An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 346

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 346

_Doug._


2. A beam.


_Barbour._


GELORE, GALORE, GILORE, _s._ Plenty, S.


Gael. _go leoir_, enough.


_Ross._


_To_ GELL, (_g_ hard) _v. n._ To thrill with pain, S.


_Sir Egeir._


Germ. _gell-en_, to tingle.


_To_ GELL, (_g_ hard) _v. n._ To crack in consequence of heat, S.


Isl. _geil_, fissura.


~Gell~, _s._ A crack or rent in wood, S.


GELL, (_g_ hard) _s._ A leech, S. B. _gellie_, Perths.


Su. G. _igel_, id. C. B. _gel_, a horseleech.


GELT, _s._ Money.


V. ~Gilt~.


GEN, _prep._ Against.


A. S. _gean_, id.


GEND, (_g_ hard) _adj._ Playful.


_S. P. Repr._


Isl. _gant-a_, ludificare.


GENYIE, _s._ Engine of war.


_Minst. Bord._


GENYEILD, GENYELL, _s._


V. ~Ganyeild~.


GENIS, _s._ Apparently, the rack.


_Act Sed._


Fr. _gene_, id. from Lat. _gehenna_.


GENYUS CHALMER, bridal chamber.


_Douglas._


GENTY, (_g_ soft) _adj._ Neat, limber, elegantly formed, S.


_Ramsay._


Teut. _jent_, bellus, elegans.


GENTIL, _adj._ Belonging to a nation.


_Douglas._


GENTILLY, _adv._ Completely, Ang.


_Barbour._


GENTRICE, GENTREIS, _s._


1. Honourable birth.


_Dunbar._


2. Genteel manners.


_Wallace._


3. Gentleness, softness.