An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 385
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 385
GUMLY, _adj._ Muddy.
V. ~Grumly~.
GUMPHIE, _s._ A fool, Ang.
Isl. _gumps_, frustratio; Dan. _k.u.mse_, a blockhead.
GUMPLEFACED, _adj._ Chopfallen, S.
O. Fr. _guimple_, a veil worn by nuns; q. having the aspect of a nun.
GUMPTION, _s._ Understanding, S.
_Gawmtion_, A. Bor. id.
_J. Nicol._
Moes. G, _gaum-jan_, percipere.
GUNNER FLOOK, the Turbot.
_Sibb._
GUNSTANE, _s._ A flint, S.
GURAN, _s._ A small boil, S.
Gael. Ir. _guiran_, a pimple.
_To_ GURD, GOURD, _v. n._ To stop; applied to running water, when stopped in its course by earth, ice, &c. S. B.
_Doug._
Fr. _gourd-ir_, to benumb.
_To_ GURDE, _v. a._ To strike.
V. ~Gird~.
_Sir Gawan._
GURDEN, _v. 3 pl._ Gird.
_Id._
GURL, GOURL, GURLIE, GOURLIE, _adj._
1. Bleak, stormy, S.
_Doug._
2. Surly.
_Evergreen._
Belg. _guur_, cold, bleak.
GURR, _s._ A knotty stick or tree, Ang.
GUSCHACH, _s._ The fireside, Aberd.
GUSCHET, _s._
1. The armour by which the armpit was defended.
_Wallace._
Fr. gousset, id.
2. The clock of a stocking, S.
_Forbes._
GUSE, _s._ The long gut, S.
GUSEHORN, GUISSERN, _s._ The gizzard, S.
Fr. _gesier_, id.
_Watson._
GUSSIE, _s._ A coa.r.s.e l.u.s.ty woman, S.