An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Chaucer, _Gaudee_. Fr.
_To_ GOWFF, _v. a._ To strike, S.
_Ritson._
GOWINIS, _s. pl._ Gowns.
_Henrysone._
GOWK, GOUK, _s._ A fool, S.
_Ramsay._
Franc. _gouch_, stolidus, Germ. _gauch_.
~Gowkit~, ~Gauckit~, ~Guckit~, _part. adj._
1. Foolish, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. Light; applied to young women.
_Peblis Play._
~Gowkitlie~, _adv._ Foolishly.
_Maitland P._
GOWK, GOLK, _s._ The cuckoo, S. _gouckoo_, S. B. _gock_, Stirlings.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _goek_, Isl. _gouk-r_, id.
~Gowk's errand~, A fool's errand, S.
_To hunt the gowk_, to go on a fool's errand.
_Ramsay._
~Gowk's-hose~, _s._ Canterbury bells, S.
~Gowk's-meat~, _s._ Wood sorrel, S.
_Lightfoot._
~Gowk's-spittle~, The frothy matter frequently seen on the leaves of plants, S.
GOWL, _s._ A hollow between hills, Perths.
_Muses Threnodie._
Isl. _gaul_, any chasm or aperture.
GOWLIS, _s. pl._ Gules, in Heraldry.
_Dunbar._
GOWP, _s._ A mouthful; E. _gulp_.
_Philot._
GRABBLES, _s. pl._ A disease of cows, in which all their limbs become crazy, Ang.
GRACE DRINK, The drink taken by a company, after the giving of thanks at the end of a meal, S.
_Encyc. Brit._
_To_ GRADDAN, _v. a._ To prepare grain by scorching the ears, S.
_Boswell._
Su. G. _graedd-u_, igne torrere, Gael. _graed-am_, id.
~Graddan~, _s._
1. Grain burnt out of the ear, S.
2. That kind of snuff which is commonly called _bran_, as consisting of large grains, S.
Gael. _greadan_, snuff.
GRAF, GRAWE, _s._ A grave, Loth. _graff_.
_Stat. Will._
A. S. _graef_, Alem. _graua_, id.
