An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 336

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 336

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 sh.e.l.l.


_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.