“’Bout kings and councils _gowks_ may fratch.” _Anderson._ Gud strang yell. Gowl, C, to weep vociferously, to howl. “It greànt, an’ it _gowl’t_, an’ it freetent fwoke sair.” _Dickinson._ Scallow-Beck Boggle. Gradely, C, a Lancashire and Cheshire word, often used in Cumberland, signifying proper or correct. I have overheard myself, in contravention of the proverb, spoken of as “a varra _gradely_ man” in the lake district. Grank, C, to covet querulously. “Hout man! what signifies repinin’, Or _grankin’_, snifterin’, twistin’, twinin’.” _Stagg._ New Year’s Epistle. Greet, S and C, weep. “It’s nae mair to see a woman _greet_ than to see a goose gang barefit.”—Proverb. “When we’d hed our belly full o’ _greetin_’ we gat up, an’ feel’t better for’t.” _Betty Yewdale._ T’ terrible Knitters i’ Dent. Greg, C, tantalize. “It does _greg_ yan to hear a hunt yan cannot see.” Said by a veteran hunter whose sight was failing. Gruesome, S, making the flesh creep with disgust or horror. “An’ though she wore a human face, It was a _gruesome_ sight to see.” _Hogg._ The Spirit of the Glen. Gud his-sel’, C, felicitate, or gratify himself. “Gi’e me anudder kiss.” “Nay, thou mun _gud thysel’_ wid what thou’s gitten!—thou’s git nea mair to-neet.” An over-heard conversation. Guff, S and C, a silly fellow. “When sec-like guffs leame decent fwoke, It’s time some laws sud alter.” _Anderson._ The Village Gang. Gumption, C, tact, cleverness. “Hed I thy _gumption_ or thy gift o’ gob.” _Graham._ Geordie and Will. Gyversome, C, voracious, ravenous. “T’ mair ye give till greedy fwoke t’ mair _gyversome_ they growe.”—Proverb. H. Hag, C, to cut with an axe. “He was seun back, wid his axe ower his shooder, an’ begon to _hag_ his way through t’ deurr.” _Dickinson._ Lamplugh Club. Hag-worm, C, the viper. “Theear was beears, an’ lions, an’ tigers ... an’ girt yedtheran _hag-werms_, fower or five yerds lang.” _Rev. T. Clarke._ Johnny Shippard. Hake, C, a riotous festivity, tumult. “They drank the yell up ivery drop, Wid nowder _hake_ nor quarrel.” _Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot. Ham-sam, C, mingled promiscuously. “Five or six gat on to t’ bed, An’ sat _ham-sam_ togidder.” _Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot. Hank, S and C, skein of thread or yarn; also a loop.