Chapter 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._