An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 350

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 350

1. A boy.


_S. P. Repr._


Ir. _gilla_, _giolla_, a boy; a servant, a page.


2. A youth who acts as a servant, page, or constant attendant, S.


_Rob Roy._


GILLIEGAPUS, GILLIEGACUS.


V. ~Gapus~.


GILLIEWETFOOT, GILLIEWHIT, (_g_ hard) _s._


1. A worthless fellow, who gets into debt and runs off, Loth.


2. A running footman; also, a b.u.m-bailiff.


_Colvil._


From _gillie_, a page, and _wet foot_.


GILL-WHEEP, GELL-WHEEP, _s._


1. A cheat, S. B.


_Shirrefs._


2. _To get the gill-wheep_, to be jilted, S. B.


Isl. _gil-ia_, amoribus circ.u.mvenire, and _hwipp_, celer cursus.


GYLMIR.


V. ~Gimmer~.


GILPY, GILPEY, _s._ A roguish boy, a frolicsome boy or girl, S.


_Ramsay._


A. S. _gilp_, ostentation, arrogance.


GILSE, _s._ A young salmon.


V. ~Grilse~.


GILT, _pret. v._ Been guilty.


_K. Quair._


A. S. _gylt-an_, reum facere.


GILT, _s._ Money. S. _gelt_.


_Watson._


Germ. _gelt_, id. from _gelt-en_, to pay.


GILTY, _adj._ Gilded.


_Douglas._


GYM, _adj._ Neat, spruce, S.


_Doug._


GIMMER, GYLMYR, (_g_ hard) _s._


1. A ewe that is two years old, S.


_Compl. S._


Su. G. _gimmer_, ovicula, quae semel peperit.


2. A contemptuous term for a woman, S.


_Ferguson._


GYMMER, _compar._ of ~Gym~.


_Evergreen_.


_To_ GYMP, (_g_ soft) _v. n._ To gibe, to taunt.


_Ruddiman._