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GAD, GADE, _s._
1. A rod, S.
_Skene._
2. A spear.
_Dalyell._
3. A fis.h.i.+ng-rod, S. A.
4. A goad.
_Z. Boyd._
A. S. _gaad_, _gad_, stimulus.
~Gadwand~, _s._ A goad for driving cattle, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ GADGE, _v. n._ To talk idly with stupid gravity.
_Ramsay._
_To_ GADYR, _v. a._ To gather.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _gaeder-an_, id.
~Gaddryng~, _s._ a.s.sembly.
_Wyntown._
GAE, _s._ The jay, a bird.
_Burel._
GAF, GAFF, _pret._ Gave.
_Barbour._
GAFF, _s._ A sort of net.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._
_To_ GAFFAW, _v. n._ To laugh aloud, S.
V. ~Gawf~.
_Ramsay._
~Gaffaw~, _s._ A loud laugh, S.
V. ~Gawf~.
_To_ GAGOIUN, _v. a._ To ridicule.
Fr. _gogay-er_, to mock.
_G.o.dly Ball._
GAY, _adv._ Moderately.
V. ~Gey~.
GAID, _pret._ Went, S.
_R. Bruce._
GAYN-c.u.m, _s._ Return.
_Wyntown._
GAYNIS, _s._ Perh. gaiety.
_Maitland P._
GAIR, GARE, _s._
1. A triangular piece of cloth inserted at the bottom of a s.h.i.+ft or robe, S. Also _Gore_.
_Henrysone._
