A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Gapes-nest _s._ an idle spectacle
Gare _s._ gear; Ire-gare _s._ plough-gear, iron-work
Garn, or Gearn, Gearden _s._ a garden
Gatchel _s._ the mouth
Gate-shord, or sheard _s._ a gate-way, a place for a gate
Gatfer _s._ an old man (good father)
G'auf to go off; G'auver to go over; G'in to go in; G'on to go on; G'out to go out; Go'vorn go before him or them; G'under to go under; G'up to go up: ex. Thear I wur', d' knaw, carnared (in a corner); coud'n g'auver, g'under, g'in, nor g'out
Gawc.u.m, Gawc.u.min _s._ a simpleton, a gawkey
Gee-wi' (g soft), _v._ to agree; Gee (g hard), to give, ex. To gee out--to thaw
Gib, or Gibby (g hard), _s._ a pet lamb
Gibby-heels (g hard), _s._ kibed-heels
Giffin (g hard), _s._ a trifle, a small portion of time
Gilawfer, Gillifer, Gilliflower (g soft), stocks; Whitsun Gilawfer, carnation, also the wallflower
Giltin-cup (g hard), _s._ b.u.t.ter-cup
Gimmace (g hard), _s._ a hinge
Gimmaces (g hard) _s._ a criminal is said to be hung in gimmaces, when he is hung in chains
Glare _v._ to glaze earthenware. Also _s._ ex. The roads are all a glare of ice
Gla.s.sen _adj._ made of gla.s.s
Glou, Glouie _v._ to stare
Glou-beason _s._ a glow-worm, a bold impudent fellow
Glutch, Glutchy _v._ to swallow _s._ the act of swallowing, Glutcher _s._ the throat
Gold _s._ sweet willow; _Myrica gale_, abundant in the moors of Somerset, in the herbalists called _Gaule_
Go-lie _v._ spoken of corn falling after rain; applied to wind, to subside
Gool-french a gold-finch, a proud tailor
Gollop _s._ a large morsel
Gommer _s._ an old woman (good mother)
Good-hussy _s._ a thread-case
Goody _v._ to appear good, to prosper
Goose-cap _s._ a giddy, silly person
Goose-herd, or Goosier _s._ one who breeds or looks after geese
Gore-in, Gore-with _v._ to believe in, to trust
Gossips _s._ sponsors; Gossiping the festivities of the christening
Gout _s._ a drain, a gutter
Gowder _s._ a higgler of fruit
Grainded, Grainted _adj._ ingrained, dirty
Granfer, Grammer _s._ grandfather, grandmother
Granfer griggles _s._ wild orchis
Gribble _s._ a young apple tree raised from seed
Grig _v._ and _s._ to pinch, a pinch
Griddle, Girdle _s._ a gridiron
Gripe, or Grip _s._ a small drain or ditch _v._ to cut into gripes
Grizzle _v._ to laugh or grin
Gronin _s._ labour, childbirth; Gronin-chair nursing chair; Gronin-malt provision for the event
Ground _s._ a field, a piece of land enclosed for agricultural purposes
Grozens, Groves _s._ duck-weed
Gruff, Gruff-hole _s._ a trench or groove excavated for ore
Gruffer, Gruffler _s._ a miner, one who works in a gruff or groove
Gumpy _adj._ abounding in protuberances
Gurds _s._ eructations; Fits and Gurds fits and starts
Gurl, or Gurdle _v._ to growl
