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OBSOLETE AND PROVINCIAL ENGLISH,

CONTAINING

WORDS FROM THE ENGLISH WRITERS PREVIOUS TO THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY WHICH ARE NO LONGER IN USE, OR ARE

NOT USED IN THE SAME SENSE.

AND WORDS WHICH ARE NOW USED ONLY IN

THE PROVINCIAL DIALECTS.

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IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II. G-Z.

LONDON:

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MDCCCLVII.

G.

GA, v. To go. North.

GAAM, (1) adj. Clammy. Wills. (2) v. To daub with dirt. Berks. GAB, 8. (A. N.) Talkativeness. GABBARD, adj. Ill-contrived, as GABBERN, rooms; large. West. GABBE, V. (4.-N.) To talk idly; to jest; to lie.

GABBER, (1) v. To talk nonsense.
(2) s. A jester.
GABBERIES, S. (1) Deceits. Minsh.
(2) Prattle; jests.
GABBLE-RATCHES, 8. Birds which
make a great noise in the even-
ings. North.

GABBO, S. The game of three
GOBBO, card loo.
GABEL, 8. (4.-N.) An excise.
GABERDINE, S. (Fr.) A coarse cloak
or mantle.
GABERLILTIE, S.
North.

GABIE, S. North.

A ballad-singer.

A large-holed sieve.

GABLE, (1) s. (Fr.) A cable. (2) adj. High. GABLE-POLES, s. Rods placed out

side the roof to secure the thatch. GABLET, 8. A small ornamental gable or canopy over a tabernacle or niche.

GABLICK, S. A crow-bar. Linc. GABLOCKS, 8. Spurs for fightingcocks.

GABRIEL-BELL, 8. A local name for the saints' bell or ting-tang. GABRIEL-RATCHET, s. The name of a ghost or night spirit. North. GABY, S. A simpleton.

GACH, S.

Glouc.

Filth or dirt of children.

GAD, (1) s. (4.-S.) A goad, or sharp point of metal; a spear; a pole pointed with metal.

And, come, I will go get a leaf of brass,
And with a gad of steel will write these
words,
And lay it by.

Tit. Andr., iv, 1.

[blocks in formation]

(9) s. A wedge used in mining.
"Pick and gad, and keep the
kibble going," a very common
motto in the mining districts
expressive of bustle and acti-
vity.

GAD-ABOUT, s. A rambler. West.
GADAMAN, adj. Roguish. Heref.
GAD-BEE, S. The gad-fly.
GAD-BIT, S. A nail-passer.
GAD-BREEZE, S. The gad-fly.

4. He's a puppy-I can liken him to
nothing but my bald heffer when she's
got the gad-breeze in her tail.

The Country Farmer's Catechism, 1703. GADDRE, 8. A sheep's or calf's pluck.

GADE, s. A gadling.

GADER, v. To gather.
GADGER, S. A gauger. North.
GAD-HOOK, S. A long pole with an
iron crook. Somerset.

GADING, 8. A going about; a
GADDING, pilgrimage.
GADLING, S. (4.-S.) A worthless
vagabond.

GAD-NAIL, S. A sort of long stout nail.

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