An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 352
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 352
GIRD, GYRD, _s._
1. A hoop, S.; also _girr_.
_Minst. Bord._
A. S. _gyrd_, Isl. _girde_, vimen.
~Girder~, _s._ A cooper, Loth.
2. A stroke, S.
_Barbour._
~To let gird~,
1. To strike.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. To let fly.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Gird~, _v. a._
1. To strike, with the p.r.o.n. _throw_.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Gird~, _v. n._ To move with expedition and force.
_Barbour._
_To_ GIRD, _v. n._ To drink hard, S. B.
_Forbes._
GIRD, _s._ A trick.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _goer-a_, incantare; _utgiord_, magical art.
GIRDLE, _s._ A circular plate of malleable or cast iron, for toasting cakes over the fire, S.
_Colvil._
Su. G. _grissel_, the shovel used for the oven; from _graedd-a_, to bake.
GYRE-CARLING, (_g_ hard) _s._
1. Hecate, or the mother-witch of the peasants, S.
_Lyndsay._
_Gy-carlin_, Fife.; _Gay-carlin_, Bord.
Isl. _Geira_, the name of one of the Fates, and _karlinna_, an old woman.
2. A hobgoblin.
_Bannat. Journal._
3. A scarecrow, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
GYRE FALCON, _s._ A large hawk.
_Houlate._
Germ. _geir_, a vulture, and _falke_, a falcon.
GYRIE, (_g_ soft) _s._ A stratagem, Selkirks.
V. ~Ingyre~.
_To_ GIRG, JIRK, _v. n._ To make a creaking noise, S.
V. ~Chirk~.
_Douglas._
GIRKE, _s._ A stroke, E. _jerk_.
_Z. Boyd._
Isl. _jarke_, pes feriens.