An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 354
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 354
_Barbour._
3. The privilege granted to criminals during certain holidays.
_Baron Court._
4. Metaph. in the sense of privilege.
_Wyntown._
_To_ GYS, _v. a._ To disguise.
V. ~Gyis~.
GYSAR, GYSARD, _s._
1. A harlequin; a term applied to those who disguise themselves about the time of the new year, S. _gysart_.
_Maitland Poems._
2. One whose looks are disfigured by age, or otherwise, S.
_Journal Lond._
_To_ GYSEN.
V. ~Geize~.
GISSARME, GISSARNE, GITHERN, _s._ A hand-ax, a bill.
_Doug._
O. Fr. _gisarme_, hallebard; from Lat. _gesa_, hasta, Roquefort.
GITE, _s._ A gown. Chauc. id.
_Henrysone._
GYTE. _To gang gite_, to act extravagantly, S. _hite_, S. B.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _gaet-ast_, laetari.
GITHERN.
V. ~Gissarme~.
_Douglas._
GYTHORN, _s._ A guitar.
_Houlate._
Fr. _giterne_, from Lat. _cithara_.
GITIE, _adj._ Shining as agate.
_Watson._
GIZZEN, _s._ Childbed.
V. ~j.i.z.zen-bed~.
_To_ GIZZEN, _v. n._ To be dried.
V. ~Geyze~.
_To_ GLABBER, GLEBBER, _v. n._ To speak indistinctly, S.
Gael. _glafaire_, a babbler.
GLACK, _s._
1. A defile between mountains, Perths. Ang.
_Minstrelsy Bord._
2. A ravine in a mountain.
_Pop. Ball._
3. An opening in a wood where the wind comes with force, Perths.
4. The part of a tree where a bough branches out.