Part 24
Belg. _glurr-en_, to peer.
_Dunbar._
~Glour~, _s._ A broad stare, S.
_Pennecuik._
_To_ GLOUT, _v. n._ To pout.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
Isl. _glott-a_, indignanter subridere; _glett-a_, irritare.
GLU, _s._ A glove, S. B.
_Wyntown._
Goth. _gloa_, id.
_To_ GLUDDER, (pron. _gluther_) _v. n._
1. To do any dirty work, or any work in a dirty manner, S. B.
V. ~Gloit~.
2. To carry on in a facetious, but low and cajoling style.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _glutr-a_, prodigere; _glutrun_, vita dissoluta.
~Gluddery~, ~Gloittry~, _adj._ Denoting work which is not only wet, but unctuous to the touch, S. B.
_To_ GLUFF, _v. n._
V. ~Gliff~.
GLUGGERY, _adj._ Flaccid; applied to young and soft animal food, Ang.
_To_ GLUNSH, _v. n._ To pout, S.; _glumsh_, Fife.
Isl. _glenska_, jocus mordax.
_Burns._
~Glunsh~, _s._ A sour look, S.
_Burns._
~Glunschoch~, _s._ One who has a morose look.
_Dunbar._
_To_ GLUNT, _v. n._ To emit sparks, Ang.
V. ~Glent~.
GLUPE, _s._ A great chasm, Caithn.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _gliuf-r_, hiatus, per quem precipitantur flumina.
GLUSH, _s._ Any thing in the state of a pulp; snow, when beginning to melt, S.
GLUTTRÉ, _s._ Gluttony.
_Wallace._
_To_ GNAP, _v. n._ To chirp.
_Pal. Hon._
Teut. _knapp-en_, crepitare.
_To_ GNAP, _v. a._ To eat, S. B.
V. ~Gnyp~.
~Gnap~, _s._ A bite, S. B.
_Ross._
GNAPING, _part. pr._ Expressive of eagerness.
_Ross._
Isl. _gnap-a_, intentus intueri.
_To_ GNAP, _v.n._
1. To attempt, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
2. To bite at.
_Mellvill's MS._
GNARR, _s._ A hard knot in wood, S.
Teut. _knorre_, id.
_To_ GNAT, _v. a._
1. To gnaw, Ang.
2. To grind the teeth, Ang.
Isl. _gnat-a_, collidi.
~Gnat~, _s._ A bite, a snap, Ang.
GNIB, _adj._
1. Clever in motion or action, S. B.
_Ross._
2. Light-fingered, S. B.
Su. G. _knappe_, citus; _knapphaendig_, qui manu promptus est; Dan. _knibe_, arete tenere.
_To_ GNIDGE, _v. a._
1. To press, to squeeze, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Isl. _knos-a_, to thrust; Teut. _knudsen_, to beat.
2. _To knidge aff_, to rub off, S. B.
_Ross._
GNEIGIE, _adj._ Sharp-witted, Moray.
V. ~Knacky~.
_Pop. Ball._
_To_ GNYP, GNIP, GNAP, _v. a._
1. To crop, to gnaw.
_Douglas._
Germ. _kneipp-en_; Isl. _knyp-a_, vellere.
2. To eat, S. B.
GNIPPER ~for~ GNOPPER, an alliterative phrase used to express the sound made by a mill in grinding.
_Pop. Ball._
Su. G. _knaepp-a_, to knap.
GOADLOUP, _s._ The gantelope, a military punishment.
_Wodrow._
Sw. _gatulopp_, id.
GOAN, _s._ A wooden dish for meat, Loth.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _gogn_, utensilia familiaria.
GOARE, _s._ A hurt, a wound.
C. B. _gor_ pus.
_Bp. Forbes._
GOAT, _s._ A narrow cavern or inlet, into which the sea enters, Ang.
Isl. _gioota_, caverna terrae; _gat_, foramen.
GOAT-CHAFFER, _s._ Cerambyx aedilis.
_Sibbald._
_To_ GOAVE, _v. n._
V. ~Goif~.
GOB, _s._ The mouth.
Ir. _gob_.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. The stomach, S. _gebbie_.
_Maitland P._
GOBICH, _s._ The _goby_, a fish.
_Stat. Acc._
GOCKMIN, GOKMAN, _s._ A centinel.
Gael. _gochdman_, a watchman.
_Martin._
GODBAIRNE, _s._ Godchild.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _godbearn_, puer lustricus.
_To_ GOGGE, _v. a._ To blindfold.
_Z. Boyd._
~Goggles~, _s. pl._ Blinds for horses, S.
GOE, GEU, _s._ A creek.
V. ~Geo~.
_Neill._
_To_ GOIF, GOUE, GOVE, GOAVE, GOUP, _v._
1. To stare, to gaze, to look with a roving eye, S.
_Gawve_, A. Bor.
_Douglas._
2. To investigate.
_Douglas._
3. To look stedfastly, holding up the face, S. B.
_Burns._
4. To throw up the head, tossing it from side to side, S.
Germ. _gaff-en_, adspectare, Sw. _gap-a_, avide intueri, Isl. _gap-a_, circumspicere.
GOLACH, _s._
1. The generic name for a beetle, Ang.
2. The earwig, Loth.
Gael. _forchar-gollach_, id.
GO-LAIGH, GO-LAIGHIE, _s._ A low short-legged hen; also a woman of a similar shape, S. B.
From the v. _go_, and _laigh_, low.
GOLDING, _s._ A species of wild fowl.
_Acts Ja. VI._
GOLDSPINK, _s._ The Goldfinch, S. _goudspink_.
_Lyndsay._
GOLF, GOFF, GOUF, _s._
1. A game in Scotland, in which hooked clubs are used for striking balls, stuffed very hard with feathers, from one hole to another. He who drives his ball into the hole with fewest strokes, is the winner.
_Acts Ja. II._
Belg. _kolf_, a club for striking bowls or balls.
2. _Gouf_, a stroke, S.
_A. Nicol._
GOLINGER, _s._ A contemptuous term, Dumfr.
V. ~Gileynour~.
Isl. _goelengar_, illecebrae.
GOLINYIE, _s._ Apparently, a subterfuge.
V. preceding word.
_Colvil._
GOLK, _s._ Cuckow.
V. ~Gouck~.
GOLKGALITER, s. Some kind of disease.
_Roull._
Germ. _koken_, evomere, and A. S. _gealla_, bile.
GOME, GUYM, _s._ A man; sometimes, a brave man.
_Wallace._
Moes. G. _guma_, vir, A. S. _goma_, vir nubilis.
~Gome-graithe~, _s._ Furniture for war.
_Sir Gawan._
GOMRELL, GAMPHRELL, _s._ A stupid fellow, S.
_Ramsay._
Fr. _goimpre_, one who minds nothing but his belly; Isl. _gambr-a_, blaterare, jactare.
_To_ GOO, _v. n._ To coo; a term used with respect to infants, S.
C. B. _cuaw_, to be loving.
_To_ GOOD, GUDIN, _v. a._ To manure.
V. ~Gude~.
GOODMAN, _s._
1. A proprietor of land, S.
V. ~Gude~, _adj._ sense 3.
_Melville._
2. The owner of a single farm which he himself occupies.
_Bp. Galloway._
3. A farmer, S.
_Burns._
4. A husband.
V. ~Gudeman~.
5. The master of a family, S.
_Dunbar._
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 tailor's _goose_.
GOOSE-CORN, _s._ Field Brome-grass, 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-COCK, _s._ The red cock, or moor-cock.
_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 coarse appearance, Ang.
_To_ GORGE, _v. n._ Expressing the sound made in walking, when the shoes are filled with water, Fife.
V. ~Chirk~.
GORGÉ. Not understood.
_Dunbar._
GORGOULL, _s._ Perhaps, harpy.
_Burel._
_To_ GORL, _v. a._ To surround the roof of a stack with straw-ropes, Loth.
Su. G. _giord-a_, cingere.
GORMAND, _s._ A glutton. Fr.
_Lyndsay._
~Gormand~, _adj._ Gluttonous, id.
GORMAW, S. GOULMAW, _s._
1. The corvorant.
_Complaynt S._
2. A glutton, Lanerks.
Teut. _gorre_, valde avarus, _maeghe_, stomachus; Sw. _gorma_, to gobble up.
GOSK, _s._ Grass growing through dung, Ang.
~Gosky~, _adj._
1. Rank, luxuriant, Ang.
2. Large in size, but feeble, ibid.
Isl. _groska_, gramen vernans.
GOSS, _s._
1. A silly good-natured man, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A mean, griping person, Loth.
Isl. _gose_, servulus. Fr. _gossée_, one who is made a laughing- stock.
GOSSE, _s._ Abbrev. of _gossip_.
_Philotus._
GOSSEP, GOSSOP, _s._ Gossip.
_Wallace._
A. S. _godsib_, Su. G. _gudsif_. lustricus; from _God_ and _sib_, one related by a religious tie.
~Gossiprie~, _s._ Intimacy.
_Mellvill's_ MS.
GO-SUMMER, _s._ The latter end of summer, S.
_Spalding._
GOT, GOTE, _s._ A drain, S.
Belg. _gote_, _geute_, id. Su. G. _giut-a_, fluere.
GOUD, _s._ Gold, S.
Teut.
_Ramsay._
GOUDSPINK, _s._
V. ~Goldspink~.
GOUDIE, _s._ A blow, Ang.
Isl. _gud_, pugna.
_To_ GOVE.
V. ~Goif~.
~Govellin~, _part. adj._ Hanging loosely and ungracefully, Ang.
2. Indicative of the appearance of the eyes, when one is intoxicated, Ang.
From _Goif_, q. v.
GOUERNAILL, s. Government, Fr.
_Wallace._
GOVIRNANCE, _s._ Deportment.
_Dunbar._
_To_ GOUK, _v. n._ 1. To gaze about in a vacant or foolish manner, Ang.
2. To expect foolishly.
_Douglas._
Germ. _guck-en_, spectare, prospectare.
GOUK, _s._ The Cuckow.
V. ~Gowk~.
GOUK, _s._ A fool.
V. ~Gowk~.
_To_ GOUL, _v. n._
1. To howl, S.
_Doug._
2. To scold, Lanerks.
Isl. _goel-a_, _gaul-a_, horrendum triste et inconditum vociferare; _gaul_, talis clamor.
~Goul~, _s._
1. A yell, S.
2. A cry of indignation, S.
~Gouling~, _s._ The act of yelling.
_Douglas._
GOULE, _s._ The throat.
_Douglas._
Fr. _gueule_, id.
GOULL-BANE, _s._ That bone which is the top of the _femur_, S. B.
GOULMAU.
V. ~Gormaw~.
_To_ GOUP, _v. n._ To stare.
V. ~Goif~.
GOUPIN, GOWPIN, GOUPING, _s._
1. The hollow of the hand, contracted in a semicircular form to receive any thing, S. B.
_Goupins_, both hands held together in form of a round vessel, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A handful, S.; also _goupenfow_.
_Bellenden._
Isl. _gaupn_, Su. G. _goepn_, manus concava.
GOUPHERD, _part. pa._ Puffed.
_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 one's 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 o'er gowdie_, topsy-turvy, S.
_Burns._
GOWDY, _s._ A jewel.
_Evergreen._
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.
~Gowk's errand~, A fool's errand, S.
_To hunt the gowk_, to go on a fool's errand.
_Ramsay._
~Gowk's-hose~, _s._ Canterbury bells, S.
~Gowk's-meat~, _s._ Wood sorrel, S.
_Lightfoot._
~Gowk's-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.
GRAGGIT, _part. pa._ Excommunicated.
_Lyndsay._
GRAY, _adj._ Denoting what is bad or fatal, S.
_Kelly._
GRAY FISH, _s._ The coal fish.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ GRAIF, GRAWE, _v. a._ To bury.
_Barbour._
A. S. _graf-an_, Su. G. _be-grafw-a_, id.
_To_ GRAYF, _v. a._ To engrave.
_Douglas._
GRAYLORD, _s._ The Coal fish full grown.
_Martin._
_To_ GRAINE, GRANE, _v. n._
1. To groan, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _gran-ian_, Belg. _gran-en_, id.
~Graine~, ~Grane~, _s._ A groan, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
GRAIN, GRANE, _s._
1. The branch of a tree, S. B.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. The stem of a plant.
_Douglas._
3. A branch of a river, S.
_Douglas._
4. In pl., the prongs of a fork, S.
Su. G. _gren-a_, Isl. _grein-a_, dividere; _grein_, distinctio.
GRAINTER, _s._ One who has the charge of granaries.
_Lyndsay._
Fr. _grenetier_, id.
_To_ GRAIP, _v. a._
1. To grope, S.
A. S. _grap-an_, id.
2. To feel; in general.
_Lyndsay._
GRAIP, GRIP, _s._ The griffin.
_Burel._
Goth. _greip_, a ravenous bird.
GRAIP, _s._ A dung fork, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _grepe_, id.
_To_ GRAITH, GRATHE, _v. a._
1. To make ready, S.
_Douglas._
2. To put on military accoutrements.
_Wallace._
3. To dress food.
_Chalm. Air._
A. S. _geraed-ian_, parare; Isl. _greid-a_, expedire.
~Graith~, _adj._
1. Ready.
_Barbour._
2. Not embarrassed.
_Wallace._
3. Straight, direct.
_Wallace._
4. Earnest; as to observation.
_Wallace._
~Graith~, _s._
1. Apparatus of whatever kind, S. _gear_, synon.
_Douglas._
_House-graith_, Furniture of a house, S.
_Maister-graith_, The beam by which horses are joined to a plough or harrow, Ang.
_Riding-graith_, Furniture necessary for riding, S.
_Burns._
2. Accoutrements for war.
_Lyndsay._
3. Substance, riches.
_Philotus._
4. Wearing apparel.
_Chalm. Air._
5. Any composition used by tradesmen in preparing their work.
_Chalm. Air._
6. Suds for washing clothes, S.
_Ramsay._
7. Stale urine, Ang.
8. Materials of a literary composition.
A. S. _ge-raede_, apparatus.
_Douglas._
~Graithly~, _adv._
1. Readily.
_Barbour._
2. Eagerly.
_Douglas._
GRAM, _s._
1. Wrath.
_Palice Honour._
A. S. Su. G. _gram_, id.
2. Sorrow.
A. S. id. molestia.
_Doug._
~Gram~, _adj._ Warlike.
_Gawan and Gol._
Su. G. _gram_, A. S. _grame_, iratus.
GRAMARYE, _s._ Magic.
_Lay Last Minstrel._
Fr. _grammaire_, grammar.
GRAMASHES, _s._
1. Gaiters reaching to the knees.
2. A kind of stockings worn instead of boots, S.
Fr. _gamaches_, id.
_Colvil._
GRAMMAW, _s._ A voracious eater, S. V. ~Gormaw~.
GRANATE, GRANIT, _adj._ Ingrained. ed.
_Palice Honour._
GRANDGORE, _s._ V. ~Glengore~.
GRANDSHER, _s._ Great-grandfather.
_Quon. Att._
GRANGE, _s._
1. The buildings pertaining to a corn farm.
_Douglas._
2. The place where the rents and tithes of religious houses, paid in grain, were delivered and deposited.
_Nimmo._
Fr. _grange_, id.
GRANIT, _part. adj._ Forked. V. ~Grain~.
_Douglas._
GRANK, _s._ The groaning of a wounded hart.
Belg. _geronk_, a snoring.
GRANZEBENE, _s._ The Grampian mountains in S.
_Bellenden._
_To_ GRAP, GRAPE, _v. a._
1. To grope, S.
A. S. _grap-ian_, id.
_Burns._
2. Metaph. to examine.
_Douglas._
GRAPPLING, A mode of catching salmon, S.
_Statist. Acc._
GRAPUS, _s._ The devil, or a hobgoblin, Ang.
GRASCHOWE-HEIDET, _adj._
Fr. _graisseux_, greasy?
_Dunbar._
_To_ GRATHE, _v. a._ To make ready. V. ~Graithe~.
GRATHING, L. _gruching_.
_Wallace._
GRATINIS, L. _gratius_, gracious.
_Houl._
GRATNIZIED, _part. pa._ Quilled.
Fr. _gratigné_, scratched.
_Watson._
_To_ GRASSIL, GRISSEL, GIRSSIL, _v. n._ To rustle.
_Douglas._
Fr. _gresill-er_, to crackle.
GRAVIN, GRAWYN, Interred. V. ~Graif~, _v._ 1.
GRAUIS, _s. pl._ Groves.
_Douglas._
A. S. _graf_, lucus.
GRAUNT. _adj._ Great.
_Barbour._
GRE, GREE, _s._
1. A step.
_Pal. Hon._
2. Degree, quality.
_Douglas._
3. The superiority.
_Houlate._
_To wyn the gree_, to be victor, S.
4. The prize.
_To bear the gre_, to carry off the prize, S.
_Douglas._
5. Vogue, celebrity.
_Gl. Shirr._
6. Humour.
_Winyet._
7. Degree in measurement.
_Bellenden._
8. Degree of affinity.
_Wyntown._
GRECHES, _v._ Perhaps, frets.
_Sir Gawan._
GREDUR, _s._ Greediness.
_Burel._
_To_ GREE, _v. n._ To agree, S.
_Ross._
Fr. _gre-er_, id.
_To_ ~Gree~, _v. a._ To reconcile those at variance, S.
GREE, _s._
1. Tinge, dye.
_Ross._
2. The _ichor_ which oozes from a sore in a brute animal, Ang.
GREEK, (of stones) _s._ The grain, S.
Su. G. _gryt_, id.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ GREEN, _v. n._ To long. V. ~Grene~.
GREENBONE, _s._
1. Viviparous Blenny, Orkn.
_Barry._
2. The Sea-needle.
_Sibb._
GREEN BREESE, A stinking pool, Banffs.
GREEN LINTWHITE, Greenfinch, S.
GREEN SLOKE, Oyster green, S.
GREGIOUN, _s._ A Greek.
_Douglas._
GREY, _s._ A badger.
_King's Quair._
GREY, _s._ A greyhound. V. ~Grewe~.
GREYD, _part. pa._ Graduated.
_Wyntown._
GREIF, _s._
1. A fault.
_Douglas._
2. Indignation for offences.
_Id._
GREIF, GRIEVE, _s._
1. A monitor.
_Henrysone._
2. The manager of a farm, or overseer of any work, S.
_Kelly._
O. Teut. _graef_, praefectus, A. S. _ge-refa_, praeses.
_To_ GREIN, _v. n._ To long.
V. ~Grene~.
GREIS, _s. pl._ Greaves.
_Wallace._
Fr. _greves_, id.
_To_ GREIT, GRETE, GREET, _v. n._ To weep, to cry, S.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _gret-an_, Su. G. _graet-a_, flere.
~Greit~, ~Grete~, ~Greting~, _s._ The act of weeping, S.
_Douglas._
GREKING, GRYKING, _s._ Peep of day, S.
V. ~Creek~.
_Douglas._
GRENDES. _s. pl._ Grandees.
_Sir Gawan._
_To_ GRENE, GREIN, _v. n._
1. To long for, S.
_Evergreen._
2. To long, as a woman with child, S.
A. S. _georn-an_, desiderare.
_Ruddiman._
~Grening~, ~Greening~, _s._
1. Longing, S.
_Forbes._
2. The object of this longing.
_Montgom._
GRENE-SERENE, _s._ The Greenfinch.
_Complaynt S._
GRESSOUME.
V. ~Gersome~.
GRETE, _s._ Gravel in rivers.
_Douglas._
A. S. _greot_, Su. G. _gryt_, Isl. _griot_, id.
GRETE, _s._ A stair.
Teut. _graet_.
_Wallace._
GRETUMLY, GRYTUMLY, _adv._ Greatly.
_Barbour._
GREUE, _s._ A grove.
_Sir Gawan._
GREW, _s._ A greyhound, _gru_, S.
_Bellenden._
GREWE, _s._
1. Greece.
_Henrysone._
2. The Greek language.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _griu_, id.
GREWING, _s._ Grievance.
_Barbour._
GRIECE, _s._ _Gray griece_, a fur worn by the Lords of Parliament.
_Acts Ja. II._
Germ. _greis_, grey.
GRIES, _s._ Gravel.
_Palice Honour._
Germ. _gries_, id.
GRIESHOCH, _s._ Hot embers, Ayrs.
Gael. _griosach_.
_Minstrelsy Border._
GRIEVE, _s._ An overseer.
V. ~Greif~.
_To_ ~Grieve~, _v. a._ To oversee, S.
_Pal. Hon._
_To_ GRYIS, GRISE, _v. a._ To affright.
A. S. _agris-an_, horrere.
_To_ ~Grise~, _v. n._ To shudder.
_Douglas._
GRYKING, _s._ Peep of day.
V. ~Greking~.
_To_ GRILLE, _v. a._ To pierce.
_Sir Gawan._
GRYLLE, _adj._ Horrible.
_Sir Gawan._
GRYLLES, _s. pl._
_Sir Gawan._
GRILSE, GILSE, _s._ A salmon not fully grown, by some viewed as a distinct species, S.
_Stat. Rob. I._
Sw. _graelax_, id. q. a grey salmon.
GRYMING, _s._ A sprinkling, a thin covering, S. A.
_Minst. Bord._
Isl. _gryma_, nox a pruina.
GRYNTARIS, _s. pl._
V. ~Grainter~.
_Lyndsay._
GRYPPIT, _pret._ Searched.
_Douglas._
~Grip~, _s._ Possession.
_Gawan and Gol._
~Grippy~, _adj._ Disposed to defraud, S.
A. S. _grife_, avarus.
~Grippill~, _adj._ Tenacious.
_Douglas._
GRIS, GRYS, GRYCE, _s._ A pig, S. _griskin_, Ang.
Su. G. _grys_, id.
_Doug._
_To_ GRISE, GRYSE.
V. ~Gryis~.
_To_ GRISSILL, _v. a._ To gnash.
_Doug._
GRIST, _s._ Thickness, S.
_Stat. Acc._
GRIST, _s._ Fee paid at a mill for grinding, S.
_Ruddiman._
A. S. _ge-ris-an_, contundere.
GRIT, GRYT, _adj._
1. Great, S. S. B. _grite_.
_Ross._
2. Large, big, S.
_Burel._
3. Thick, gross, S.
_Dunbar._
4. In a state of intimacy, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _grith_, Isl. _grid_, pax.
5. Swelled with rain, S.
_Spalding._
6. The heart is said to be _grit_, when one is ready to cry, S.
_Minst. Bord._
_Grit-hearted_, _adj._ used in the same sense, S.
GRIT, _s._ The grain of stones, S.
_St. Acc._
C. B. id. lapis arenosus.
GRYTH, _s._ Quarter in battle.
_Wallace._
GROATS, _s. pl._ Oats with the husks taken off, S.
A. S. _grut_, far.
_Kelly._
GROFF, _adj._
1. Having harsh features, S.
2. Unpolished, S.
_Watson._
Teut. _grof_, rudis.
3. Obscene, smutty, S.
GROME, GROYME, GRUME, _s._
1. A man.
_K. Hart._
2. Paramour, lover.
V. ~Gome~.
_Evergr._
GROOSIE, _adj._ As regarding the face; having a coarse skin, with a greasy appearance, S.
Belg. _gruyzig_, nasty.
GROSE, _s._ Style of writing.
_Doug._
Fr. _grosse_, engrossment of a deed.
_To_ GROSE, _v. a._
1. To rub off the wiry edge of a tool, Loth.
2. To rub off part of one's skin, ibid.
Dan. _groett-er_, to bruise.
GROSET, GROSER, GROSERT, _s._ A gooseberry, S.
_Burns._
Gael. _grosaid_, Su. G. _krusbaer_, id.
GROSSE. _In grosse_, At random.
_Muses Thren._
_To_ GROUE, GROWE, _v. n._
1. To shudder, to shiver, S. _groose_, Loth.
2. To be filled with terror.
_Barbour._
3. To shrink back.
_Houlate._
4. To feel horror, S.
_Barbour._
Teut. _grouw-en_, Dan. _gru-er_, horrere.
~Grousum~, _adj._
1. Frightful, S.
2. Very uncomely, S.
_Burns._
Germ. _grausam_, dreadful, ghastly.
GROUF, GRUF, _s._ The disturbed sleep which one has during sickness, S.
_To_ GROUK, _v. n._ To overlook with a watchful and apparently suspicious eye, Ang.
Teut. _ghe_ and _roeck-en_, curare.
_To_ GROUNCH, GRUNTSCH, _v. n._
1. To grunt.
_Ruddiman._
2. To grumble, S. B.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _gronch-er_, id.
GROUNDIE-SWALLOW, _s._ Groundsel, S.
GROUNDS, _s. pl._ Refuse of flax, Loth.
GROZLIN, _part. adj._ Breathing with difficulty through the nose, Fife.
GRU, _s._ The crane.
Fr. _grue_.
_Burel._
GRU, _s._
1. A particle, an atom, S.
2. Applied to the mind.
_He has na a gru of sense_, S.
Gr. γρυ, quicquid minutum est.
_To_ GRUB, _v. a._ To plant, or to prune.
Moes. G. _grab-an_, fodere, pret. _grob_.
_To_ GRUCH, _v. n._ To grudge.
_Wyntown._
~Gruching~, ~Growch~ _s._ Repining.
_Wallace._
GRUFE, GROUFE. _On groufe_, flat, with the face towards the earth.
_To be on one's grufe_, to be in this manner, S.
_Henrysone_.
Isl. _gruf-a_, cernuare; _a grufwa_, cernué; _liggia a grufu_, in faciem et pectus cubare.
~Grufelyngis~, ~Grulingis~, _adv._ In a grovelling attitude.
_Douglas._
_To_ GRUGGLE, _v. a._ To put any thing out of order by much handling, S.
V. ~Misgrugle~.
GRUGOUS, _adj._ Grim.
V. ~Gruous~.
GRUME, _s._ A man.
V. ~Grome~.
GRUMMEL, _s._ Mud, dregs, Ang.
_Godscroft._
Isl. _groml_, coenum, turbida aqua; Su. G. _grummel_, id.
~Grumly~, _adj._ Muddy, dreggy, Ang. _Gumlie_, S. O.
Su. G. _grumlog_, id.
_Burns._
_To_ GRUMPH, _v. n._ To grunt, S.
Su. G. _grymt-a_, id.
~Grumph~, _s._ A grunt, S.
~Grumphie~, _s._ A vulgar name for a sow, S.
_Ramsay._
GRUNDIN, _part. pa._ Whetted; old part. of _grind_.
_Douglas._
GRUNYE, _s._ Promontory.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _groign_, promontoire, Roquef.
GRUNYIE, _s._
1. The mouth, ludicrously, S.
_Ruddiman._
Fr. _groin_, the snout; Isl. _graun_, os et nasus.
2. A grunt.
_Dunbar._
GRUNTILL, GRUNTLE, _s._
1. The snout.
_Lyndsay._
2. The face in general, S.
_Burns._
_To_ GRUNTLE, _v. n._ To coo, as infants, when highly pleased, S.
O. Fr. _grondil-er_, murmurer.
~Gruntle~, _s._
1. The sound made by infants, S.
2. A grunting sound of any kind, S.
_Cleland._
_To_ GRUNTSCH.
V. ~Grounch~.
GRUOUS, GRUGOUS, _s._ Grisly. S. B.
V. ~Groue~.
_Journal Lond._
GRUPE, _s._ A hollow behind the stalls of horses or cattle, for receiving their dung and urine, S.
A. S. _groepe_, a small ditch.
GRUPPIT, _part._ Sprained, S. B.
_To_ GRUSE, _v. a._ To press, Fife.
Germ. _grus-en_, comminuere.
GRUSHIE, Of thriving growth, Ayrs. _Burns._
Teut. _grootsigh_, amplus, Flandr. _groese_, vigor.
GRUTTEN, _part. pa._ Cried, S.
V. ~Greit~.
_Ramsay._
_To_ GRUZZLE, _v. n._ To move the lips as if one were sucking, so as to articulate indistinctly, Loth.
V. ~Gruse~.
GUBERT, _adj._ With wreathed figures.
Fr. _guipure_, wreathed work.
_Watson._
_To_ GUCK, _v. n._ To trifle.
_Montgomerie._
Teut. _guygh-en_, nugari.
~Guckit~, _adj._ Foolish.
V. ~Gowkit~.
~Guckrie~, _s._ Foolishness.
_Philotus._
GUD, _s._
1. Substance.
_Wallace._
2. Provisions.
_Wallace._
GUD, GUDE, _adj._
1. Good, S.
2. Brave.
Su. G. _god_, id.
_Wyntown._
3. Well-born, S.
_Wallace._
Moes. G. _guds_, Alem. _guot_, Su. G. _god_, nobilis.
4. In composition, denoting the various relations of blood or alliance.
~Gud-brother~, _s._ Brother-in-law, S.
_Minst. Bord._
~Guddame~, _s._ Grandmother, S.
_Wyntown._
~Gud-dochter~, _s._
1. Daughter-in-law, S.
_Douglas._
2. A step-daughter, S.
~Gudeman~, _s._ A husband, S.
_Ross._
~Gud-fader~, _s._
1. Father-in-law, S.
_Bellenden._
2. A stepfather, S.
~Gud-moder~, _s._
1. Mother-in-law, S.
_Baillie._
2. A step-mother, S.
_Bellenden._
~Gud-syr~, ~Gud-schir~, ~Gudsher~, (pron. _gutsher_) _s._ A grandfather, S.
_Wyntown._
~Gudsister~, _s._ A sister-in-law, S.
~Gud-sone~, _s._
1. Son-in-law, S.
_Douglas._
2. A step-son, S.
GUD, GUDE, _s._ Used for the name of God, S.
Goth. _gud_, id. traced to _gud_, bonus.
_To_ GUDDLE, _v. a._ To mangle, to haggle, S.
Fr. _coutelé_, slaughtered.
_To_ GUDE, GUID, GOOD, _v. a._ To manure; also _gudin_.
_Monroe._