Ringan Gilhaize, or, The Covenanters - Part 43
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_gardevine_, cellaret.

_garnel_, granary.

_gaud_, a bar of metal.

_gauntrees_, _gantrees_, a stand for a barrel.

_gawsie_, _gaucy_, jolly.

_geizen't_, drought-cracked.

_gett_, contemptuous term for progeny.

_gif_, if.

_gir_, _gird_, hoop.

_girn_, a snare.

_glaikit_, foolish.

_glebe_, land held _ex officio_ by a parish minister.

_gled_, hawk.

_gleg_, eager.

_glower_, _v._ glare.

_gludder_, the sound caused by a body falling among mire (Jamieson).

_gowk_, fool, _lit._ cuckoo.

_greet_, weep.

_grew_, _v._ shudder.

_grouff_, belly.

_gude-mother_, mother-in-law.

_gurl_, _n._ growl.

_gurly_, surly.

_Hack_, a rack for horses or cattle.

_haffet_, side-lock.

_Hallowe'en_, the eve of All Saints' Day.

_hap_, wrap.

_harl_, _v._ drag.

_ha.s.s_, throat.

_havers_, foolish or incoherent talk.

_hempy_, rogue.

_herry_, harry.

_hirkos_ (_Lat._ hircus), a he-goat.

_hirple_, limp.

_hirstle_, to shove oneself along by the hands in a seated posture.

_hobbleshow_, a difficulty.

_Hogmanae_, the last day of the year.

_holm_, _howm_, low-lying level ground on the banks of a river.

_hooly_, cautiously.

_horse-setter_, job-master.

_howdy_, midwife.

_howf_, _n._ haunt.

_howk_, dig, burrow.

_hyte and fykie_, anxious and irritable.

_Jawp_, _v._ dash and rebound as water (Jamieson).

_jealouse_, suspect.

_jelly-flowers_, gilliflowers.

_jimp_, scarcely.

_jink_, c.h.i.n.k (_corruption_).