An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 369
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 369
_Watson._
Fr. _gauffr-er_, to adorn a garment with puffs.
GOURDED, _part. adj._ Gorged; applied to water when pent up, S. B.
V. ~Gurd~.
GOURIE, _s._ Garbage of salmon, Aberd.
Isl. _gor_, _gorr_, sanies.
_Spalding._
GOURL.
V. ~Gurl~.
GOUSTY, _adj._
1. Desolate, dreary, S.
_Douglas._
2. Ghostly, preternatural.
_Pop. Ball._
O. Fr. _gast_, wasteness, _guast-er_, to desolate.
GOUSTROUS, _adj._
1. Dark, wet, stormy, Dumfr.
Isl. _giostr_, ventus frigidus.
2. Frightful, ibid.
GOUTHERFOW, _adj._ Having the appearance of astonishment; staring wildly, Ang.
Isl. _galldr_, incantatio, q. _galldur-full_, under the power of incantation.
GOW, _s._ A halo; a cloudy, colourless circle surrounding the disk of the sun or moon, Ang.; _brugh_, synon.
Isl. _gyll_, parelion.
GOW, _s. To tak the gow_, to run off without paying ones debts, Ang.
O. Teut. _gouw_, a country.
GOWAN. _s._
1. The generic name for daisy, S.
_Brand._
2. Singly, it denotes the mountain daisy, S.
Gael. _gugan_, a daisy.
_Burns._
~Ewe-gowan~, _s._ The common daisy, S. B. probably from the _ewe_, as being frequent in pastures, and fed on by sheep.
~Horse-gowan~, _s._ The Leontodon, the Hypochaeris, and the Crepis, S.
~Yellow-gowan~, In S., denoting different species of the Ranunculus, the Marsh marigold, and Corn marigold.
_Ramsay._
~Gowany~, _adj._ Abounding with daisies, S.
_Ramsay._
GOWAND, _s._ Apparently, equivalent to _young man_.
_Henrysone._
A. S. _gowen_, tyrocinium; q. in a state of apprenticeship.
GOWDIE. _Heels oer gowdie_, topsy-turvy, S.
_Burns._
GOWDY, _s._ A jewel.
_Evergreen._