Part 25
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._
A. S. _godsib_, Su. G. _gudsif_. lustricus; from _God_ and _sib_, one related by a religious tie.
~Gossiprie~, _s._ Intimacy.
_Mellvill's_ MS.
GO-SUMMER, _s._ The latter end of summer, S.
_Spalding._
GOT, GOTE, _s._ A drain, S.
Belg. _gote_, _geute_, id. Su. G. _giut-a_, fluere.
GOUD, _s._ Gold, S.
Teut.
_Ramsay._
GOUDSPINK, _s._
V. ~Goldspink~.
GOUDIE, _s._ A blow, Ang.
Isl. _gud_, pugna.
_To_ GOVE.
V. ~Goif~.
~Govellin~, _part. adj._ Hanging loosely and ungracefully, Ang.
2. Indicative of the appearance of the eyes, when one is intoxicated, Ang.
From _Goif_, q. v.
GOUERNAILL, s. Government, Fr.
_Wallace._
GOVIRNANCE, _s._ Deportment.
_Dunbar._
_To_ GOUK, _v. n._ 1. To gaze about in a vacant or foolish manner, Ang.
2. To expect foolishly.
_Douglas._
Germ. _guck-en_, spectare, prospectare.
GOUK, _s._ The Cuckow.
V. ~Gowk~.
GOUK, _s._ A fool.
V. ~Gowk~.
_To_ GOUL, _v. n._
1. To howl, S.
_Doug._
2. To scold, Lanerks.
Isl. _goel-a_, _gaul-a_, horrendum triste et inconditum vociferare; _gaul_, talis clamor.
~Goul~, _s._
1. A yell, S.
2. A cry of indignation, S.
~Gouling~, _s._ The act of yelling.
_Douglas._
GOULE, _s._ The throat.
_Douglas._
Fr. _gueule_, id.
GOULL-BANE, _s._ That bone which is the top of the _femur_, S. B.
GOULMAU.
V. ~Gormaw~.
_To_ GOUP, _v. n._ To stare.
V. ~Goif~.
GOUPIN, GOWPIN, GOUPING, _s._
1. The hollow of the hand, contracted in a semicircular form to receive any thing, S. B.
_Goupins_, both hands held together in form of a round vessel, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A handful, S.; also _goupenfow_.
_Bellenden._
Isl. _gaupn_, Su. G. _goepn_, manus concava.
GOUPHERD, _part. pa._ Puffed.
_Watson._
Fr. _gauffr-er_, to adorn a garment with puffs.
GOURDED, _part. adj._ Gorged; applied to water when pent up, S. B.
V. ~Gurd~.
GOURIE, _s._ Garbage of salmon, Aberd.
Isl. _gor_, _gorr_, sanies.
_Spalding._
GOURL.
V. ~Gurl~.
GOUSTY, _adj._
1. Desolate, dreary, S.
_Douglas._
2. Ghostly, preternatural.
_Pop. Ball._
O. Fr. _gast_, wasteness, _guast-er_, to desolate.
GOUSTROUS, _adj._
1. Dark, wet, stormy, Dumfr.
Isl. _giostr_, ventus frigidus.
2. Frightful, ibid.
GOUTHERFOW, _adj._ Having the appearance of astonishment; staring wildly, Ang.
Isl. _galldr_, incantatio, q. _galldur-full_, under the power of incantation.
GOW, _s._ A halo; a cloudy, colourless circle surrounding the disk of the sun or moon, Ang.; _brugh_, synon.
Isl. _gyll_, parelion.
GOW, _s. To tak the gow_, to run off without paying one's debts, Ang.
O. Teut. _gouw_, a country.
GOWAN. _s._
1. The generic name for daisy, S.
_Brand._
2. Singly, it denotes the mountain daisy, S.
Gael. _gugan_, a daisy.
_Burns._
~Ewe-gowan~, _s._ The common daisy, S. B. probably from the _ewe_, as being frequent in pastures, and fed on by sheep.
~Horse-gowan~, _s._ The Leontodon, the Hypochaeris, and the Crepis, S.
~Yellow-gowan~, In S., denoting different species of the Ranunculus, the Marsh marigold, and Corn marigold.
_Ramsay._
~Gowany~, _adj._ Abounding with daisies, S.
_Ramsay._
GOWAND, _s._ Apparently, equivalent to _young man_.
_Henrysone._
A. S. _gowen_, tyrocinium; q. in a state of apprenticeship.
GOWDIE. _Heels o'er gowdie_, topsy-turvy, S.
_Burns._
GOWDY, _s._ A jewel.
_Evergreen._
Chaucer, _Gaudee_. Fr.
_To_ GOWFF, _v. a._ To strike, S.
_Ritson._
GOWINIS, _s. pl._ Gowns.
_Henrysone._
GOWK, GOUK, _s._ A fool, S.
_Ramsay._
Franc. _gouch_, stolidus, Germ. _gauch_.
~Gowkit~, ~Gauckit~, ~Guckit~, _part. adj._
1. Foolish, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. Light; applied to young women.
_Peblis Play._
~Gowkitlie~, _adv._ Foolishly.
_Maitland P._
GOWK, GOLK, _s._ The cuckoo, S. _gouckoo_, S. B. _gock_, Stirlings.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _goek_, Isl. _gouk-r_, id.
~Gowk's errand~, A fool's errand, S.
_To hunt the gowk_, to go on a fool's errand.
_Ramsay._
~Gowk's-hose~, _s._ Canterbury bells, S.
~Gowk's-meat~, _s._ Wood sorrel, S.
_Lightfoot._
~Gowk's-spittle~, The frothy matter frequently seen on the leaves of plants, S.
GOWL, _s._ A hollow between hills, Perths.
_Muses Threnodie._
Isl. _gaul_, any chasm or aperture.
GOWLIS, _s. pl._ Gules, in Heraldry.
_Dunbar._
GOWP, _s._ A mouthful; E. _gulp_.
_Philot._
GRABBLES, _s. pl._ A disease of cows, in which all their limbs become crazy, Ang.
GRACE DRINK, The drink taken by a company, after the giving of thanks at the end of a meal, S.
_Encyc. Brit._
_To_ GRADDAN, _v. a._ To prepare grain by scorching the ears, S.
_Boswell._
Su. G. _graedd-u_, igne torrere, Gael. _graed-am_, id.
~Graddan~, _s._
1. Grain burnt out of the ear, S.
2. That kind of snuff which is commonly called _bran_, as consisting of large grains, S.
Gael. _greadan_, snuff.
GRAF, GRAWE, _s._ A grave, Loth. _graff_.
_Stat. Will._
A. S. _graef_, Alem. _graua_, id.
GRAGGIT, _part. pa._ Excommunicated.
_Lyndsay._
GRAY, _adj._ Denoting what is bad or fatal, S.
_Kelly._
GRAY FISH, _s._ The coal fish.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ GRAIF, GRAWE, _v. a._ To bury.
_Barbour._
A. S. _graf-an_, Su. G. _be-grafw-a_, id.
_To_ GRAYF, _v. a._ To engrave.
_Douglas._
GRAYLORD, _s._ The Coal fish full grown.
_Martin._
_To_ GRAINE, GRANE, _v. n._
1. To groan, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _gran-ian_, Belg. _gran-en_, id.
~Graine~, ~Grane~, _s._ A groan, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
GRAIN, GRANE, _s._
1. The branch of a tree, S. B.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. The stem of a plant.
_Douglas._
3. A branch of a river, S.
_Douglas._
4. In pl., the prongs of a fork, S.
Su. G. _gren-a_, Isl. _grein-a_, dividere; _grein_, distinctio.
GRAINTER, _s._ One who has the charge of granaries.
_Lyndsay._
Fr. _grenetier_, id.
_To_ GRAIP, _v. a._
1. To grope, S.
A. S. _grap-an_, id.
2. To feel; in general.
_Lyndsay._
GRAIP, GRIP, _s._ The griffin.
_Burel._
Goth. _greip_, a ravenous bird.
GRAIP, _s._ A dung fork, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _grepe_, id.
_To_ GRAITH, GRATHE, _v. a._
1. To make ready, S.
_Douglas._
2. To put on military accoutrements.
_Wallace._
3. To dress food.
_Chalm. Air._
A. S. _geraed-ian_, parare; Isl. _greid-a_, expedire.
~Graith~, _adj._
1. Ready.
_Barbour._
2. Not embarrassed.
_Wallace._
3. Straight, direct.
_Wallace._
4. Earnest; as to observation.
_Wallace._
~Graith~, _s._
1. Apparatus of whatever kind, S. _gear_, synon.
_Douglas._
_House-graith_, Furniture of a house, S.
_Maister-graith_, The beam by which horses are joined to a plough or harrow, Ang.
_Riding-graith_, Furniture necessary for riding, S.
_Burns._
2. Accoutrements for war.
_Lyndsay._
3. Substance, riches.
_Philotus._
4. Wearing apparel.
_Chalm. Air._
5. Any composition used by tradesmen in preparing their work.
_Chalm. Air._
6. Suds for washing clothes, S.
_Ramsay._
7. Stale urine, Ang.
8. Materials of a literary composition.
A. S. _ge-raede_, apparatus.
_Douglas._
~Graithly~, _adv._
1. Readily.
_Barbour._
2. Eagerly.
_Douglas._
GRAM, _s._
1. Wrath.
_Palice Honour._
A. S. Su. G. _gram_, id.
2. Sorrow.
A. S. id. molestia.
_Doug._
~Gram~, _adj._ Warlike.
_Gawan and Gol._
Su. G. _gram_, A. S. _grame_, iratus.
GRAMARYE, _s._ Magic.
_Lay Last Minstrel._
Fr. _grammaire_, grammar.
GRAMASHES, _s._
1. Gaiters reaching to the knees.
2. A kind of stockings worn instead of boots, S.
Fr. _gamaches_, id.
_Colvil._
GRAMMAW, _s._ A voracious eater, S. V. ~Gormaw~.
GRANATE, GRANIT, _adj._ Ingrained. ed.
_Palice Honour._
GRANDGORE, _s._ V. ~Glengore~.
GRANDSHER, _s._ Great-grandfather.
_Quon. Att._
GRANGE, _s._
1. The buildings pertaining to a corn farm.
_Douglas._
2. The place where the rents and tithes of religious houses, paid in grain, were delivered and deposited.
_Nimmo._
Fr. _grange_, id.
GRANIT, _part. adj._ Forked. V. ~Grain~.
_Douglas._
GRANK, _s._ The groaning of a wounded hart.
Belg. _geronk_, a snoring.
GRANZEBENE, _s._ The Grampian mountains in S.
_Bellenden._
_To_ GRAP, GRAPE, _v. a._
1. To grope, S.
A. S. _grap-ian_, id.
_Burns._
2. Metaph. to examine.
_Douglas._
GRAPPLING, A mode of catching salmon, S.
_Statist. Acc._