An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 344 : Sw. _gulpa_, buccis vorare deductis. ~Gawp~, _s._ A large mouthful, S. GAWRIE, _s._ Th

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._