GIDE, GYDE, _s._ Attire.
_Wallace._
A. S. _giwaede_, id.
_To_ GIE, _v. a._ To give, S.
V. ~Gif~.
GIELAINGER, _s._ A cheat.
V. ~Gileynour~.
GIEST, A contr. of _give us it_, S.
_Henrysone._
_To_ GIF, ~Gyf~, ~Giff~, _v. a._ To give; _gie_, S.
_Barbour._
GIF, GYVE, GEUE, GEWE, _conj._ If.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _gau_, id. Su. G. _jef_, dubium.
GIFFIS, GYFFIS, _imper. v._ ~Gif~.
_Douglas._
GIFF-GAFF, _s._ Mutual giving, S.
_Kelly._
A. S. _gif_ and _gaf_, q. I gave, he gave.
GYIS, GYSS, _s._
1. A mask.
_Dunbar._
2. A dance after some particular mode.
O. Fr. _gise_.
_Henrysone._
GYKAT. L. ~Gillot~.
_Maitland P._
GIL, (_g_ hard), _s._ A cavern.
_Douglas._
Isl. _gil_, hiatus montium.
GILD, _s._ Clamour, noise.
_A. Hume._
Isl. _gelld_, clamor; _giel_, vocifero.
~Gild~, _adj._ Loud, S. B.
GILD, _adj._
1. Strong, well-grown.
_Skene._
Su. G. _gild_, validus, robustus.
2. Great. A gild rogue, a great wag.
_Ruddiman._
GILD, GILDE, _s._ A fraternity instituted for some particular purpose,
S.
_Stat. Gild._
A. S. _gild_, fraternitas, sodalitium.
~Gild-brother~, _s._ A member of the _gild_, S.
GILDEE, _s._ The whiting pout.
_Statist. Acc._
GYLE-FAT, _s._ The vat used for fermenting wort, S. _Gyle_, Orkn.
_Burrow Lawes._
Teut. _ghijl_, cremor cerevisiae.
GILEYNOUR, GILAINGER, _s._
1. A deceiver.
_Kelly._
2. "An ill debtor."
_Gl. Ramsay._
Su. G. _gil-ia_, to deceive, _gyllningar_, fraudes.
GILLIE, _s._
1. A boy.
_S. P. Repr._
Ir. _gilla_, _giolla_, a boy; a servant, a page.
2. A youth who acts as a servant, page, or constant attendant, S.
_Rob Roy._
GILLIEGAPUS, GILLIEGACUS.
V. ~Gapus~.
GILLIEWETFOOT, GILLIEWHIT, (_g_ hard) _s._
1. A worthless fellow, who gets into debt and runs off, Loth.
2. A running footman; also, a bum-bailiff.
_Colvil._
From _gillie_, a page, and _wet foot_.
GILL-WHEEP, GELL-WHEEP, _s._
1. A cheat, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
2. _To get the gill-wheep_, to be jilted, S. B.
Isl. _gil-ia_, amoribus circumvenire, and _hwipp_, celer cursus.
GYLMIR.
V. ~Gimmer~.
GILPY, GILPEY, _s._ A roguish boy, a frolicsome boy or girl, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _gilp_, ostentation, arrogance.
GILSE, _s._ A young salmon.
V. ~Grilse~.
GILT, _pret. v._ Been guilty.
_K. Quair._
A. S. _gylt-an_, reum facere.
GILT, _s._ Money. S. _gelt_.
_Watson._
Germ. _gelt_, id. from _gelt-en_, to pay.
GILTY, _adj._ Gilded.
_Douglas._
GYM, _adj._ Neat, spruce, S.
_Doug._
GIMMER, GYLMYR, (_g_ hard) _s._
1. A ewe that is two years old, S.
_Compl. S._
Su. G. _gimmer_, ovicula, quae semel peperit.
2. A contemptuous term for a woman, S.
_Ferguson._
GYMMER, _compar._ of ~Gym~.
_Evergreen_.
_To_ GYMP, (_g_ soft) _v. n._ To gibe, to taunt.
_Ruddiman._
Isl. _skimp-a_, Su. G. _skymf-a_, to taunt.
~Gymp~, ~Jymp~, _s._
1. A witty jest, a taunt, S. B.
_Douglas._
2. A quirk, a subtilty.
_Henrysone._
Belg. _schimp_, a jest, a cavil.
GYMP, GIMP, JIMP, _adj._
1. Slim, delicate, S.
_Douglas._
2. Short, scanty, S.
Su. G. _skamt_, short, _skaemt-a_, to shorten.
~Gimply~, ~Jimply~, adv. Scarcely, S.
GIN, _conj._ If, S.
_Sel. Ball._
GYN, GENE, _s._
1. Engine for war.
_Barbour._
_Gynnys for crakys_, great guns.
_Barbour._
2. The bolt or lock of a door, S.
_Ruddiman._
GYN, _s._ A chasm.
_Douglas._
A. S. _gin_, hiatus.
_To_ GYN, _v. n._ To begin.
_K. Quair._
~Gynnyng~, _s._ Beginning.
_Wyntown._
GINGE-BRED, _s._ Gingerbread, S.
_Pitscottie._
GINKER, _s._ A dancer.
_Watson._
Germ. _schwinck-en_, celeriter movere.
GYNKIE, (_g_ hard) _s._ A term of reproach applied to a woman; a giglet,
Renfr. Ang.
Isl. _ginn-a_, decipere.
GYNOUR, _s._ Engineer.
_Barbour._
GIPE, _s._ One who is greedy or avaritious.
Isl. _gypa_, vorax.
_Watson._
GIPSY, _s._ A woman's cap, S.
~Gipsey herring~, The pilchard, S.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._
GIRD, GYRD, _s._
1. A hoop, S.; also _girr_.
_Minst. Bord._
A. S. _gyrd_, Isl. _girde_, vimen.
~Girder~, _s._ A cooper, Loth.
2. A stroke, S.
_Barbour._
~To let gird~,
1. To strike.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. To let fly.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Gird~, _v. a._
1. To strike, with the pron. _throw_.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Gird~, _v. n._ To move with expedition and force.
_Barbour._
_To_ GIRD, _v. n._ To drink hard, S. B.
_Forbes._
GIRD, _s._ A trick.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _goer-a_, incantare; _utgiord_, magical art.
GIRDLE, _s._ A circular plate of malleable or cast iron, for toasting
cakes over the fire, S.
_Colvil._
Su. G. _grissel_, the shovel used for the oven; from _graedd-a_, to
bake.
GYRE-CARLING, (_g_ hard) _s._
1. Hecate, or the mother-witch of the peasants, S.
_Lyndsay._
_Gy-carlin_, Fife.; _Gay-carlin_, Bord.
Isl. _Geira_, the name of one of the Fates, and _karlinna_, an old
woman.
2. A hobgoblin.
_Bannat. Journal._
3. A scarecrow, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
GYRE FALCON, _s._ A large hawk.
_Houlate._
Germ. _geir_, a vulture, and _falke_, a falcon.
GYRIE, (_g_ soft) _s._ A stratagem, Selkirks.
V. ~Ingyre~.
_To_ GIRG, JIRK, _v. n._ To make a creaking noise, S.
V. ~Chirk~.
_Douglas._
GIRKE, _s._ A stroke, E. _jerk_.
_Z. Boyd._
Isl. _jarke_, pes feriens.
_To_ GIRN, _v. n._
1. To grin, S.
_Douglas._
2. To snarl, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To gape; applied to dress, S.
~Girn~, _s._ A grin, S.
~Gyrning~, s. Grinning.
_Barbour._
GIRN, GYRNE, _s._
1. A grin, S.
_Bellenden_
2. A snare of any kind.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _girn_, Isl. _girne_, id.
GIRN, _s._ A tent put into a wound, a seton, Bord.
Isl. _girne_, chorda.
GIRNALL, GIRNELL, GRAINEL, _s._
1. A granary, S.
_Knox._
_Girnal-ryver_, the robber of a granary.
_Evergreen._
2. A large chest for holding meal, S.
Fr. _grenier_, id.
To ~Girnal~, _v. a._ To store up in granaries, S.
_Acts Ja. II._
GIRNIGO, GIRNIGAE, _s._ A contemptuous term for a peevish person, S.
_Gl. Complaynt._
GIRNOT, _s._ The gray Gurnard; vulgarly _garnet_, Loth.
_Statist. Acc._
GYRS, _s._ Grass.
V. ~Gers~.
GIRSILL, _s._ A salmon not fully grown.
_Acts Ja. III._
GIRSLE, _s._ Gristle, S.
~Girslie~, _adj._ Gristly, S.
_J. Nicol._
GIRT, _pret. v._ Made, for _gert_.
_Houlate._
GIRTEN, _s._ A garter.
_Burel._
GIRTH, GYRTH, GIRTHOL, _s._
1. Protection.
_Wallace._
2. A sanctuary.
_Barbour._
3. The privilege granted to criminals during certain holidays.
_Baron Court._
4. Metaph. in the sense of privilege.
_Wyntown._
_To_ GYS, _v. a._ To disguise.
V. ~Gyis~.
GYSAR, GYSARD, _s._
1. A harlequin; a term applied to those who disguise themselves about
the time of the new year, S. _gysart_.
_Maitland Poems._
2. One whose looks are disfigured by age, or otherwise, S.
_Journal Lond._
_To_ GYSEN.
V. ~Geize~.
GISSARME, GISSARNE, GITHERN, _s._ A hand-ax, a bill.
_Doug._
O. Fr. _gisarme_, hallebard; from Lat. _gesa_, hasta, Roquefort.
GITE, _s._ A gown. Chauc. id.
_Henrysone._
GYTE. _To gang gite_, to act extravagantly, S. _hite_, S. B.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _gaet-ast_, laetari.
GITHERN.
V. ~Gissarme~.
_Douglas._
GYTHORN, _s._ A guitar.
_Houlate._
Fr. _giterne_, from Lat. _cithara_.
GITIE, _adj._ Shining as agate.
_Watson._
GIZZEN, _s._ Childbed.
V. ~Jizzen-bed~.
_To_ GIZZEN, _v. n._ To be dried.
V. ~Geyze~.
_To_ GLABBER, GLEBBER, _v. n._ To speak indistinctly, S.
Gael. _glafaire_, a babbler.
GLACK, _s._
1. A defile between mountains, Perths. Ang.
_Minstrelsy Bord._
2. A ravine in a mountain.
_Pop. Ball._
3. An opening in a wood where the wind comes with force, Perths.
4. The part of a tree where a bough branches out.
_Gl. Pop. Ball._
5. That part of the hand between the thumb and fingers. Ibid.
Gael. _glac_, a narrow glen, _glaic_, a defile.
GLACK, _s._
1. A handful or small portion, Ang.
_Ross._
2. As much grain as a reaper holds in his hand, Ang.
3. A snatch, a slight repast, Ang.
Gael. _glaic_, a handful.
_To_ GLACK _one's mitten_, to put money into one's hand, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
Gael. _glac-am_, to receive.
GLAD, GLAID, GLADE, GLID, _adj._
1. Smooth, easy in motion, S.
_Ruddiman._
2. Slippery; _glid ice_, S. B.
3. Applied to one who is not to be trusted, S. B.
A. S. _glid_, Belg. _glad_, Su. G. _glatt_, lubricus.
GLADDERIT, _part. pa._ Besmeared.
Teut. _kladder-en_, to bedaub.
_Dunbar._
GLAIK, _pl._ ~Glaiks~, _s._
1. The reflection of the rays of light, from a lucid body in motion.
_Kennedy._
_To cast the glaiks on_ one, to make the reflection fall on one, S.
2. Any thing that produces reflection.
_Adamson._
3. A deception; what suddenly eludes one's grasp or sight, S.
_Lyndsay._
_To play the glaiks with_ one, to gull, to cheat.
_Lyndsay._
_To get the glaik_, to be gulled or cheated, S. B.
_Leg. St Androis._
_To hunt the glaiks_, to pursue with perpetual disappointment.
_Colvil._
4. The act of jilting. _To gie the glaiks_, to jilt one, S.
_Herd._
5. A giddy and frivolous person.
_Chr. Kirk._
6. A bat, Loth.
A. S. _glig_, ludibrium, Teut. _glick-en_, nitere.
_To_ ~Glaik, Glaike~, _v. n._ To spend time idly or playfully, S.
_Burel._
~Glaikit~, ~Glakyt~, _part. adj._
1. Light, giddy, S.
_Complaynt S._
2. Foolish, rash.
_Wallace._
3. Giddy, including the idea of coquetry, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Glaiking~, _s._ Folly.
_Dunbar._
GLAYMORE, _s._
1. A two-handed sword.
_Boswell._
2. The common broad-sword, _claymore_, S.
_Boswell._
Gael _claidhamh_, a sword, _more_, great.
GLAIRY-FLAIRY. _adj._ Gaudy, shewy, S. B.
E. _glare_, and _flare_.
~Glairie-flairies~, _s. pl._ Gaudy trappings, Ang.
GLAIZIE, _adj._ Glittering, glossy, S.
_Burns._
GLAMER, GLAMOUR, _s._ The supposed influence of a charm on the eye,
causing it to see objects differently from what they really are.
Hence,
_to cast glamer o'er_ one, to cause deception of sight, S.
_Ritson._
Isl. _glam_, glaucoma in oculis gestans, fascinatis oculis.
~Glamourit~, _part. adj._ Fascinated.
_Evergr._
GLAMER, _s._ Noise.
_Diallog._
Isl. _glamr-a_, strepitum edere.
~Glamrous~, _adj._ Noisy.
_Wallace._
GLAMMACH, _s._
1. A snatch, an eager grasp, Ang.
2. A mouthful, Ang. _Glam, glammie_, S. A.
Gael. _glaimm_, a gobbet; _glamh-am_, to catch at greedily.
_To_ GLAMP, _v. n._
1. To grasp ineffectually, S. B.
_Ross._
2. To endeavour to lay hold of any thing beyond one's reach, S. B.
3. To strain one's self to catch at any thing.
Hence,
~Glamp~, _s._ A sprain, Ang.
~Glampit~, _part. pa._ Sprained.
GLAR, GLAUR, _s._
1. Mud, mire, S.
_Bellenden._
2. Any glutinous substance.
_Compl. S._
Fr. _glaire_, the white of an egg.
GLASCHAVE, _adj._ Perhaps, voracious.
Su. G. _glupsk_, id.
_Dunbar._
GLASHIE, _adj._
_Hudson._
GLASSOCK, _s._ The coal-fish, Sutherl.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ GLASTER, _v. n._
1. To bark, to bawl, Rudd. Gl. Shirr. _glaister_.
2. To boast.
_Douglas._
Fr. _glast-ir_, to bark, Su. G. _glafs-a_, id.; also to speak
foolishly.
~Glasterer~, _s._ A boaster.
_Calderwood._
GLATTON, _s._ A handful, Clydes.
_To_ GLAUM, _v. n._ To grasp at any thing, generally denoting a feeble
and ineffectual attempt, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _taga i glims_, errare in capiendo, frustrari.
~Glaum~, _s._ A grasp, especially one that is ineffectual, Ang.
GLE, GLEW, _s._
1. Game, sport.
E. _glee_.
_Peblis to the Play._
2. Metaph. the fate of battle.
_Barbour._
A. S. _gleo, gliw_, id.
~Gle-men~, _s. pl._ Minstrels.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _gli-man_, a musician.
GLEAM. _Gane gleam_, taken fire, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
GLED, _s._ The kite, S.
_To_ GLEEK, _v. n._ To gibe.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
GLEG, _adj._
1. Quick of perception, by means of any one of the senses, S., as _gleg
of the ee_, S.
_Fordun._
2. Keen; applied to edged tools, S.
_J. Nicol._
3. Clever, expeditious, S.
_Burns._
4. Attentive, S.
_Ramsay._
5. Smooth, slippery; as _gleg ice_, S.
6. Quick of apprehension, S.
_Ferguson._
7. Conjoined with the idea of avarice.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _gloegg-r_, acer visu; acutus; attentus; consideratus; parcus;
from Su. G. _glo_, attentis oculis videre.
~Glegly~, _adv._
1. Expeditiously, S.
2. Attentively, S.
_Ross._
GLEG, _s._ A gad-fly.
V. ~Cleg~.
_To_ GLEY, GLYE, _v. n._
1. To squint, S.
2. Metaph. to overlook.
_Kelly._
~Gley~, _s._ A squint look, S.
~Gley'd~, ~Gleid~, ~Glyd~, _part. pa._
1. Squint-eyed, S.
_Wallace._
Isl. _gloe_, _gloedt_, lippe prospecto, or _gleid-a_, distendere,
_gleid_, distentus.
2. Oblique, used generally, S.
_To_ ~Gledge~, _v. n._ To look asquint suddenly, Fife.
GLEID, GLEDE, _s._
1. A burning coal, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _gled_, Su. G. _gloed_, pruna.
2. A strong or bright fire, S.
_Wallace._
3. Fire, in general.
_Douglas._
4. A temporary blaze.
_Lord Hailes._
5. A small fire.
_Henrysone._
6. A mass of burning metal.
_Douglas._
7. A hot ember, S.
8. A spark of fire.
_Gl. Sibb._
GLEYD, GLYDE, _s._ An old horse, S. B.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Isl. _glad-r_, equus gradarius.
GLEIS, _s._ Splendour.
_Evergreen._
Isl. _glis_, nitor.
_To_ GLEIT, GLETE, _v. n._
1. To glitter.
_Douglas._
2. Denoting the polish given to language.
Isl. _glitt-a_, fulgere.
_Pal. Hon._
GLE-MEN, _s. pl._ Minstrel.
V. ~Gle~.
GLENDER-GANE, _adj._ In a declining state of health, in bad
circumstances, or engaged in immoral habits; _glender-gear_, id. S.
From _glanders_, a disease of horses.
GLENGORE, GLENGOUR, GRANDGORE, _s._ Lues venerea.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _gorre_, id. also _grande gorre_, Roquefort; or q. _glandgore_.
_To_ GLENT, GLINT, _v. n._
1. To glance, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To pass suddenly, S.
_Minst. Bord._
3. To peep out, S.
_Burns._
4. To squint, S. B.
_Cleland._
~Glent~, ~Glint~, _s._ A glance, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A transient view, S.
3. A moment; _In a glent_, immediately, S.
Teut. _glants_, splendor.
_Ross._
_To_ GLEUIN, _v. n._ To glow.
V. ~Gliffin~.
_Douglas._
_To_ GLEW, _v. a._ To make merry.
A. S. _gleow-ian_, jocari.
_King Hart._
~Glew~, _s._ Sport.
V. ~Gle.~
GLIB-GABBET, _adj._ Having a glib tongue, S.
_Burns._
GLID, _adj._ Slippery.
V. ~Glad~.
_To_ GLIFF, GLOFF, GLUFF, _v. n._ To be seized with sudden fear, S.
_Journal Lond._
_To_ ~Gliff~, _v. a._ To affright, to alarm, S. A. _It glift him_, Loth.
_Gluft_, id. Caithn.
~Gliff~, ~Gloff~, ~Gluff~, _s._
1. A sudden fear, Loth.
_Ramsay._
2. The shock felt in plunging into water, S. B.
_Ross._
3. Glow, uneasy sensation of heat, Ang.
GLIFF, _s._
1. A transient view, S.
2. A moment, S.
_Mannering._
_To_ GLIFFIN, _v. n._ To open the eyes at intervals, in awaking from a
disturbed sleep.
V. ~Gleuin~.
_Barbour._
GLIM, _s._ An effectual attempt to lay hold of an object, Aberd.
_Shirrefs._
~Glim~, _adj._ Blind, Aberd.
~Glim-glam~, _s._ Blind man's buff.
_Ibid._
Isl. _glam_, visu hebes.
_To_ GLIMMER, _v. n._ To blink, to wink, S.
GLIMMER, _s._ Mica of mineralogists, Loth.
GLISK, _s._ A transient view, S.
_J. Nicol._
Isl. _glis_, nitor.
GLISNYT, GLISINT, _pret._ Blinked, like one newly awakened.
_Douglas._
A. S. _glisn-ian_, coruscare.
_To_ GLISS, _v. n._ To cast a glance with the eyes.
_Sir Gawan._
Germ. _gleiss-en_, fulgere.
GLISTER, _s._ Lustre.
_Knox._
Su. G. _glistra_, scintilla.
GLIT, _s._
1. Tough phlegm, S.
2. Ooze in the bed of a river, S.
Isl. _glat_, _glaet-a_, humor.
GLOAMIN, GLOMING, _s._ Twilight, S.
A. S. _glomung_, id.
_A. Hume._
~Gloamin-shot~, _s._ A twilight interview, S.
_Burns._
~Gloamin-star~, _s._ The evening-star, Loth.
_To_ GLOCK, _v. a._ To gulp, including the idea of the sound, Ang.;
_wacht_ synon.
Teut. _klock-en_, sonitum reddere, qualem angusti oris vasculum
solet.
~Glock~, _s._ A gulp, Ang.
GLOFF, _s._ A sudden fright, S.
V. ~Gliff~.
GLOG, _adj._ Slow; _glog-rinnin water_, a river that runs slowly,
Perths.
Gael. _glog_, a soft lump, _gliogar_, slowness.
GLOY, _s._
1. The withered blades stripped off from straw, S. B.
_Douglas._
2. Oaten straw, Orkn.
Fr. _gluy_, Holl. _gluye_, stramen arundinaceum.
_To_ ~Gloy~, _v. a._ To give grain a rough thrashing, Loth.
GLOIS, _s._ A blaze.
V. ~Glose~.
_To_ GLOIT, _v. n._
1. To work in something liquid, miry, or viscous, Ang.
2. To do any thing in a dirty and awkward manner, Ang.
Sw. _gloet-a_, to grope for fish.
~Gloitry~.
V. ~Gludderie~.
GLONDERS, _s. pl. In the glonders_, in a state of ill-humour, Loth.
_Knox._
Isl. _glundr-a_, confundere, turbare.
_To_ GLOPPE, GLOPPEN, _v. n._ To let the countenance fall, as when one
is about to cry or weep.
_Sir Gawan._
Isl. _glupn-a_, vultum demittere; contristari, ad lacrymas bibulas
effundendum moveri.
GLORE, _s._ Glory.
Fr. _gloire_.
_Doug._
_To_ ~Glore~, _v. n._ To glory.
_Doug._
_To_ GLORG, _v. n._ To work in some dirty business, Ang.
~Glorg~, _s._ A nasty compound of any kind, Ang.
~Glorgie~, _adj._ _Glorgit_, _part. pa._ Bedaubed, from being engaged in
dirty work, or travelling in a miry road, Ang.
GLOSE, GLOIS, _s._
1. A blaze, S.
2. The act of warming one's self at a quick fire, S.
_Philotus._
Germ. _glauz_, Isl. _glosse_, flamma.
_To_ ~Glose~, ~Gloze~, _v. n._ To blaze, S.
GLOSS, _s._ Perh. the same with ~Glush~.
_Wallace._
GLOTTEN, _s._ A thaw, S. A.
_To_ GLOUM, GLOOM, _v. n._ To frown, S.
Germ. _glum_, turbidus.
_Knox._
~Gloum~, ~Glowme~, ~Gloom~, _s._ A frown.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ GLOUR, GLOWR, _v. n._ To stare, S.
Belg. _glurr-en_, to peer.
_Dunbar._
~Glour~, _s._ A broad stare, S.
_Pennecuik._
_To_ GLOUT, _v. n._ To pout.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
Isl. _glott-a_, indignanter subridere; _glett-a_, irritare.
GLU, _s._ A glove, S. B.
_Wyntown._
Goth. _gloa_, id.
_To_ GLUDDER, (pron. _gluther_) _v. n._
1. To do any dirty work, or any work in a dirty manner, S. B.
V. ~Gloit~.
2. To carry on in a facetious, but low and cajoling style.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _glutr-a_, prodigere; _glutrun_, vita dissoluta.
~Gluddery~, ~Gloittry~, _adj._ Denoting work which is not only wet, but
unctuous to the touch, S. B.
_To_ GLUFF, _v. n._
V. ~Gliff~.
GLUGGERY, _adj._ Flaccid; applied to young and soft animal food, Ang.
_To_ GLUNSH, _v. n._ To pout, S.; _glumsh_, Fife.
Isl. _glenska_, jocus mordax.
_Burns._
~Glunsh~, _s._ A sour look, S.
_Burns._
~Glunschoch~, _s._ One who has a morose look.
_Dunbar._
_To_ GLUNT, _v. n._ To emit sparks, Ang.
V. ~Glent~.
GLUPE, _s._ A great chasm, Caithn.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _gliuf-r_, hiatus, per quem precipitantur flumina.
GLUSH, _s._ Any thing in the state of a pulp; snow, when beginning to
melt, S.
GLUTTRÉ, _s._ Gluttony.
_Wallace._
_To_ GNAP, _v. n._ To chirp.
_Pal. Hon._
Teut. _knapp-en_, crepitare.
_To_ GNAP, _v. a._ To eat, S. B.
V. ~Gnyp~.
~Gnap~, _s._ A bite, S. B.
_Ross._
GNAPING, _part. pr._ Expressive of eagerness.
_Ross._
Isl. _gnap-a_, intentus intueri.
_To_ GNAP, _v.n._
1. To attempt, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
2. To bite at.
_Mellvill's MS._
GNARR, _s._ A hard knot in wood, S.
Teut. _knorre_, id.
_To_ GNAT, _v. a._
1. To gnaw, Ang.
2. To grind the teeth, Ang.
Isl. _gnat-a_, collidi.
~Gnat~, _s._ A bite, a snap, Ang.
GNIB, _adj._
1. Clever in motion or action, S. B.
_Ross._
2. Light-fingered, S. B.
Su. G. _knappe_, citus; _knapphaendig_, qui manu promptus est; Dan.
_knibe_, arete tenere.
_To_ GNIDGE, _v. a._
1. To press, to squeeze, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Isl. _knos-a_, to thrust; Teut. _knudsen_, to beat.
2. _To knidge aff_, to rub off, S. B.
_Ross._
GNEIGIE, _adj._ Sharp-witted, Moray.
V. ~Knacky~.
_Pop. Ball._
_To_ GNYP, GNIP, GNAP, _v. a._
1. To crop, to gnaw.
_Douglas._
Germ. _kneipp-en_; Isl. _knyp-a_, vellere.
2. To eat, S. B.
GNIPPER ~for~ GNOPPER, an alliterative phrase used to express the sound
made by a mill in grinding.
_Pop. Ball._
Su. G. _knaepp-a_, to knap.
GOADLOUP, _s._ The gantelope, a military punishment.
_Wodrow._
Sw. _gatulopp_, id.
GOAN, _s._ A wooden dish for meat, Loth.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _gogn_, utensilia familiaria.
GOARE, _s._ A hurt, a wound.
C. B. _gor_ pus.
_Bp. Forbes._
GOAT, _s._ A narrow cavern or inlet, into which the sea enters, Ang.
Isl. _gioota_, caverna terrae; _gat_, foramen.
GOAT-CHAFFER, _s._ Cerambyx aedilis.
_Sibbald._
_To_ GOAVE, _v. n._
V. ~Goif~.
GOB, _s._ The mouth.
Ir. _gob_.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. The stomach, S. _gebbie_.
_Maitland P._
GOBICH, _s._ The _goby_, a fish.
_Stat. Acc._
GOCKMIN, GOKMAN, _s._ A centinel.
Gael. _gochdman_, a watchman.
_Martin._
GODBAIRNE, _s._ Godchild.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _godbearn_, puer lustricus.
_To_ GOGGE, _v. a._ To blindfold.
_Z. Boyd._
~Goggles~, _s. pl._ Blinds for horses, S.
GOE, GEU, _s._ A creek.
V. ~Geo~.
_Neill._
_To_ GOIF, GOUE, GOVE, GOAVE, GOUP, _v._
1. To stare, to gaze, to look with a roving eye, S.
_Gawve_, A. Bor.
_Douglas._
2. To investigate.
_Douglas._
3. To look stedfastly, holding up the face, S. B.
_Burns._
4. To throw up the head, tossing it from side to side, S.
Germ. _gaff-en_, adspectare, Sw. _gap-a_, avide intueri, Isl.
_gap-a_, circumspicere.
GOLACH, _s._
1. The generic name for a beetle, Ang.
2. The earwig, Loth.
Gael. _forchar-gollach_, id.
GO-LAIGH, GO-LAIGHIE, _s._ A low short-legged hen; also a woman of a
similar shape, S. B.
From the v. _go_, and _laigh_, low.
GOLDING, _s._ A species of wild fowl.
_Acts Ja. VI._
GOLDSPINK, _s._ The Goldfinch, S. _goudspink_.
_Lyndsay._
GOLF, GOFF, GOUF, _s._
1. A game in Scotland, in which hooked clubs are used for striking
balls, stuffed very hard with feathers, from one hole to another. He
who drives his ball into the hole with fewest strokes, is the winner.
_Acts Ja. II._
Belg. _kolf_, a club for striking bowls or balls.
2. _Gouf_, a stroke, S.
_A. Nicol._
GOLINGER, _s._ A contemptuous term, Dumfr.
V. ~Gileynour~.
Isl. _goelengar_, illecebrae.
GOLINYIE, _s._ Apparently, a subterfuge.
V. preceding word.
_Colvil._
GOLK, _s._ Cuckow.
V. ~Gouck~.
GOLKGALITER, s. Some kind of disease.
_Roull._
Germ. _koken_, evomere, and A. S. _gealla_, bile.
GOME, GUYM, _s._ A man; sometimes, a brave man.
_Wallace._
Moes. G. _guma_, vir, A. S. _goma_, vir nubilis.
~Gome-graithe~, _s._ Furniture for war.
_Sir Gawan._
GOMRELL, GAMPHRELL, _s._ A stupid fellow, S.
_Ramsay._
Fr. _goimpre_, one who minds nothing but his belly; Isl. _gambr-a_,
blaterare, jactare.
_To_ GOO, _v. n._ To coo; a term used with respect to infants, S.
C. B. _cuaw_, to be loving.
_To_ GOOD, GUDIN, _v. a._ To manure.
V. ~Gude~.
GOODMAN, _s._
1. A proprietor of land, S.
V. ~Gude~, _adj._ sense 3.
_Melville._
2. The owner of a single farm which he himself occupies.
_Bp. Galloway._
3. A farmer, S.
_Burns._
4. A husband.
V. ~Gudeman~.
5. The master of a family, S.
_Dunbar._
6. Equivalent to _man_.
_King Hart._
7. A jailor.
_Wodrow._
8. By inversion, this designation has been given to the devil.
_Arnot._
GOOG, _s._
1. An unfledged bird, Ang.
2. Very young meat, that has no firmness, Ang.
A. S. _geoguth_, youth.
GOOL, GULE, _adj._ Yellow.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _geolu_, _guul_, Su. G. _gul_, id.
_To_ GOOSE, _v. a._ To iron linen cloths, S. from a tailor's _goose_.
GOOSE-CORN, _s._ Field Brome-grass, S.
Sw. _gaas-hafre_, i. e. goose-oats.
GORBACK, _s._ A sort of rampart, Orkn.
Isl. _gior-a_, facere, and _balk-r_, strues.
GORBET, _s._
1. A young bird, S. B.
_Lyndsay._
2. Metaph., a child, Ang.
V. ~Garb~.
GORBY, _s._ A raven, S. _corby_.
_Douglas._
Norw. _gorp_, Isl. _gorbor_, id.
_To_ GORBLE UP, _v. a._ To swallow with eagerness, Loth.
_Ramsay._
~Gorbling~, ~Gorling~, _s._ An unfledged bird, S., _gorbel_, Moray.
_Ramsay._
2. A very young person, Loth. id.
GOR-COCK, _s._ The red cock, or moor-cock.
_Burns._
GORDON, _s._ A wild fowl.
V. ~Golding~.
GORDS, _s. pl._ Lands now waste, that had formerly been cultivated,
Orkn.
Su. G. _gord_, sepimentum, area clausa.
GORE, _s._ Hardened rheum from the eyes, S.
V. ~Gaar~.
GORE, _s._ A strip of cloth.
V. ~Gair~.
GORFY, _adj._ Having a coarse appearance, Ang.
_To_ GORGE, _v. n._ Expressing the sound made in walking, when the shoes
are filled with water, Fife.
V. ~Chirk~.
GORGÉ. Not understood.
_Dunbar._
GORGOULL, _s._ Perhaps, harpy.
_Burel._
_To_ GORL, _v. a._ To surround the roof of a stack with straw-ropes,
Loth.
Su. G. _giord-a_, cingere.
GORMAND, _s._ A glutton. Fr.
_Lyndsay._
~Gormand~, _adj._ Gluttonous, id.
GORMAW, S. GOULMAW, _s._
1. The corvorant.
_Complaynt S._
2. A glutton, Lanerks.
Teut. _gorre_, valde avarus, _maeghe_, stomachus; Sw. _gorma_, to
gobble up.
GOSK, _s._ Grass growing through dung, Ang.
~Gosky~, _adj._
1. Rank, luxuriant, Ang.
2. Large in size, but feeble, ibid.
Isl. _groska_, gramen vernans.
GOSS, _s._
1. A silly good-natured man, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A mean, griping person, Loth.
Isl. _gose_, servulus. Fr. _gossée_, one who is made a laughing-
stock.
GOSSE, _s._ Abbrev. of _gossip_.
_Philotus._
GOSSEP, GOSSOP, _s._ Gossip.
_Wallace._