Glossary : G
Gab: the mouth
Gab: to talk
Gabs: talk
Gae: gave
Gae: to go
Gaed: went
Gaen: gone
Gaets: ways: manners
Gairs: gores
Gane: gone
Gang: to go
Gangrel: vagrant
Gar: to cause: to make: to
compel
Garcock: the moorcock
Garten: garter
Gash: wise; self-complacent (implying prudence and
prosperity); talkative
Gashing: talking: gabbing
Gat: got
Gate: way-road: manner
Gatty: enervated
Gaucie: v Gawsie
Gaud: a goad
Gaudsman: goadsman: driver of the plough-team
Gau'n gavin
Gaun: going
Gaunted: gaped: yawned
Gawky: a foolish woman or lad
Gawky: foolish
Gawsie: buxom; jolly
Gaylies: gaily: rather
Gear: money: wealth; goods; stuff
Geck: to sport; toss the head
Ged a pike
Gentles: gentry
Genty: trim and elegant
Geordie: dim of George: a guinea
Get: issue: offspring: breed
Ghaist: ghost
Gie: to give
Gied: gave
Gien: given
Gif: if
Giftie: dim of gift
Giglets: giggling youngsters or maids
Gillie: dim of gill (glass of whiskey)
Gilpey: young girl
Gimmer: a young ewe
Gin: if: should: whether;
by
Girdle: plate of metal for firing cakes:
bannocks
Girn: to grin: to twist the face (but
from pain or rage: not joy); gapes;
snarls
Gizz: wig
Glaikit: foolish: thoughtless:
giddy
Glaizie: glossy: shiny
Glaum'd: grasped
Gled: a hawk: a kite
Gleede: a glowing coal
Gleg: nimble: sharp: keen-witted
Gleg: smartly
Glieb: a portion of land
Glib-gabbet: smooth-tongued
Glint: sparkle
Gloamin: twilight; gloamin-shot: sunset
Glow'r: stare
Glunch: frown: growl
Goavin: looking dazedlyl; mooning
Gotten: got
Gowan: the wild: or mountain:
daisy
Gowany: covered with wild daisies
Gowd: gold
Gowdie: the head
Gowff'd: struck: as in the game of golf
Gowk: the cuckoo: a dolt
Gowling: lamenting (as a dog in grief)
Graff: a grave: a vault
Grain'd: groaned
Graip: a dung-fork
Graith: implements: gear; furniture; attire
Graithing: gearing: vestments
Grane: groan
Grannie: graunie: grandmother
Grape: grope
Grat: wept
Gree: the prize (degree)
Gree: to agree
Greet: to weep
Groanin maut: groaning malt: brewed for
a lying-in
Grozet: a gooseberry
Grumphie: the pig
Grun': the ground
Gruntle: the face
Gruntle: dim of grunt
Grunzie: growing
Grutten: wept
Gude: God
Guid: gude: good
Guid-e'en: good evening
Guid-father: father-in-law
Guid-man: husband
Guid-wife mistress of the house
Guid-willie: hearty: full of good-will
Gullie: gully: a large knife
Gulravage: riotous play
Gumlie: muddy
Gumption: wisdom
Gusty: tasty
Gutcher: goodsire: grandfather
