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2. Pert language, S.

~Gash~, _adj._

1. Shrewd in conversation, sagacious, S.

_Watson._

2. Lively and fluent in discourse, S.

_Ramsay._

3. Having the appearance of sagacity conjoined with that of self-importance, S.

_Burns._

4. Trim, respectably dressed, S.

_R. Galloway._

GASH, _s._ A projection of the under jaw, S.

_To_ ~Gash~, _v. n._

1. To project the under jaw, S.

2. To distort the mouth in contempt, S.

Fr. _gauche_, awry; _gauch-ir_, to writhe.

GAST, _s._ A gust of wind, S. B.

A. S. _gest_, id.

GASTROUS, _adj._ Monstrous, Dumfr.

Dan. _gaster_, Manes, ghosts. O. E. _gaster_, to affright.

GATE, _s._ A way.

V. ~Gait~.

GATE, _s._ Jet.

V. ~Get~.

_Douglas._

GATING, _s._ Perhaps, guessing.

_Burel._

Su. G. _gaet-a_, conjecturam facere.

GAUCY, GAWSY, _adj._

1. Plump, jolly, S.

_Journal Lond._

2. Applied to any thing large, S.

_Burns._

3. Metaph., stately, portly, S.

_Ferguson._

Su. G. _gaase_, a male. The ancient Gauls called strong men _Gaesi_.

4. Well prepared, S.

_A. Douglas._

GAUCKIT, _adj._ Stupid.

V. ~Gowkit~.

GAUD, GAWD, _s._

1. A trick.

_Douglas._

2. A bad custom or habit, S. B.

Fr. _gaud-ir_, to be frolicksome, Su. G. _gaed-as_, laetari; from Isl. _gaa_, gaudium.

GAVEL, GAWIL, _s._ The gable of a house, S.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _gafwel_, Belg. _gevel_, id.

GAVELOCK, _s._ An iron lever, S.

A. S. _gafelucas_, hastilia, _gafl_, furca.

GAUGES, _s. pl._ Wages.

_Acts Sedt._

O. Fr. _guaige_.

GAUKIE, GAWKY, _s._ A foolish person.

V. ~Gowk~.

Sw. _gack_, id.

_Ramsay._

~Gaukit~, ~Gawkit~, _adj._ Foolish, giddy, S.

_Morison._

GAUL, _s._ Dutch myrtle, S.

V. ~Scotchgale~.

GAULE, _s._ A loud laugh.

V. ~Gawf~.

GAUT, _s._ A hog, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

Isl. _galt_, sus exsectus.

_To_ GAW, _v. a._

1. To gall, S.

_Ferguson._

2. Metaph., to fret, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ ~Gaw~, _v. n._ To become pettish, Loth.

_Ramsay._

~Gaw~, _s._ The mark left by a stroke or pressure, S.

_Polwart._

GAW, _s._ A gall-nut.

_Ramsay._

GAW, _s._

1. A furrow or drain, S.

_Statist. Acc._

2. A hollow with water springing in it, Ang.

GAWD, _s._ A goad, S.

_Ross._

GAWDNIE, GOWDNIE, _s._ The yellow gurnard, S. q. _gold_-fish.

_Sibbald._

_To_ GAWF, GAFF, _v. n._ To laugh violently, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _gaffla_, id. Germ. _gaffen_, to gape.

~Gaulf~, ~Gawf~, ~Gaffaw~, A horse-laugh, S.

_Knox._

_To_ GAWP UP, _v. a._ To swallow voraciously, S.

_Ramsay._

Sw. _gulpa_, buccis vorare deductis.

~Gawp~, _s._ A large mouthful, S.

GAWRIE, _s._ The red gurnard, S.

_Sibbald._

GAWSIE, _adj._ Jolly.

V. ~Gaucy~.

GEAN, GEEN, _s._ A wild cherry, S.

Fr. _guigne_, _guine_, id.

_Statist. Acc._

~Geantree~, _s._ A wild cherry-tree, S.

_Statist. Acc._

GEAR, GEARED.

V. ~Gere~.

GEARKING, _part. adj._ Vain.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. _gearc-ian_, apparare.

GEAT, _s._ A child.

V. ~Get~.

GEBBIE, GABBIE, _s._ The crop of a fowl, S.

_Ferguson._

Gael. _ciaban_, the gizzard.

_To_ GECK, GEKK, _v. a._

1. To sport, Ang.

2. To deride, S.

_Philotus._

3. To befool.

_Leg. St Androis._

4. To jilt, S.

5. To toss the head disdainfully, S.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _gheck-en_, deridere, Su. G. _geck-as_, ludificari, Sw. _gaeck-a_, to jilt.

~Geck~, ~Gekk~, _s._

1. A sign of derision.

_Dunbar._

2. A jibe.

_Montgomerie._

Teut. _geck_, jocus.

3. Cheat, S.

_Poems 16th Cent._

GED, (_g_ hard) _s._ The pike, a fish, S.

Su. G. Isl. _gaedda_, id.

_Barbour._

~Ged-staff~, _s._

1. A staff for stirring pikes from under the banks.

_Douglas._

2. A pointed staff, from Su. G. _gadd_, aculeus.

_Gl. Sibb._

GEE, (_g_ hard) _s._ _To tak the gee_, to become pettish and unmanageable, S.

Isl. _geig_, offensa.

_Ross._

GEY, GAY, (_g_ hard) _adj._ Tolerable.

_S. P. Repr._

_A gey wheen_, a considerable number.

~Gey~, ~Gay~, _adv._ Indifferently. _Gey and weil_, pretty well, S.

_Ramsay._

~Geily~, ~Gayly~, ~Geylies~, _adv._ Pretty well, S.

_Kelly._

Teut. _gheef_, sanus; Su. G. _gef_, usualis.

GEYELER, _s._ Jailor.

_Wallace._

_To_ GEIF, GEYFF, _v. a._ To give.

_Douglas._

_To_ GEIG, (_g_ soft) _v. n._ To make a creaking noise, S.

_Douglas._

Germ. _geig-en_, fricare.

GEIG, _s._ A net used for catching the razor-fish.

_Evergreen._

GEIL, GEILL, _s._ Jelly, S.

Fr. _gel_.

_Lyndsay._

GEILL POKKIS, bags through which calfshead _jelly_ is strained.

_Maitland P._

GEING, (_g_ hard) _s._ Intoxicating liquor of any kind, Ang.

Isl. _gengd_, cerevisiae motus.

GEING, (_g_ hard) _s._ Dung, Bord.

A. S. _geng_, latrina.

GEIR, _s._ Accoutrements, &c.

V. ~Ger~.

_To_ GEYZE, GEISIN, GIZZEN, (_g_ hard) _v. n._ To become leaky for want of moisture, S.

_Ferguson._

Su. G. _gistn-a_, _gisn-a_, id.

GEIST, _s._

1. An exploit; Lat. _gesta_.

_Douglas._

2. The history of any memorable action.

_Douglas._

GEIST, GEST, _s._

1. A joist, S.

_Doug._

2. A beam.

_Barbour._

GELORE, GALORE, GILORE, _s._ Plenty, S.

Gael. _go leoir_, enough.

_Ross._

_To_ GELL, (_g_ hard) _v. n._ To thrill with pain, S.

_Sir Egeir._

Germ. _gell-en_, to tingle.

_To_ GELL, (_g_ hard) _v. n._ To crack in consequence of heat, S.

Isl. _geil_, fissura.

~Gell~, _s._ A crack or rent in wood, S.

GELL, (_g_ hard) _s._ A leech, S. B. _gellie_, Perths.

Su. G. _igel_, id. C. B. _gel_, a horseleech.

GELT, _s._ Money.

V. ~Gilt~.

GEN, _prep._ Against.

A. S. _gean_, id.

GEND, (_g_ hard) _adj._ Playful.

_S. P. Repr._

Isl. _gant-a_, ludificare.

GENYIE, _s._ Engine of war.

_Minst. Bord._

GENYEILD, GENYELL, _s._

V. ~Ganyeild~.

GENIS, _s._ Apparently, the rack.

_Act Sed._

Fr. _gêne_, id. from Lat. _gehenna_.

GENYUS CHALMER, bridal chamber.

_Douglas._

GENTY, (_g_ soft) _adj._ Neat, limber, elegantly formed, S.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _jent_, bellus, elegans.

GENTIL, _adj._ Belonging to a nation.

_Douglas._

GENTILLY, _adv._ Completely, Ang.

_Barbour._

GENTRICE, GENTREIS, _s._

1. Honourable birth.

_Dunbar._

2. Genteel manners.

_Wallace._

3. Gentleness, softness.

_Henrysone._

GEO, (_g_ hard) _s._ A deep hollow, Caithn.

Isl. _gia_, hiatus oblongus.

2. A creek or chasm in the shore is called _geow_, Orkn.

GER, GERE, GEIR, GEAR, (_g_ hard) _s._

1. Warlike accoutrements.

_Barbour._

Isl. _geir_, lancea; Dan. _dyn geira_, strepitus armorum.

2. Goods. _Goods and gear_, a law phrase, S.

_Ruddiman._

3. Booty.

_Minst. Bord._

4. All kind of tools for business, S.

_Ruddiman._

5. Money, S.

_Watson._

~Gerit, Geared~, _part. adj._ Provided with armour.

_Wallace._

GERLETROCH. _s._

V. ~Gallytrough~.

GERRON, GAIRUN, _s._ A sea-trout, Ang.

_Minst. Bord._

GERS, GYRS, _s._ Grass, S.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _gaers_, Belg. _gars, gers_, id.

~Gersy~, _adj._ Grassy, S.

_Douglas._

~Gerss-house~, _s._ A house possessed by a tenant who has no land attached to it, Ang.

~Gersslouper~, _s._ A grasshoper, S. B.

~Gerss-man~, ~Grass-man~, _s._ A tenant who has no land.

_Spalding._

Su. G. _graessaeti_, id.

~Gerss-tack~, _s._ The lease which a _gerss-man_ has, Ang.

GERSOME, GRESSOUME, _s._ A sum paid to a landlord by a tenant, at the entry of a lease, or by a new heir to a lease or feu, S.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _gaersuma_, _gersume_, a compensation.

_To_ GES, _v. n._ To guess.

_Wyntown._

GESNING, GESTNING, _s_ (_g_ hard) Hospitable reception.

_Douglas._

Isl. _gistning_, id. from _gest-r_, a guest.

GESSERANT, Sparkling.

_K. Quair._

Teut. _ghester_, a spark.

GEST, _s._ Ghost.

V. ~Gaist~.

_Houlate._

GET, GETT, GEAT, GEIT, _s._

1. A child.

_Wyntown._

2. A contemptuous designation for a child, S.

_Knox._

3. Progeny.

_Wyntown._

4. Applied to the young of brutes.

Goth. _get-a_, gignere.

_Douglas._

GEWE, _conj._ If.

V. ~Gif~.

_To_ GY, GYE, _v. a._ To guide.

_K. Quair._

O. Fr. _guier_, id.

~Gy~, _s._ A guide.

Hisp. _guia_.

_Wallace._

GY, _s._ A proper name; Guy, Earl of Warwick.

_Bannatyne Poems._

GIB, GIBBIE, (_g_ hard), _s._ A gelded cat, S.

Fr. _gibb-ier_, to hunt.

_Henrysone._

GIBBLE, (_g_ hard), _s._ A tool of any kind, S.; whence _giblet_, any small iron tool, Ang.

Teut. _gaffel_, furca.

_Morison._

GIBBLE-GABBLE, _s._ Noisy confused talk, S.

Isl. _gafla_, blaterare.

_Gl. Shirr._

GIDE, GYDE, _s._ Attire.

_Wallace._

A. S. _giwaede_, id.

_To_ GIE, _v. a._ To give, S.

V. ~Gif~.

GIELAINGER, _s._ A cheat.

V. ~Gileynour~.

GIEST, A contr. of _give us it_, S.

_Henrysone._

_To_ GIF, ~Gyf~, ~Giff~, _v. a._ To give; _gie_, S.

_Barbour._

GIF, GYVE, GEUE, GEWE, _conj._ If.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _gau_, id. Su. G. _jef_, dubium.

GIFFIS, GYFFIS, _imper. v._ ~Gif~.

_Douglas._

GIFF-GAFF, _s._ Mutual giving, S.

_Kelly._

A. S. _gif_ and _gaf_, q. I gave, he gave.

GYIS, GYSS, _s._

1. A mask.

_Dunbar._

2. A dance after some particular mode.

O. Fr. _gise_.

_Henrysone._

GYKAT. L. ~Gillot~.

_Maitland P._

GIL, (_g_ hard), _s._ A cavern.

_Douglas._

Isl. _gil_, hiatus montium.

GILD, _s._ Clamour, noise.

_A. Hume._

Isl. _gelld_, clamor; _giel_, vocifero.

~Gild~, _adj._ Loud, S. B.

GILD, _adj._

1. Strong, well-grown.

_Skene._

Su. G. _gild_, validus, robustus.

2. Great. A gild rogue, a great wag.

_Ruddiman._

GILD, GILDE, _s._ A fraternity instituted for some particular purpose, S.

_Stat. Gild._

A. S. _gild_, fraternitas, sodalitium.

~Gild-brother~, _s._ A member of the _gild_, S.

GILDEE, _s._ The whiting pout.

_Statist. Acc._

GYLE-FAT, _s._ The vat used for fermenting wort, S. _Gyle_, Orkn.

_Burrow Lawes._

Teut. _ghijl_, cremor cerevisiae.

GILEYNOUR, GILAINGER, _s._

1. A deceiver.

_Kelly._

2. "An ill debtor."

_Gl. Ramsay._

Su. G. _gil-ia_, to deceive, _gyllningar_, fraudes.

GILLIE, _s._

1. A boy.

_S. P. Repr._

Ir. _gilla_, _giolla_, a boy; a servant, a page.

2. A youth who acts as a servant, page, or constant attendant, S.

_Rob Roy._

GILLIEGAPUS, GILLIEGACUS.

V. ~Gapus~.

GILLIEWETFOOT, GILLIEWHIT, (_g_ hard) _s._

1. A worthless fellow, who gets into debt and runs off, Loth.

2. A running footman; also, a bum-bailiff.

_Colvil._

From _gillie_, a page, and _wet foot_.

GILL-WHEEP, GELL-WHEEP, _s._

1. A cheat, S. B.

_Shirrefs._

2. _To get the gill-wheep_, to be jilted, S. B.

Isl. _gil-ia_, amoribus circumvenire, and _hwipp_, celer cursus.

GYLMIR.

V. ~Gimmer~.

GILPY, GILPEY, _s._ A roguish boy, a frolicsome boy or girl, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _gilp_, ostentation, arrogance.

GILSE, _s._ A young salmon.

V. ~Grilse~.

GILT, _pret. v._ Been guilty.

_K. Quair._

A. S. _gylt-an_, reum facere.

GILT, _s._ Money. S. _gelt_.

_Watson._

Germ. _gelt_, id. from _gelt-en_, to pay.

GILTY, _adj._ Gilded.

_Douglas._

GYM, _adj._ Neat, spruce, S.

_Doug._

GIMMER, GYLMYR, (_g_ hard) _s._

1. A ewe that is two years old, S.

_Compl. S._

Su. G. _gimmer_, ovicula, quae semel peperit.

2. A contemptuous term for a woman, S.

_Ferguson._

GYMMER, _compar._ of ~Gym~.

_Evergreen_.

_To_ GYMP, (_g_ soft) _v. n._ To gibe, to taunt.

_Ruddiman._

Isl. _skimp-a_, Su. G. _skymf-a_, to taunt.

~Gymp~, ~Jymp~, _s._

1. A witty jest, a taunt, S. B.

_Douglas._

2. A quirk, a subtilty.

_Henrysone._

Belg. _schimp_, a jest, a cavil.

GYMP, GIMP, JIMP, _adj._

1. Slim, delicate, S.

_Douglas._

2. Short, scanty, S.

Su. G. _skamt_, short, _skaemt-a_, to shorten.

~Gimply~, ~Jimply~, adv. Scarcely, S.

GIN, _conj._ If, S.

_Sel. Ball._

GYN, GENE, _s._

1. Engine for war.

_Barbour._

_Gynnys for crakys_, great guns.

_Barbour._

2. The bolt or lock of a door, S.

_Ruddiman._

GYN, _s._ A chasm.

_Douglas._

A. S. _gin_, hiatus.

_To_ GYN, _v. n._ To begin.

_K. Quair._

~Gynnyng~, _s._ Beginning.

_Wyntown._

GINGE-BRED, _s._ Gingerbread, S.

_Pitscottie._

GINKER, _s._ A dancer.

_Watson._

Germ. _schwinck-en_, celeriter movere.

GYNKIE, (_g_ hard) _s._ A term of reproach applied to a woman; a giglet, Renfr. Ang.

Isl. _ginn-a_, decipere.

GYNOUR, _s._ Engineer.

_Barbour._

GIPE, _s._ One who is greedy or avaritious.

Isl. _gypa_, vorax.

_Watson._

GIPSY, _s._ A woman's cap, S.

~Gipsey herring~, The pilchard, S.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

GIRD, GYRD, _s._

1. A hoop, S.; also _girr_.

_Minst. Bord._

A. S. _gyrd_, Isl. _girde_, vimen.

~Girder~, _s._ A cooper, Loth.

2. A stroke, S.

_Barbour._

~To let gird~,

1. To strike.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. To let fly.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Gird~, _v. a._

1. To strike, with the pron. _throw_.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Gird~, _v. n._ To move with expedition and force.

_Barbour._

_To_ GIRD, _v. n._ To drink hard, S. B.

_Forbes._

GIRD, _s._ A trick.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _goer-a_, incantare; _utgiord_, magical art.

GIRDLE, _s._ A circular plate of malleable or cast iron, for toasting cakes over the fire, S.

_Colvil._

Su. G. _grissel_, the shovel used for the oven; from _graedd-a_, to bake.

GYRE-CARLING, (_g_ hard) _s._

1. Hecate, or the mother-witch of the peasants, S.

_Lyndsay._

_Gy-carlin_, Fife.; _Gay-carlin_, Bord.

Isl. _Geira_, the name of one of the Fates, and _karlinna_, an old woman.

2. A hobgoblin.

_Bannat. Journal._

3. A scarecrow, S. B.

_Journal Lond._

GYRE FALCON, _s._ A large hawk.

_Houlate._

Germ. _geir_, a vulture, and _falke_, a falcon.

GYRIE, (_g_ soft) _s._ A stratagem, Selkirks.

V. ~Ingyre~.

_To_ GIRG, JIRK, _v. n._ To make a creaking noise, S.

V. ~Chirk~.

_Douglas._

GIRKE, _s._ A stroke, E. _jerk_.

_Z. Boyd._

Isl. _jarke_, pes feriens.

_To_ GIRN, _v. n._

1. To grin, S.

_Douglas._

2. To snarl, S.

_Ramsay._

3. To gape; applied to dress, S.

~Girn~, _s._ A grin, S.

~Gyrning~, s. Grinning.

_Barbour._

GIRN, GYRNE, _s._

1. A grin, S.

_Bellenden_

2. A snare of any kind.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _girn_, Isl. _girne_, id.

GIRN, _s._ A tent put into a wound, a seton, Bord.

Isl. _girne_, chorda.

GIRNALL, GIRNELL, GRAINEL, _s._

1. A granary, S.

_Knox._

_Girnal-ryver_, the robber of a granary.

_Evergreen._

2. A large chest for holding meal, S.

Fr. _grenier_, id.

To ~Girnal~, _v. a._ To store up in granaries, S.

_Acts Ja. II._

GIRNIGO, GIRNIGAE, _s._ A contemptuous term for a peevish person, S.

_Gl. Complaynt._

GIRNOT, _s._ The gray Gurnard; vulgarly _garnet_, Loth.

_Statist. Acc._

GYRS, _s._ Grass.

V. ~Gers~.

GIRSILL, _s._ A salmon not fully grown.

_Acts Ja. III._

GIRSLE, _s._ Gristle, S.

~Girslie~, _adj._ Gristly, S.

_J. Nicol._

GIRT, _pret. v._ Made, for _gert_.

_Houlate._

GIRTEN, _s._ A garter.

_Burel._

GIRTH, GYRTH, GIRTHOL, _s._

1. Protection.

_Wallace._

2. A sanctuary.

_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. ~Jizzen-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.

_Gl. Pop. Ball._

5. That part of the hand between the thumb and fingers. Ibid.

Gael. _glac_, a narrow glen, _glaic_, a defile.

GLACK, _s._

1. A handful or small portion, Ang.

_Ross._

2. As much grain as a reaper holds in his hand, Ang.

3. A snatch, a slight repast, Ang.

Gael. _glaic_, a handful.

_To_ GLACK _one's mitten_, to put money into one's hand, S. B.

_Journal Lond._

Gael. _glac-am_, to receive.

GLAD, GLAID, GLADE, GLID, _adj._

1. Smooth, easy in motion, S.

_Ruddiman._

2. Slippery; _glid ice_, S. B.

3. Applied to one who is not to be trusted, S. B.

A. S. _glid_, Belg. _glad_, Su. G. _glatt_, lubricus.

GLADDERIT, _part. pa._ Besmeared.

Teut. _kladder-en_, to bedaub.

_Dunbar._

GLAIK, _pl._ ~Glaiks~, _s._

1. The reflection of the rays of light, from a lucid body in motion.

_Kennedy._

_To cast the glaiks on_ one, to make the reflection fall on one, S.

2. Any thing that produces reflection.

_Adamson._

3. A deception; what suddenly eludes one's grasp or sight, S.

_Lyndsay._

_To play the glaiks with_ one, to gull, to cheat.

_Lyndsay._

_To get the glaik_, to be gulled or cheated, S. B.

_Leg. St Androis._

_To hunt the glaiks_, to pursue with perpetual disappointment.

_Colvil._

4. The act of jilting. _To gie the glaiks_, to jilt one, S.

_Herd._

5. A giddy and frivolous person.

_Chr. Kirk._

6. A bat, Loth.

A. S. _glig_, ludibrium, Teut. _glick-en_, nitere.

_To_ ~Glaik, Glaike~, _v. n._ To spend time idly or playfully, S.

_Burel._

~Glaikit~, ~Glakyt~, _part. adj._

1. Light, giddy, S.

_Complaynt S._

2. Foolish, rash.

_Wallace._

3. Giddy, including the idea of coquetry, S.

_Lyndsay._

~Glaiking~, _s._ Folly.

_Dunbar._

GLAYMORE, _s._

1. A two-handed sword.

_Boswell._

2. The common broad-sword, _claymore_, S.

_Boswell._

Gael _claidhamh_, a sword, _more_, great.

GLAIRY-FLAIRY. _adj._ Gaudy, shewy, S. B.

E. _glare_, and _flare_.

~Glairie-flairies~, _s. pl._ Gaudy trappings, Ang.

GLAIZIE, _adj._ Glittering, glossy, S.

_Burns._

GLAMER, GLAMOUR, _s._ The supposed influence of a charm on the eye, causing it to see objects differently from what they really are.

Hence,

_to cast glamer o'er_ one, to cause deception of sight, S.

_Ritson._

Isl. _glam_, glaucoma in oculis gestans, fascinatis oculis.

~Glamourit~, _part. adj._ Fascinated.

_Evergr._

GLAMER, _s._ Noise.

_Diallog._

Isl. _glamr-a_, strepitum edere.

~Glamrous~, _adj._ Noisy.

_Wallace._

GLAMMACH, _s._

1. A snatch, an eager grasp, Ang.

2. A mouthful, Ang. _Glam, glammie_, S. A.

Gael. _glaimm_, a gobbet; _glamh-am_, to catch at greedily.

_To_ GLAMP, _v. n._

1. To grasp ineffectually, S. B.

_Ross._

2. To endeavour to lay hold of any thing beyond one's reach, S. B.

3. To strain one's self to catch at any thing.

Hence,

~Glamp~, _s._ A sprain, Ang.

~Glampit~, _part. pa._ Sprained.

GLAR, GLAUR, _s._

1. Mud, mire, S.

_Bellenden._

2. Any glutinous substance.

_Compl. S._

Fr. _glaire_, the white of an egg.

GLASCHAVE, _adj._ Perhaps, voracious.

Su. G. _glupsk_, id.

_Dunbar._

GLASHIE, _adj._

_Hudson._

GLASSOCK, _s._ The coal-fish, Sutherl.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ GLASTER, _v. n._

1. To bark, to bawl, Rudd. Gl. Shirr. _glaister_.

2. To boast.

_Douglas._

Fr. _glast-ir_, to bark, Su. G. _glafs-a_, id.; also to speak foolishly.

~Glasterer~, _s._ A boaster.

_Calderwood._

GLATTON, _s._ A handful, Clydes.

_To_ GLAUM, _v. n._ To grasp at any thing, generally denoting a feeble and ineffectual attempt, S.

_Burns._

Su. G. _taga i glims_, errare in capiendo, frustrari.

~Glaum~, _s._ A grasp, especially one that is ineffectual, Ang.

GLE, GLEW, _s._

1. Game, sport.

E. _glee_.

_Peblis to the Play._

2. Metaph. the fate of battle.

_Barbour._

A. S. _gleo, gliw_, id.

~Gle-men~, _s. pl._ Minstrels.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _gli-man_, a musician.

GLEAM. _Gane gleam_, taken fire, S. B.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

GLED, _s._ The kite, S.

_To_ GLEEK, _v. n._ To gibe.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

GLEG, _adj._

1. Quick of perception, by means of any one of the senses, S., as _gleg of the ee_, S.

_Fordun._

2. Keen; applied to edged tools, S.

_J. Nicol._

3. Clever, expeditious, S.

_Burns._

4. Attentive, S.

_Ramsay._

5. Smooth, slippery; as _gleg ice_, S.

6. Quick of apprehension, S.

_Ferguson._

7. Conjoined with the idea of avarice.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _gloegg-r_, acer visu; acutus; attentus; consideratus; parcus; from Su. G. _glo_, attentis oculis videre.

~Glegly~, _adv._

1. Expeditiously, S.

2. Attentively, S.

_Ross._

GLEG, _s._ A gad-fly.

V. ~Cleg~.

_To_ GLEY, GLYE, _v. n._

1. To squint, S.

2. Metaph. to overlook.

_Kelly._

~Gley~, _s._ A squint look, S.

~Gley'd~, ~Gleid~, ~Glyd~, _part. pa._

1. Squint-eyed, S.

_Wallace._

Isl. _gloe_, _gloedt_, lippe prospecto, or _gleid-a_, distendere, _gleid_, distentus.

2. Oblique, used generally, S.

_To_ ~Gledge~, _v. n._ To look asquint suddenly, Fife.

GLEID, GLEDE, _s._

1. A burning coal, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _gled_, Su. G. _gloed_, pruna.

2. A strong or bright fire, S.

_Wallace._

3. Fire, in general.

_Douglas._

4. A temporary blaze.

_Lord Hailes._

5. A small fire.

_Henrysone._

6. A mass of burning metal.

_Douglas._

7. A hot ember, S.

8. A spark of fire.

_Gl. Sibb._

GLEYD, GLYDE, _s._ An old horse, S. B.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Isl. _glad-r_, equus gradarius.

GLEIS, _s._ Splendour.

_Evergreen._

Isl. _glis_, nitor.

_To_ GLEIT, GLETE, _v. n._

1. To glitter.

_Douglas._

2. Denoting the polish given to language.

Isl. _glitt-a_, fulgere.

_Pal. Hon._

GLE-MEN, _s. pl._ Minstrel.

V. ~Gle~.

GLENDER-GANE, _adj._ In a declining state of health, in bad circumstances, or engaged in immoral habits; _glender-gear_, id. S.

From _glanders_, a disease of horses.

GLENGORE, GLENGOUR, GRANDGORE, _s._ Lues venerea.

_Dunbar._

Fr. _gorre_, id. also _grande gorre_, Roquefort; or q. _glandgore_.

_To_ GLENT, GLINT, _v. n._

1. To glance, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To pass suddenly, S.

_Minst. Bord._

3. To peep out, S.

_Burns._

4. To squint, S. B.

_Cleland._

~Glent~, ~Glint~, _s._ A glance, S.

_Ramsay._

2. A transient view, S.

3. A moment; _In a glent_, immediately, S.

Teut. _glants_, splendor.

_Ross._

_To_ GLEUIN, _v. n._ To glow.

V. ~Gliffin~.

_Douglas._

_To_ GLEW, _v. a._ To make merry.

A. S. _gleow-ian_, jocari.

_King Hart._

~Glew~, _s._ Sport.

V. ~Gle.~

GLIB-GABBET, _adj._ Having a glib tongue, S.

_Burns._

GLID, _adj._ Slippery.

V. ~Glad~.

_To_ GLIFF, GLOFF, GLUFF, _v. n._ To be seized with sudden fear, S.

_Journal Lond._

_To_ ~Gliff~, _v. a._ To affright, to alarm, S. A. _It glift him_, Loth. _Gluft_, id. Caithn.

~Gliff~, ~Gloff~, ~Gluff~, _s._

1. A sudden fear, Loth.

_Ramsay._

2. The shock felt in plunging into water, S. B.

_Ross._

3. Glow, uneasy sensation of heat, Ang.

GLIFF, _s._

1. A transient view, S.

2. A moment, S.

_Mannering._

_To_ GLIFFIN, _v. n._ To open the eyes at intervals, in awaking from a disturbed sleep.

V. ~Gleuin~.

_Barbour._

GLIM, _s._ An effectual attempt to lay hold of an object, Aberd.

_Shirrefs._

~Glim~, _adj._ Blind, Aberd.

~Glim-glam~, _s._ Blind man's buff.

_Ibid._

Isl. _glam_, visu hebes.

_To_ GLIMMER, _v. n._ To blink, to wink, S.

GLIMMER, _s._ Mica of mineralogists, Loth.

GLISK, _s._ A transient view, S.

_J. Nicol._

Isl. _glis_, nitor.

GLISNYT, GLISINT, _pret._ Blinked, like one newly awakened.

_Douglas._

A. S. _glisn-ian_, coruscare.

_To_ GLISS, _v. n._ To cast a glance with the eyes.

_Sir Gawan._

Germ. _gleiss-en_, fulgere.

GLISTER, _s._ Lustre.

_Knox._

Su. G. _glistra_, scintilla.

GLIT, _s._

1. Tough phlegm, S.

2. Ooze in the bed of a river, S.

Isl. _glat_, _glaet-a_, humor.

GLOAMIN, GLOMING, _s._ Twilight, S.

A. S. _glomung_, id.

_A. Hume._

~Gloamin-shot~, _s._ A twilight interview, S.

_Burns._

~Gloamin-star~, _s._ The evening-star, Loth.

_To_ GLOCK, _v. a._ To gulp, including the idea of the sound, Ang.; _wacht_ synon.

Teut. _klock-en_, sonitum reddere, qualem angusti oris vasculum solet.

~Glock~, _s._ A gulp, Ang.

GLOFF, _s._ A sudden fright, S.

V. ~Gliff~.

GLOG, _adj._ Slow; _glog-rinnin water_, a river that runs slowly, Perths.

Gael. _glog_, a soft lump, _gliogar_, slowness.

GLOY, _s._

1. The withered blades stripped off from straw, S. B.

_Douglas._

2. Oaten straw, Orkn.

Fr. _gluy_, Holl. _gluye_, stramen arundinaceum.

_To_ ~Gloy~, _v. a._ To give grain a rough thrashing, Loth.

GLOIS, _s._ A blaze.

V. ~Glose~.

_To_ GLOIT, _v. n._

1. To work in something liquid, miry, or viscous, Ang.

2. To do any thing in a dirty and awkward manner, Ang.

Sw. _gloet-a_, to grope for fish.

~Gloitry~.

V. ~Gludderie~.

GLONDERS, _s. pl. In the glonders_, in a state of ill-humour, Loth.

_Knox._

Isl. _glundr-a_, confundere, turbare.

_To_ GLOPPE, GLOPPEN, _v. n._ To let the countenance fall, as when one is about to cry or weep.

_Sir Gawan._

Isl. _glupn-a_, vultum demittere; contristari, ad lacrymas bibulas effundendum moveri.

GLORE, _s._ Glory.

Fr. _gloire_.

_Doug._

_To_ ~Glore~, _v. n._ To glory.

_Doug._

_To_ GLORG, _v. n._ To work in some dirty business, Ang.

~Glorg~, _s._ A nasty compound of any kind, Ang.

~Glorgie~, _adj._ _Glorgit_, _part. pa._ Bedaubed, from being engaged in dirty work, or travelling in a miry road, Ang.

GLOSE, GLOIS, _s._

1. A blaze, S.

2. The act of warming one's self at a quick fire, S.

_Philotus._

Germ. _glauz_, Isl. _glosse_, flamma.

_To_ ~Glose~, ~Gloze~, _v. n._ To blaze, S.

GLOSS, _s._ Perh. the same with ~Glush~.

_Wallace._

GLOTTEN, _s._ A thaw, S. A.

_To_ GLOUM, GLOOM, _v. n._ To frown, S.

Germ. _glum_, turbidus.

_Knox._

~Gloum~, ~Glowme~, ~Gloom~, _s._ A frown.

_Z. Boyd._

_To_ GLOUR, GLOWR, _v. n._ To stare, S.