An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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V. ~Glyde~.
_Maitland P._
_To_ GAIT, _v. a._ To set up sheaves on end, S. B.
Isl. _gat_, foramen, _gat-a_, perforare.
GAITLING, GYTLING, _s._ An infant, S.
V. ~Get~.
_Ramsay._
GAKIE, _s._ Venus mercenaria, a sh.e.l.l.
_Sibbald._
_To_ GALAY, _v. n._ To reel.
_Barbour._
GALYEARD, GALLIARD, _adj._
1. Sprightly.
_Douglas._
2. Wanton.
_Douglas._
Fr. _gaillard_, id.; A. S. _gal_, lascivus.
~Galliard~, _s._ One who is gay, but dissipated.
_Minst. Bord._
~Galyartlie~, _adv._ In a sprightly manner.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ GALE, GAIL, _v. n._ Applied to the note of the cuckoo.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _gal-a_, to sing; Dan. _gal-er_, to crow.
_To_ ~Galyie~, ~Gallyie~, _v. n._ To roar, to brawl, Ang.
Su. G. _gaell-a_, Isl. _giall-a_, to vociferate.
~Galyie~, ~Gallyie~, ~Gellie~, _s._ A cry of displeasure, Ang.
Su. G. _gaell_, vociferatio.
GALLAND, _s._ A young fellow.
V. ~Callan~.
GALLANT, _adj._ Large, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
GALLION, _s._ A lean horse, Tweedd.
GALLYTROUGH, _s._ The char, Fife.
_Statist. Acc._
GALLOWAY, _s._ A horse not more than fourteen hands high, S.
GALLOWS, _s._
1. An elevated station for a view, Loth.
2. Three beams erected in a triangular form, for weighing, S.
GALL WINDE, a gale.
_Z. Boyd._
Isl. _gol_, ventus frigidior.
GALNES, _s._ Satisfaction for slaughter.
