An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - Part 364
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_Bp. Forbes._

GOAT, _s._ A narrow cavern or inlet, into which the sea enters, Ang.

Isl. _gioota_, caverna terrae; _gat_, foramen.

GOAT-CHAFFER, _s._ Cerambyx aedilis.

_Sibbald._

_To_ GOAVE, _v. n._

V. ~Goif~.

GOB, _s._ The mouth.

Ir. _gob_.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. The stomach, S. _gebbie_.

_Maitland P._

GOBICH, _s._ The _goby_, a fish.

_Stat. Acc._

GOCKMIN, GOKMAN, _s._ A centinel.

Gael. _gochdman_, a watchman.

_Martin._

G.o.dBAIRNE, _s._ G.o.dchild.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. _G.o.dbearn_, puer l.u.s.tricus.

_To_ GOGGE, _v. a._ To blindfold.

_Z. Boyd._

~Goggles~, _s. pl._ Blinds for horses, S.

GOE, GEU, _s._ A creek.

V. ~Geo~.

_Neill._

_To_ GOIF, GOUE, GOVE, GOAVE, GOUP, _v._

1. To stare, to gaze, to look with a roving eye, S.

_Gawve_, A. Bor.

_Douglas._

2. To investigate.

_Douglas._

3. To look stedfastly, holding up the face, S. B.

_Burns._

4. To throw up the head, tossing it from side to side, S.

Germ. _gaff-en_, adspectare, Sw. _gap-a_, avide intueri, Isl.

_gap-a_, circ.u.mspicere.

GOLACH, _s._

1. The generic name for a beetle, Ang.

2. The earwig, Loth.

Gael. _forchar-gollach_, id.

GO-LAIGH, GO-LAIGHIE, _s._ A low short-legged hen; also a woman of a similar shape, S. B.

From the v. _go_, and _laigh_, low.

GOLDING, _s._ A species of wild fowl.