An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 335

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 335


Isl. _geir_, segmentum panni figura triquetra.


2. A slip of tender fertile gra.s.s 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-gaishond_, 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 s.p.a.ce.


_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.







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