An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 353
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 353
_To_ GIRN, _v. n._
1. To grin, S.
_Douglas._
2. To snarl, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To gape; applied to dress, S.
~Girn~, _s._ A grin, S.
~Gyrning~, s. Grinning.
_Barbour._
GIRN, GYRNE, _s._
1. A grin, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den_
2. A snare of any kind.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _girn_, Isl. _girne_, id.
GIRN, _s._ A tent put into a wound, a seton, Bord.
Isl. _girne_, chorda.
GIRNALL, GIRNELL, GRAINEL, _s._
1. A granary, S.
_Knox._
_Girnal-ryver_, the robber of a granary.
_Evergreen._
2. A large chest for holding meal, S.
Fr. _grenier_, id.
To ~Girnal~, _v. a._ To store up in granaries, S.
_Acts Ja. II._
GIRNIGO, GIRNIGAE, _s._ A contemptuous term for a peevish person, S.
_Gl. Complaynt._
GIRNOT, _s._ The gray Gurnard; vulgarly _garnet_, Loth.
_Statist. Acc._
GYRS, _s._ Gra.s.s.
V. ~Gers~.
GIRSILL, _s._ A salmon not fully grown.
_Acts Ja. III._
GIRSLE, _s._ Gristle, S.
~Girslie~, _adj._ Gristly, S.
_J. Nicol._
GIRT, _pret. v._ Made, for _gert_.
_Houlate._
GIRTEN, _s._ A garter.
_Burel._
GIRTH, GYRTH, GIRTHOL, _s._
1. Protection.
_Wallace._
2. A sanctuary.