An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 338
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 338
~Gane~, ~Gayn~, _adj._
1. Fit, proper, useful. _Gaynest_, superl.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. Near; applied to a way, S. B.
_Ross._
Su. G. _gen_, utilis; _genwaeg_, via brevior.
~Ganenyng~, _s._ Necessary supply.
_Lyndsay._
GANE, _s._ The mouth or throat.
_Doug._
C. B. _gen_, the mouth.
GANER, _s._ Gander, S.
V. ~Ganaris~.
_To_ GANG, S. ~Geng~, S. B. _v. n._
1. To go.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. To go out, S.
_Lyndsay._
3. To proceed in discourse.
_Wallace._
4. To walk, opposed to riding, S.
_Ross._
5. To pa.s.s from one state to another.
_Douglas._
6. To proceed in any course of life.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
7. To have currency, S.
_Acts Ja. IV._
8. _To gang thegither_, to be married, S.
_Ross._
9. _To gang to gait_, to go abroad.
_Philotus._
10. _To gang to the gait_, to set out on a journey, S. B.
_Ross._
A. S. _gangan_, from _ga-n_, _gaa-n_, id.
~Gang~, _s._
1. A journey, S. B.
A. S. _gang_, iter.
2. A walk for cattle, S.
3. As much as one carries at once, S.
4. In composition, a pa.s.sage. _Throwgang_, an alley.
~Ganging~, _s._ Going.
_Barbour._
~Ganging Gudes~, moveable goods, S.
~Gangin Graith~, the furniture of a mill which a tenant is bound to uphold, S.
~Gangar~, ~Genger~, _s._ A walker, S. B.
~Gangarel~, ~Gangrel~, _s._
1. A stroller, Ang.