GLOSSARY
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- Gawkie, 242, gauche. "Of difficult etym., conn. with gauche has grave difficulties."—N.E.D.
- Geans, 127, wild cherry, O.F. guigne
- Gey, 74, intensive, very, tolerable, middling, var. of gay, F. gai (from 12th c.)
- Gloy, 62, Orc. straw ropes. Not in Jam. F. (dial.) glui, barley straw, prob. Flem. and N., and thus came to Sc.
"Quhais rufis laitly full rouch thykyt war,
Wyth stra or gloy by Romulus the wycht."
Doug. Aen., 8, 11, 31.
- Giglot, 137, a romping girl, F. gigelot (14th c.), conn. with giggle
- Girnel, 135, garnel, sp. Sc. a bin for corn, meal, or salt, influenced by F. grenaille, refuse corn, O.F. grenier, Lat. granarium
- Gote, 172, goat, a ditch, water-way, O.F. gote, gouttière, gutter
- Gree, 242, O.F. gré, Lat. gradus, a step.
- Grogram, 231, gros-grain
- Grozets, 127, 240, grossarts, groser, grozart, sp. Sc. gooseberry, F. groseille, with r for l
- Gusty, 242, goût
H
- Hallion, halones, 160, idle, worthless fellow; or. uncert. Cf. F. haillon, rag.— N.E.D.
- Hashy, 151, untidy, hash, something cut up into small pieces—verb, to hash; F. hacher, hache, hatchet
- †Haverel, 240, poisson d'avril
- Hogmanay, 104, last day of the year, cake-day; obsc. but app. of F. origin.—N.E.D.
- Hotch, 178, 242, Du. hotsen, to jog, jolt, Ger. dial. hotzen, F. hocher, to shake.— N.E.D.
"To pay the bygane towmont's rent,
John Doo cam hotchin' east."
- Hurcheon, 234, hérisson
J
- Jambs, 135, 240, 241, sides of a fireplace, as if legs, jambe, F.; Gael. camb, crooked; late Lat. gamba, hoof, leg
- Jigot, 241, gigot
- Joctelegs, 242, Jacques de Liege
- Joist, 241, O.F. gîste
L
- Lettron, 238, lutrin, O.F. letrin
- Lowe, 53, 234, allouer
- Lozen, 139, var. of lozenge, F. losange
M
- Maister, 134, 209, maître
- Mashlum, mazlin, 183, coarse cake made of mixed grains, O.F. mesteil, F. méteil, Du. masteluin, Lat. mistus, mixed
- Mell, mall, 133, Shet., a broad fist, mason's mallet, cog. with maul and with F. mail
- Mell, 242, mêler
- †Messan, 183, Jam. from Messina or F. maison, N.E.D. prob. a house, Gael. meas-an, meas-chu, a lap-dog
- Mishanter, 92, corr. of misadventure, O.F. mesaventure
"For nivver syne ever they ca'd as they came,
Did sic a mishap and mishanter befa' me."
- Mooter, multure, 70, mill-fee for grinding corn, O.F. molture, F. mouture, Lat. molitura
- Mowles, 234, mule
- Mummers, 104, actors in dumb show, "F. mommeur, prob. of Teut. or.=mum."— N.E.D.
- Muntar, 237, montre
N
- Nappie, 198, ale, prop, a wooden bowl, A.S. hnaep, Du. nap, a drinking cup, O.F. hanap. Low Lat. hanapus, E. hanaper, hamper
- Nottar, 238, notaire
O
Oblissis, oblischement, 236, 239, obliger
