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_Ross._
Isl. _gnap-a_, intentus intueri.
_To_ GNAP, _v.n._
1. To attempt, S. B.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
2. To bite at.
_Mellvill's MS._
GNARR, _s._ A hard knot in wood, S.
Teut. _knorre_, id.
_To_ GNAT, _v. a._
1. To gnaw, Ang.
2. To grind the teeth, Ang.
Isl. _gnat-a_, collidi.
~Gnat~, _s._ A bite, a snap, Ang.
GNIB, _adj._
1. Clever in motion or action, S. B.
_Ross._
2. Light-fingered, S. B.
Su. G. _knappe_, citus; _knapphaendig_, qui manu promptus est; Dan.
_knibe_, arete tenere.
_To_ GNIDGE, _v. a._
1. To press, to squeeze, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Isl. _knos-a_, to thrust; Teut. _knudsen_, to beat.
2. _To knidge aff_, to rub off, S. B.
_Ross._
GNEIGIE, _adj._ Sharp-witted, Moray.
V. ~Knacky~.
_Pop. Ball._
_To_ GNYP, GNIP, GNAP, _v. a._
1. To crop, to gnaw.
_Douglas._
Germ. _kneipp-en_; Isl. _knyp-a_, vellere.
2. To eat, S. B.
GNIPPER ~for~ GNOPPER, an alliterative phrase used to express the sound made by a mill in grinding.
_Pop. Ball._
Su. G. _knaepp-a_, to knap.
GOADLOUP, _s._ The gantelope, a military punishment.
_Wodrow._
Sw. _gatulopp_, id.
GOAN, _s._ A wooden dish for meat, Loth.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _gogn_, utensilia familiaria.
GOARE, _s._ A hurt, a wound.
C. B. _gor_ pus.
