GENYIE, _s._ Engine of war.
_Minst. Bord._
GENYEILD, GENYELL, _s._
V. ~Ganyeild~.
GENIS, _s._ Apparently, the rack.
_Act Sed._
Fr. _gêne_, id. from Lat. _gehenna_.
GENYUS CHALMER, bridal chamber.
_Douglas._
GENTY, (_g_ soft) _adj._ Neat, limber, elegantly formed, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _jent_, bellus, elegans.
GENTIL, _adj._ Belonging to a nation.
_Douglas._
GENTILLY, _adv._ Completely, Ang.
_Barbour._
GENTRICE, GENTREIS, _s._
1. Honourable birth.
_Dunbar._
2. Genteel manners.
_Wallace._
3. Gentleness, softness.
_Henrysone._
GEO, (_g_ hard) _s._ A deep hollow, Caithn.
Isl. _gia_, hiatus oblongus.
2. A creek or chasm in the shore is called _geow_, Orkn.
GER, GERE, GEIR, GEAR, (_g_ hard) _s._
1. Warlike accoutrements.
_Barbour._
Isl. _geir_, lancea; Dan. _dyn geira_, strepitus armorum.
2. Goods. _Goods and gear_, a law phrase, S.
_Ruddiman._
3. Booty.
_Minst. Bord._
4. All kind of tools for business, S.
_Ruddiman._
5. Money, S.
_Watson._
~Gerit, Geared~, _part. adj._ Provided with armour.
_Wallace._
GERLETROCH. _s._
V. ~Gallytrough~.
GERRON, GAIRUN, _s._ A sea-trout, Ang.
_Minst. Bord._
GERS, GYRS, _s._ Grass, S.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _gaers_, Belg. _gars, gers_, id.
~Gersy~, _adj._ Grassy, S.
_Douglas._
~Gerss-house~, _s._ A house possessed by a tenant who has no land
attached to it, Ang.
~Gersslouper~, _s._ A grasshoper, S. B.
~Gerss-man~, ~Grass-man~, _s._ A tenant who has no land.
_Spalding._
Su. G. _graessaeti_, id.
~Gerss-tack~, _s._ The lease which a _gerss-man_ has, Ang.
GERSOME, GRESSOUME, _s._ A sum paid to a landlord by a tenant, at the
entry of a lease, or by a new heir to a lease or feu, S.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _gaersuma_, _gersume_, a compensation.
_To_ GES, _v. n._ To guess.
_Wyntown._
GESNING, GESTNING, _s_ (_g_ hard) Hospitable reception.
_Douglas._
Isl. _gistning_, id. from _gest-r_, a guest.
GESSERANT, Sparkling.
_K. Quair._
Teut. _ghester_, a spark.
GEST, _s._ Ghost.
V. ~Gaist~.
_Houlate._
GET, GETT, GEAT, GEIT, _s._
1. A child.
_Wyntown._
2. A contemptuous designation for a child, S.
_Knox._
3. Progeny.
_Wyntown._
4. Applied to the young of brutes.
Goth. _get-a_, gignere.
_Douglas._
GEWE, _conj._ If.
V. ~Gif~.
_To_ GY, GYE, _v. a._ To guide.
_K. Quair._
O. Fr. _guier_, id.
~Gy~, _s._ A guide.
Hisp. _guia_.
_Wallace._
GY, _s._ A proper name; Guy, Earl of Warwick.
_Bannatyne Poems._
GIB, GIBBIE, (_g_ hard), _s._ A gelded cat, S.
Fr. _gibb-ier_, to hunt.
_Henrysone._
GIBBLE, (_g_ hard), _s._ A tool of any kind, S.; whence _giblet_, any
small iron tool, Ang.
Teut. _gaffel_, furca.
_Morison._
GIBBLE-GABBLE, _s._ Noisy confused talk, S.
Isl. _gafla_, blaterare.