An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 366

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 366

6. Equivalent to _man_.


_King Hart._


7. A jailor.


_Wodrow._


8. By inversion, this designation has been given to the devil.


_Arnot._


GOOG, _s._


1. An unfledged bird, Ang.


2. Very young meat, that has no firmness, Ang.


A. S. _geoguth_, youth.


GOOL, GULE, _adj._ Yellow.


_Dunbar._


A. S. _geolu_, _guul_, Su. G. _gul_, id.


_To_ GOOSE, _v. a._ To iron linen cloths, S. from a tailors _goose_.


GOOSE-CORN, _s._ Field Brome-gra.s.s, S.


Sw. _gaas-hafre_, i. e. goose-oats.


GORBACK, _s._ A sort of rampart, Orkn.


Isl. _gior-a_, facere, and _balk-r_, strues.


GORBET, _s._


1. A young bird, S. B.


_Lyndsay._


2. Metaph., a child, Ang.


V. ~Garb~.


GORBY, _s._ A raven, S. _corby_.


_Douglas._


Norw. _gorp_, Isl. _gorbor_, id.


_To_ GORBLE UP, _v. a._ To swallow with eagerness, Loth.


_Ramsay._


~Gorbling~, ~Gorling~, _s._ An unfledged bird, S., _gorbel_, Moray.


_Ramsay._


2. A very young person, Loth. id.


GOR-c.o.c.k, _s._ The red c.o.c.k, or moor-c.o.c.k.


_Burns._


GORDON, _s._ A wild fowl.


V. ~Golding~.


GORDS, _s. pl._ Lands now waste, that had formerly been cultivated, Orkn.


Su. G. _gord_, sepimentum, area clausa.


GORE, _s._ Hardened rheum from the eyes, S.


V. ~Gaar~.


GORE, _s._ A strip of cloth.


V. ~Gair~.


GORFY, _adj._ Having a coa.r.s.e appearance, Ang.


_To_ GORGE, _v. n._ Expressing the sound made in walking, when the shoes are filled with water, Fife.