The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral ComedyRamsay, Allan
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The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy
Ramsay, Allan
Scottish drama -- 18th century
_Ga_, _gaw_, gall.
_Gab_, the mouth. _To Gab_, to prate.
_Gade_, went, did go.
_To Gae_, to go.
_Gait_, a goat.
_Gane_, gone.
_Gar_, to cause, make, or force.
_Gat_, got.
_Gate_, or _gait_, way.
_Gaw_, to take the pet, to be galled.
_Gawky_, an idle, staring, idiotical person.
_Gawn_, going.
_Gaws_, galls.
_Gay and early_, pretty early.
_To geck_, to mock, to toss the head with disdain.
_Gett_, a brat, a child, by way of contempt or derision.
_Ghaist_, a ghost.
_Gif_, if.
_Gin_, if.
_Girn_, to grin, snarl.
_Glen_, a narrow valley between mountains.
_Gloom_, to scowl or frown.
_Glowr_, to stare.
_Gowans_, daisies.
_Gowd_, gold.
_Gowk_, the cuckoo. In derision, we call a thoughtless fellow, and one
who harps too long on one subject, a _gowk_.
_Grace-drink_, the drink taken by a company after the giving of thanks
at the end of a meal.
_Graith_, furniture, harness, armour.
_To Grane_, to groan.
_Grany_, grandmother, any old woman.
_Gree_, prize, victory.
_Green_, or _grien_, to long for.
_Greet_, to weep. _Grat_, wept.
_Grit_, familiar.
_Grots_, milled oats.
_Gusty_, savoury.
_Gyte_, _gane gyte_, acts extravagantly.
H.
_Ha_, hall.
_Had_, hold.
_Hae_, have.
_Haff_, half.
_Haffet_, the cheek, side of the head.
_Haflen_, partly, in part.
_Hagabag_, coarse table-linen.
_Haggies_, a kind of pudding made of the lungs and liver of a sheep,
and boiled in the big bag.
_Hag-raid_, witch-ridden, tormented by hags or phantoms.
_Hait_, or _het_, hot.
_Haith_, (a minced oath,) faith.
_Hald_, or _had_, hold.
_Hale_, whole.
_Halesome_, wholesome.
_Hallen_, a fence of turf, twigs, or stone, built at the side of a
cottage door, to screen from the wind.
_Haly_, holy.
_Haly band_, kirk session.
_Hame_, home.
_Hamely_, friendly, frank, open, kind.
_Happing_, hopping.
_Hapt_, covered.
_Harigalds_, the heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
_Hawky_, a cow; a white-faced cow.
_Hawse_, or _hauss_, the throat or gullet.
_Hawslock_, the wool that grows on the hawse or throat.
_Heartsome_, blythe and happy.
_Heeryestreen_, the night before yesternight.
_Heffs_, or _hefts_, dwells.
_Heghts_, or _hechts_, promises, engagements, proffers.
_Het_, hot.
_Hether-bells_, the heath-blossom.
_Hiddils_, or _hidlings_, lurking, hiding-places. To do a thing in
_hidlings_, i. e., privately.
_Hinder_, last.
_To Hing_, to hang.
_Hinny_, honey.
_Hissel-shaw_, hazel-wood.
_Hobleshew_, confused racket, uproar.
_Hodden-grey_, coarse grey cloth.
_Hool_, husk, shell.
_How_, low ground, a hollow.
_Howdy_, a midwife.
_Howk_, to dig.
_Howms_, _holms_, plains on river-sides.
_Howt!_ fy!
I.
_Ilk_, each. _Ilka_, every.
_Of that ilk_, of an estate having the same name as the owner.
_Ingan_, onion.
_Ingle_, fire.
_I'se_, I shall; as, _I'll_, for I will.
_Ither_, other.
J.
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