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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24 · Unknown

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_To_ GASH, _v. n._ to talk much and confidently; pert, insolent talking.

GASH-GABBIT, _s._ with a projecting under-jaw.

GATE, _s._ road.

GAUCY, GAWSY, _s._ plump; jolly.

GAUCKIT, _adj._ stupid.

GAVEL, GAWL, _s._ the gable of a house.

_To_ GAW, _v. n._ to gall.

GAWD, _s._ a goad.

GAWKIE, GAWKY, _s._ a foolish gaping person.

GAWKIT, _adj._ foolish; giddy.

GAWN, _pret. of_ going.

GEAN, GEEN, _s._ a wild cherry.

GEAR, GERE, GEIR, _s._ goods.

GEAT, GETT, _s._ a child.

GEBBIE, _s._ the crop of a fowl.

GEE, pettish. _To tak the gee_, to become unmanageable.

GEY, GAY, _adj._ tolerable; pretty much. _A gey wheen_, a considerable number.

GEILY, GEYLIES, _adj._ pretty well.

GENTY, _adj._ neat; genteel-looking; neatly formed.

GEORDIE, _s._ George.

GERS, GYRS, _s._ grass.

GEYEN, GEISIN, GIZZEN, _v. a._ to become leaky for want of moisture.

GIBBLE-GABBLE, _s._ noisy confused talk among a party.

GIBE, _v. n._ to tease; to taunt.

GIE, _v. a._ to give.

GIEN, _pret. of_ given.

GIF, GYVE, _conj_. if.

GIFF-GAFF, _s._ mutual giving.

GILLIE, _s._ a page or attendant.

GILLIEPAGUS, _s._ a fool; a silly fellow.

GILPY, _s._ a roguish boy or frolicsome girl.

GILSE, _s._ a young salmon.

GIMMER, _s._ a ewe two years old.

GIMP, GYMP, JIMP, _adj._ slim; delicate; scanty.

GIMPLY, JIMPLY, _adv._ scarcely.

GIN, _conj_. if.

GIR, GIRD, GYRD, _s._ a hoop.

GIRDLE, _s._ a circular plate of malleable iron with a handle, for toasting oaten bread, etc., over a fire.

_To_ GIRN, _s._ to grin.

GIRN, _s._ a snare for catching birds.

GIRNALL, GIRNELL, _s._ a large chest for holding meal.

GITE, _s._ crazy.

GLAIKIT, _adj._ light; giddy.

GLAMER, GLAMOUR, _s._ gipsies were formerly supposed capable of casting a charm over the eyes of persons, and thus making them see objects differently from what they really were. _Cast the glamer o'er her_, caused deception of sight.

GLAR, GLAUR, _s._ mud; mire.

_To_ GLAUM, _v. a._ to grasp anything greedily.

GLAYMORE, _s._ a two-handed sword.

GLED, _s._ the kite, a bird of the hawk kind.

GLEEK, _v. a._ to gibe.

GLEG, _adj._ quick of perception.

_To_ GLEG, GLYE, GLEE, _v. n._ to squint.

GLEN, _s._ a hollow betwixt two hills.

_To_ GLENT, GLINT, _part. pa._ to glance.

GLEYD, _adj._ squint-eyed.

GLIB-GABBIT, _adj._ glib-tongued.

GLIFF, _s._ a sudden fright or alarm.

GLIMMER, _v. n._ to wink; to blink; to twinkle.

GLISK, _s._ a transient view.

GLOAMIN, _s._ twilight.

GLOCK, _s._ a gulp.

_To_ GLOUM, GLOOM, _v. n._ to frown.

_To_ GLOUR, GLOWR, _v. n._ to stare.

GLOUR, _s._ a broad stare.

GLU, _s._ a glove.

_To_ GLUDDER, _v. n._ to work in a dirty manner.

_To_ GLUNSH, _v. n._ to pout.

GOLACH, _s._ a beetle of any kind.

GOLDSPINK, GOUDSPINK, _s._ the goldfinch.

GOLK, GOWK, _s._ the cuckoo; a stupid fellow.

GOMRELL, _s._ a stupid fellow; a numskull.

GOOL, GULE, _adj._ yellow.

GORB, GORBET, GORBIE, _s._ a young bird.

GORMAND, _s._ a glutton.

GOUF, _s._ a stroke; a blow.

GOUD, GOULD, _s._ gold.

GOUPIN, GOWPIN, _s._ the hollow of the hand.

GOWAN, _s._ the wild mountain daisy. _Ewe-gowan_, the common wild daisy.

GOWANY, _adj._ abounding with daisies.

GOWK, _s._ the cuckoo.

GOWK'S-ERRAND, _s._ a fool's errand.

GOWL, _s._ a hollow between two hills.

_To_ GOWL, _v. n._ to howl; to yell.

GOWP, _s._ a mouthful.

_To_ GOWP, _v. a._ to gulp.

GRAIP, _s._ a dung-fork.

_To_ GREEN, GREIN, _v. n._ to long for anything.

_To_ GREIT, GREET, _v. n._ to weep.

GREETING, _s._ weeping.

GRIEVE, _s._ an overseer.

GRILSE, _s._ a salmon not full grown.

GRIPPY, _adj._ disposed to defraud; to be quick at taking advantage.

GRIST, _s._ fee paid to a mill for grinding any kind of grain.

GROATS, _s._ oats with the husks taken off.

GROSET, GROSART, _s._ a gooseberry.

_To_ GROUE, GROWE, _v. n._ to shiver.

GROUSAM, GRUESOME, _adj._ frightful, uncomely.

GRUMPHIE, _s._ a vulgar name for a sow. People are said to be _Grumphie_ when in a bad humour.

GRUTTEN, _part. pa._ of cried.

GRYCE, _s._ a pig.

GUD, GUDE, GUEED, _adj._ good. Frequently used for the name of God, as _Gude forgie me_, God forgive me.

GUD-BRODER, GUD-BROTHER, _s._ brother-in-law.

GUD-DOCHTER, _s._ daughter-in-law.

GUD-SISTER, _s._ sister-in-law.

GUD-SYR, GUDSHER, _s._ a grandfather.

GUD-WIFE, _s._ 1. a wife; 2. a landlady.

GUDGIE, _adj._ short and stout.

GUFF, _s._ a vapour; a smell.

GUIDMAN, GUDEMAN, _s._ a proprietor of land; a farmer; a husband.

_To_ GULLER, _v. n._ to guggle.

GULLY, _s._ a large knife.

GUMPTION, _s._ understanding.

GUSEHORN, GUISSERN, _s._ the gizzard.

GUSTY, _adj._ savoury.

GUTSY, _adj._ gluttonous.

_To_ GUTTER, _v. n._ to do anything in a dirty manner.

GUTTERS, _s. pl._ mire; mud; dirt.

GUTTY, _adj._ gross; thick--applied both to persons and things.

GYISARD, GYSART, _s._ children who go from door to door singing during the Christmas time. Masks are frequently used on such occasions.

GYM, _adj._ neat and spruce.

_To_ GYS, _v. a._ to disguise.

GYTE, _adj._ foolish. _To gang gyte_, to act extravagantly or foolishly.

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HA', _s._ a hall.

HAAFLANG, HAFLIN, _adj._ half-grown.

HAAR, _s._ a fog; a chill easterly wind.

_To_ HABBER, _v. n._ to stutter.

HA-BIBLE, _s._ a large family Bible.

HABBLE, _s._ a scrape; a perplexity.

HACK, _s._ a chop in the hands or feet.

_To_ HAE, _v._ to have.

HAE, _v. n._ to offer anything.

HAEIN, _s._ having.

HAENA, have not.

HALF-MERK-MARRIAGE, a clandestine marriage. From the price paid, viz. a merk.

HAFFIT, _s._ the side of the head.

_To_ HAG, _v. a._ to hew wood.

HAGABAG, _s._ coarse table-linen.

HAGBUT, _s._ a kind of firearms used soon after the discovery of gunpowder.

HAGGIES, HAGGIS, _s._ a pudding made of a lamb's maw, lungs, heart, and liver, mixed with suet, onions, salt, pepper, and oatmeal, and boiled in the stomach of a sheep.

HAILSOME, _adj._ wholesome; healthful.

_To_ HAIN, HANE, _v. a._ to spare; to save.

HAIR-MOULD, _s._ the mould which appears on bread. _Hair-ryme_, hoar-frost.

HAIRST, _s._ harvest.

HAIRUMSKARUM, _adj._ harebrained.

_To_ HALD, _v. a._ to hold; to cease.

HALE, HAILL, _adj._ whole; unbroken.

HALF-MARROW, _s._ a husband or wife.

HALLACH'D, HALLAKET, _adj._ crazy, boisterous; extremely frolicsome.

HALLANSHAKER, _s._ a sturdy beggar; a person of shabby appearance.

HALLAN, HALLON, HALLOND, HALLIN, _s._ a mud wall in cottages, extending from the front backwards, to shelter the interior of the house from the draft of the door when open.

HALLOWE'EN, _s._ the evening before Allhallows.

HALLOKIT, _adj._ giddy; harebrained.

HALLOCK, _s._ a thoughtless, giddy girl.

HALS, HAWSE, _s._ the neck.

HALY, _adj._ holy.

HAME, HAIM, _s._ home.

HAMELY, _adj._ familiar; friendly.

HANDSEL, _s._ the first money received for goods; a gift on the first Monday after New Year's Day.

HANDSEL-MONDAY, _s._ the first Monday of the new year.

HANK, _s._ a coil.

HANTLE, _s._ a considerable number.

_To_ HAP, _v. a._ to cover; to conceal.

HAP-STEP-AN'-LOUP, _v. a._ to hop, step, and leap.

HARIGALDS, _s._ the pluck of an animal.

HARN, _s._ coarse linen cloth made from the tow-hards.

HARNES, _s._ brains.

HASH, _s._ a sloven.

HASSOCK, HASSICK, _s._ a besom; a large round turf used as a seat. HATE, HAIT, HAID, _s._ a whit; an atom; the smallest bit of anything. _Fient a haid hae I i' the house,_ I have not a particle of anything in the house.

HATHER, HEATHER, _s._ heath.

HAUGH, HAWCH, HAUCH, _s._ low-lying flat ground.

_To_ HAUP, _v. n._ to turn to the right, applied to horses in the yoke. _He will neither haup nor wind,_ he will neither turn to the right nor left; a stubborn man.

_To_ HAVERS, _v. n._ to talk foolishly.

HAVERS, _s._. foolish, incoherent talk, or idle talk.

HAVERIL, _s._ one who habitually talks idly.

_To_ HAWGH, _v. n._ to force up phlegm; to hawk.

HAWKIT, _adj._ having a white face--applied to cattle.

HAWKEY, _s._ a cow with a white face.

HAWSE, _s._ the throat.

HEARTSOME, _adj._ merry; light-hearted.

HEARTY, _adj._ cheerful; liberal.

HEATHER-BELLS, _s._ heath-bells.

HECH, _s._ an exclamation.

HECK, _s._ a rack for cattle.

_To_ HECKLE, _v. a._ to dress flax; to examine with severity.

HEGH-HEY, HEIGH-HOW, an interjection expressive of languor or fatigue.

HEIL, HEYLE, _s._ health; in health.

HEIS, HEESE, _v. a._ to lift up.

HEMPY, _s._ a rogue.

HENDER, _adj._ past; bygone. _Henderend,_ the back end.

HEREAWAY, _adv._ in this quarter.

HERISON, _s._ a hedgehog.

HERRIE, _v. a._ to rob; to pillage.

HERRIE-WATER, _s._ a net made with meshes of a small size, such as used by poachers.

HESP, _s._ a clasp; a book.

HET, _adj._ hot.

HETFUL, _adj._ hot; fiery.

HET-PINT, _s._ a hot beverage carried by persons to the house of their friends early in the morning of New Year's Day, composed of ale, whisky, and eggs.

HEUCH, HEUGH, _s._ a crag; a rugged steep.

HEUCK-BANE, _s._ the hackle-bone.

HIDDIL, HIDLINS, _adv._ secretly.

HILLIEGELEERIE, _adv._ topsy-turvy.

HILT AND HAIR, _adj._ the whole of anything.

HILTER-SKILTER, _adv._ in rapid succession.

HIMSEL, _part. pa._ of himself.

_To_ HIRD, _v. a._ to tend cattle or sheep.

HIRD, _s._ a shepherd; one who tends cattle.

_To_ HIRE, _v. a._ to let; to engage.

_To_ HIRPLE, _v. a._ to walk in a lame or waddling manner.

HIRSELL, HIRSLE, _v. n._ to move forward resting on the hams.

HISSIE, HIZZIE, _s._ a housewife.

HISSIESKIP, HUSSYFSKAP, _s._ the business of housewifery.

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