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_Doug._
2. A beam.
_Barbour._
GELORE, GALORE, GILORE, _s._ Plenty, S.
Gael. _go leoir_, enough.
_Ross._
_To_ GELL, (_g_ hard) _v. n._ To thrill with pain, S.
_Sir Egeir._
Germ. _gell-en_, to tingle.
_To_ GELL, (_g_ hard) _v. n._ To crack in consequence of heat, S.
Isl. _geil_, fissura.
~Gell~, _s._ A crack or rent in wood, S.
GELL, (_g_ hard) _s._ A leech, S. B. _gellie_, Perths.
Su. G. _igel_, id. C. B. _gel_, a horseleech.
GELT, _s._ Money.
V. ~Gilt~.
GEN, _prep._ Against.
A. S. _gean_, id.
GEND, (_g_ hard) _adj._ Playful.
_S. P. Repr._
Isl. _gant-a_, ludificare.
GENYIE, _s._ Engine of war.
_Minst. Bord._
GENYEILD, GENYELL, _s._
V. ~Ganyeild~.
GENIS, _s._ Apparently, the rack.
_Act Sed._
Fr. _gene_, id. from Lat. _gehenna_.
GENYUS CHALMER, bridal chamber.
_Douglas._
GENTY, (_g_ soft) _adj._ Neat, limber, elegantly formed, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _jent_, bellus, elegans.
GENTIL, _adj._ Belonging to a nation.
_Douglas._
GENTILLY, _adv._ Completely, Ang.
_Barbour._
GENTRICE, GENTREIS, _s._
1. Honourable birth.
_Dunbar._
2. Genteel manners.
_Wallace._
3. Gentleness, softness.
