The Project Gutenberg eBook of An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, by John Jamieson, D. D.

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.

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.

GRAPUS, s. The devil, or a hobgoblin, Ang.

GRASCHOWE-HEIDET, adj.

Fr. graisseux, greasy?

Dunbar.

To GRATHE, v. a. To make ready.
V. Graithe.

GRATHING, L. gruching.
Wallace.

GRATINIS, L. gratius, gracious.
Houl.

GRATNIZIED, part. pa. Quilled.

Fr. gratigné, scratched.

Watson.

To GRASSIL, GRISSEL, GIRSSIL, v. n. To rustle.
Douglas.

Fr. gresill-er, to crackle.

GRAVIN, GRAWYN, Interred.
V. Graif, v. 1.

GRAUIS, s. pl. Groves.
Douglas.

A. S. graf, lucus.

GRAUNT. adj. Great.
Barbour.

GRE, GREE, s.
1. A step.
Pal. Hon.
2. Degree, quality.
Douglas.
3. The superiority.
Houlate.
To wyn the gree, to be victor, S.
4. The prize.
To bear the gre, to carry off the prize, S.
Douglas.
5. Vogue, celebrity.
Gl. Shirr.
6. Humour.
Winyet.
7. Degree in measurement.
Bellenden.
8. Degree of affinity.
Wyntown.