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177 Giving. Thawing, bedewing. When stones become wet by change of temperature, they say " the stones are giving." See Heaving. Giz-dance, or Geez-dance. See Guise-dance. Applied to the Christmas play. Gladdy. The yellow-hammer. c. Glan. "The bank of a river/' PolwJiele. Gldn is a Celtic Cornish word, meaning, the bank, the side, or the brink of a river. The side of anything. Glawer. The ^sh. Morrhua minuta. N.E.C. Glaws. Dried cow-dung, formerly used for fuel. Tonkin. It should be spelt glose or gloas, which is the Celtic Cornish for ^^ dried cow-dung, (used as fuel.") (^' Ha glose tha leskye!' And dry dung to burn. Pryce.) Glaze. To stare hard at anything, or person. "What be'ee glazin at *? " Glen-ader. The cast skin of an adder, sometimes worn as an amulet. H.R.c. Nader is Celtic Cornish for adder, viper, snake, Glidder. Glaze, or varnish, like white of egg, gum, &c. Gliddery. Shiny, as the surface of a cake, or bunn when varnished with white of egg. Also, slippery. Glint. To glance at, to catch a sight of. Glent, Chaucer, Glumps. Sulks. He's got the glumps." " He's m the glumps." Glumpy. Sulky. (Glombe, Saxon, to look gloomy). M