An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 370

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 370


Chaucer, _Gaudee_. Fr.


_To_ GOWFF, _v. a._ To strike, S.


_Ritson._


GOWINIS, _s. pl._ Gowns.


_Henrysone._


GOWK, GOUK, _s._ A fool, S.


_Ramsay._


Franc. _gouch_, stolidus, Germ. _gauch_.


~Gowkit~, ~Gauckit~, ~Guckit~, _part. adj._


1. Foolish, S.


_Lyndsay._


2. Light; applied to young women.


_Peblis Play._


~Gowkitlie~, _adv._ Foolishly.


_Maitland P._


GOWK, GOLK, _s._ The cuckoo, S. _gouckoo_, S. B. _gock_, Stirlings.


_Dunbar._


Su. G. _goek_, Isl. _gouk-r_, id.


~Gowks errand~, A fools errand, S.


_To hunt the gowk_, to go on a fools errand.


_Ramsay._


~Gowks-hose~, _s._ Canterbury bells, S.


~Gowks-meat~, _s._ Wood sorrel, S.


_Lightfoot._


~Gowks-spittle~, The frothy matter frequently seen on the leaves of plants, S.


GOWL, _s._ A hollow between hills, Perths.


_Muses Threnodie._


Isl. _gaul_, any chasm or aperture.


GOWLIS, _s. pl._ Gules, in Heraldry.


_Dunbar._


GOWP, _s._ A mouthful; E. _gulp_.


_Philot._


GRABBLES, _s. pl._ A disease of cows, in which all their limbs become crazy, Ang.


GRACE DRINK, The drink taken by a company, after the giving of thanks at the end of a meal, S.


_Encyc. Brit._


_To_ GRADDAN, _v. a._ To prepare grain by scorching the ears, S.


_Boswell._


Su. G. _graedd-u_, igne torrere, Gael. _graed-am_, id.


~Graddan~, _s._


1. Grain burnt out of the ear, S.


2. That kind of snuff which is commonly called _bran_, as consisting of large grains, S.


Gael. _greadan_, snuff.


GRAF, GRAWE, _s._ A grave, Loth. _graff_.


_Stat. Will._


A. S. _graef_, Alem. _graua_, id.







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