An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 344
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 344
Sw. _gulpa_, buccis vorare deductis.
~Gawp~, _s._ A large mouthful, S.
GAWRIE, _s._ The red gurnard, S.
_Sibbald._
GAWSIE, _adj._ Jolly.
V. ~Gaucy~.
GEAN, GEEN, _s._ A wild cherry, S.
Fr. _guigne_, _guine_, id.
_Statist. Acc._
~Geantree~, _s._ A wild cherry-tree, S.
_Statist. Acc._
GEAR, GEARED.
V. ~Gere~.
GEARKING, _part. adj._ Vain.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _gearc-ian_, apparare.
GEAT, _s._ A child.
V. ~Get~.
GEBBIE, GABBIE, _s._ The crop of a fowl, S.
_Ferguson._
Gael. _ciaban_, the gizzard.
_To_ GECK, GEKK, _v. a._
1. To sport, Ang.
2. To deride, S.
_Philotus._
3. To befool.
_Leg. St Androis._
4. To jilt, S.
5. To toss the head disdainfully, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _gheck-en_, deridere, Su. G. _geck-as_, ludificari, Sw.
_gaeck-a_, to jilt.
~Geck~, ~Gekk~, _s._
1. A sign of derision.
_Dunbar._
2. A jibe.
_Montgomerie._
Teut. _geck_, jocus.
3. Cheat, S.
_Poems 16th Cent._
GED, (_g_ hard) _s._ The pike, a fish, S.
Su. G. Isl. _gaedda_, id.
_Barbour._
~Ged-staff~, _s._
1. A staff for stirring pikes from under the banks.
_Douglas._