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GUM-GOLS, S. Conjectured by Nares to mean clammy hands.

Do the lords bow, and the regarded scarlets

Kiss the gum-gols, and cry, We are your servants? B. & Fl. Philaster, v, 4.

GUMBLE, v. (1) To fit badly, applied to clothes. Kent.

(2) To stick together, applied to the eyes when not easily opened on waking.

GUMMY, adj. Thick and swollen. GUMP, S. A fool. South. GUMPTION, 8. Talent. Var. d. GUMPY, adj. Lumpy. Devon. GUMSHUS, adj. Quarrelsome. East. Conceited. Northampt.

GUN, 8. A large flagon of ale. North.

GUNDE, v. To break to pieces. GUNNER, S. (1) A shooter. Suffolk.

(2) A man whose business it was to shoot wild fowl, before the inclosure of the commons. Linc. GUNNING-BOAT, s. AlightnarGUNNING-SHOUT, row boat in which the fenmen pursue the wild fowl. GUNNY-BAGS, S. Packages for ropes

exported from England. GUNPOWDER, S. To drink gunpowder appears to have been considered very exciting.

Bring me a caune of wine, boy, quickly,
lad,
Put in gun-powder, for Ile drinke me mad.
Rowlands, Kn. of Sp. & Di., 1613.

GUNSTER, 8. (1) One who shoots with a gun. (2) A bavard. GUNSTONE, S. Α cannon ball, which was originally made of

stone.

GUODDED, adj. Spotted. Weber.

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(2) adj. Green, applied to a wound, &c. Linc.

GURDE, (1) v. To strike.

(2) part. p. Girt; struck. GURDS, S. (1) Fits and starts. (2) Eructations. Somerset. GURGE, 8. (Lat.) A whirlpool. GURGEON, 8. A nondescript. Wight. GURGEONS, s. Pollard meal. GURGIPING, S. Stuffed up and stiff. A hawking term.

GURGLE, S. The gullet. Leic. GURGY, S. A stubby hedge. Cornu GURMOND, 8. (Fr. gourmand.) A glutton.

And, surely, let Seneca say what hee please, it might very well be that his famous gurmond [Apicius] turned his course unto this country.

Healde's Disc. of New W., B. i, ch. 5. GURSTEN-DAY, s. Yesterday? zursten-dai ich herde saie, As ich wende bi the waie.

GURNET,

MS. Digby, 86.

GURNADE, GURRY-BUT,

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s. A gurnard.

S.

A dung-sledge.

Devon.
GURT, S. Groats. Florio.
GURZIN, S. Pasture. Cumb.
GUSH, (1) s. A gust. East.

(2) v. To frighten. Gushment,
terror. West.

GUSHILL, S. A gutter.
Guss, s. A girth. West.
GUSSCHELLE, 8. An old dish in
cookery.

GUSSETS, S. Pieces of chain-mail, cut in a triangular lozenge shape, and fixed to the garment under the armour by means of armingpoints.

GUSSOCK, 8. A sudden gust of wind. East.

GUSS-WEBB, 8. A woven girdle. Glouc.

GUST, v. (4.-N.) To taste.

GUSTARD, 8. The great bustard. GUSTRILL, 8. A dirty gutter. Wilts. GUT, S. (1) A very fat man.

(2) A water-course which empties itself into the sea; a bay. See Gout.

GUTH, 8. A girth. Shropsh. GUTLING, 8. A glutton. Craven. GUT-SCRAPER, S. A fiddler. GUTTED, part. p. Begrimed. Devon. GUTTER, (1) s. The hollow place in a cross-bow where the arrow was laid.

(2) v. To devour greedily. Devon. GUTTERS, S. (Fr.) Little streaks in the beam of a hart's head. GUTTIDE, 8. Shrove-tide.

GUTTLE, v. To be ravenous. North. GUTTLE-HEAD, 8. A thoughtless person. GUWEORN, S. Spurge. GUWLZ, 8. Marigolds. GUY, S. Any strange-looking individual; a term derived from the effigies of Guy Fawkes. GUYE, v. (4.-N.) To guide. See Gie. Guyour, a leader. GUYTE, 8. A guide.

GUYZARDS, 8. Men in disguise. GUZZLE, 8. A drain or ditch; a GUZZEN, small stream. GWENDERS, 8. A disagreeable sensation in the fingers or toes, arising from violent cold. Devon. In some parts of Cornwall it is pronounced wonders. GWETHALL, 8. Household stuff. Heref.

GWYLE, s. A ravine. West. GYBE, s. A counterfeit license for begging.

GYDE, 8. A guide. See Gid. Gyderesse, a female guide. GYDERS, 8. Straps to draw together the open parts of armour. GYDLES, adj. Giddy. GYE, (1) v. To direct. See Gie.

(2) s. A salt-water ditch. Som. (3) s. A weed that grows among

corn. East.

GYKE, v. To creak. North. GYKEN, v. To be lustful. "zykyne, prurio." Nominale MS. GYLE, (1) s. Deceit; guile. (2) v. To deceive.

(3) s. A brewing of beer. Suss. (4) s. Wort. Gyle-tubbe, a worttub. GYLKELADE, 8. A dish in cookery. GYME, (1) v. To grin. North.

(2) A breach or hole in a bank.
Linc.

GYMELOT, S. A gimlet. Pr. P.
GYMME, 8. A gem.

GYNFUL, S. Full of tricks.

GYP, S. At Cambridge, a college servant, said to be derived from Gr. yv, a vulture.

GYRIN-FROG, s. A tadpole. Rabelais, by Motteux.

GYRON, S. (A.-N.) A sort of triangle. A heraldic term.

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HA-APE, v. (1) To stop, or keep | HACHED, part. p. Hatched; em

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Let them e'en run.

B. Jon. Tale of a Tub, iv, 1. And his incensement at this moment is so implacable, that satisfaction can be none, but by pangs of death and sepulcher; hob, nob is his word; give 't or take 't. Shakesp. Twelf. N., iii, 4. If the toy take him, he will finde some one cause or other, by hab or nab, hooke or crooke, and so be it right or wrong bee will tumble mee headlong into the grinding-house. Terence in English,1641. With that he circles draws and squares, With cyphers, astral characters, Then looks 'em o'er to understand 'em, Although set down hab-nab, at random. Hudibr. II, iii, 987. HABBE, v. (4.-S.) To have. HABENRIES, s. Architectural decorations of some sort, but the exact meaning of the word is uncertain.

HABERDASHER, S. A schoolmaster. North.

HABERDINE, s. Salted cod. HABERGEON, 8. (A.-N.) A breastplate of mail or close steel, or of leather.

HABILITATE, v. To qualify. Habi

litation, qualification. Bacon. HABILITY, 8. (Fr.) Faculty; power. HABILLIMENTS, s. Borders of gold, pearl, &c. in dress.

HABITACLE, S. (A.-N.) A dwelling; a niche for a statue. HABITUDE, 8. (Lat.) Disposition. HABLE, S. (A.-N.) A haven. HACHE, 8. (4.-N.) (1) An axe. (2) A rack for hay.

broidered.

HACK, (1) v. To stammer; to cough frequently; to labour indefatigably. Var. d.

(2) s. A hard-working man. Suff.
(3) v. To win everything. Cumb.
(4) s. A hedge. Linc.

(5) s. A half-door; a rack. Norf.
(6) s. A pick-axe, or hoe; a
spade, or mattock; a hatchet.
(7) s. The place where the hawk's
meat was placed.

(8) s. The place on which bricks
are arranged to dry. West.
(9) s. The lights, liver, and heart
of a boar.

(10) v. To chatter with cold.
Devon.

(11) v. To hop on one leg. West. HACKANDE, part. a. (A.-S.) Annoying.

HACKBUSH, 8. A heavy hand-gun. HACKED, part. p. Chopped, or chapped. North.

HACKER, (1) v. To stammer; to prevaricate. North.

(2) s. A sort of axe. West. НАСК-НООК, 8. A bill with a long handle. South.

HACKIE, S. The game of Goff. HACKIN, 8. A pudding made in the

maw of a sheep or hog, formerly a standard dish at Christmas. HACKING-COUGH, S. A slight teazing cough. Var. d.

HACKLE, v. To dress, or trim up.
Yorksh.

(2) 8. Hair, wool, or feathers.
(3) s. A hog's mane. Wilts.
(4) s. An implement with iron
teeth for combing hemp or flax.
North.

(5) s. A row of new-made hay;
used as a v., to put hay in rows.
(6) v. To dig up. Linc.

(7) 8. A conical covering of hay or straw. South.

(8) v. To shackle beasts. Suff. (9) s. The stickleback. Devon.

(10) v. To agree together.

Somerset.

HACKLED, adj. Peevish. North. HACKLES, S. (1) The long feathers on a cock's neck. Var. d. (2) Singlets of beans. Glouc. HACKMAL, S. A tomtit. Devon. HACKNEY, (1) s. A saddle-horse. West.

(2) v. To ride. Leic.

(3) s. A common prostitute. HACKNEY-MAN, s. One who lets out horses for hire. Hackneyman's wand, a rider's switch.

First, to spread your circle upon the ground, with little conjuring ceremony (as I'll have an hackney-man's wand silver'd o'er o' purpose for you)

Puritan, iii, 6, Suppl. to Sh. ii, 594. HACKNEY-SADDLE, 8. A riding

saddle.

HACK-PUDDING, s. A mess made of sheep's heart, chopped with suet and sweet fruits. Cumb. HACKSLAVER, S. (1) slovenly fellow. North. (2) v. To stammer.

HACKSTER. See Haxter.

HACKUM-PLACKUM,

North.

A dirty

S. Barter.

HACKY, adj. Witty; artful. Northumb.

HADDEN. Pret. t. pl. of Have. HADDER, 8. Heath, or ling. North. HADE, S. (1) A ridge of land; a small piece of greensward at the end of arable land.

(2) The underlay or inclination of the vein in mines. Hading, a sloping vein.

HADE, 8. A high pasture.

And on the lower leas, as on the higher hades,

The dainty clover grows, of grass the only
silk.
Drayt. Pol., xiii, p. 924.
Ugly; untoward.

HADEN, adj.

West. HADFASH, 8. Trouble. North. HAD-I-WIST, i. e. Had I known, a common phrase indicating repentance.

And cause him, when he had his purpose mist,

To crie with late repentance, Had-I-wist. Harr. Ariosto, ix, 85,

For when they shift to sit in hautie throne, With hope to rule the sceptre as they list, Ther's no regard nor feare of had-I-wist. Mirr. for Magist. Vitellius, p. 160. Beware of had-I-wyst, whose fine bringes care and smart.

Paradise of Dayntie Devises, sign. A 3. Let wisdome guide thee then, while fortunes flowe:

So shalt thou scape the rocke cal'd Had-Iwist:

But, had I wist thou hadst been borne from mee

On fortune's floud, I would have followed thee.

Davies, Scourge of Folly, 1611. Valour is often overthrowne by rashnesse, and had-I-wist is the worst part of understanding: for rashnesse without reason may breed sorrow without compassion. Rich Cabinet, &c., 1616. HADLEYS,

HADLINS,

}adv. Hardly. North.

HAD-LOONT-REAN, s. A gutter or division between headlands and others. North.

HAFE, pret. t. (4.-S.) Heaved; raised.

HAFER, v. To stand higgling. Suff. HAFEREN, adj. Unsteady. East. HAFFET, 8. The temples.

HAFFLE, v. To stammer; to prevaricate; to make a fool of. North.

HAFLES, adj. Wanting. HAFT, S. By the haft, a common oath. Loose in the haft, not quite honest.

HAFTED, adj. A term applied to a cow when, from long retention of

milk, the teats have become rigid. HAFTER, 8. A wrangler; a crafty fellow.

HAFTS, 8. Little islands in a pond for water-fowl to make their nests. Staff.

HAFVE, v. To have.

HAG, (1) 8. A division of wood to

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(3) s. A white mist; a phos-
phoric light seen at night. North.
(4) s. An appearance of light or
fire upon the manes of horses, or
men's hair.

(5) s. The belly. Northumb.
(6) v. To hack.

(7) s. A sink in mosses; any
broken ground in a bog. North.
(8) v. To haggle. West.
(9) s. Idle disorder. Somerset.
(10) s. (A.-S.) A witch, or fiend.
(11) v. To work by the hag, i. e.
by the job. North.
(12) v. To torment.

HAG'S-FACE, s. A term of contempt.

HAGAGING, adj. Passionate. Devon.
HAGBERRY, S. The name of a shrub,
the Prunus padus.
HAGBUSH, 8. A gun, or hack-
HAGBUT, bush.

HAG-CLOG, S. A chopping-block.
North.

HAGE, v. To tire with work. North. HAGGA, S. The fruit of the hawthorn. Berks.

HAGGADAY, S. A sort of wooden latch for a door. Yorksh. HAGGAGE, S. A slattern. Devon.· HAGGAR, (1) adj. Wild; untamed. Yorksh.

(2) s. A terror; something which frightens.

Within the dark shade of an ancient wood, In whose black breast that place of horrour stood,

Where they appoint to meet, like those of fate,

Obscure and dark, by beasts and birds that hate

The light alone frequented; but love had Dis-plum'd fears haggars, being resolv'd she clad

Beauties fair pearl, where smooth delights did dwell,

Ith' rough-cast mould of that ciclopian

shell. Chamberlayne's Pharonnida, 1659. HAGGARD, 8. (A.-N.) (1) A hawk not trained.

(2) A loose woman.

(3) A rick yard. Still used in the West.

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HAGGED, adj. Fatigued; tired. North.

HAGGENBAG, S. Meat baked in a

pie-crust. Cornw.

HAGGER, V. To chatter with cold. Wilts.

HAGGIS, S. (1) The entrails of a sheep, minced with oatmeal, and boiled in its stomach or paunch. North.

(2) To cool one's haggis, to beat soundly. Florio.

HAGGISH, 8. A term of contempt applied to a female. North. HAGGISTER, S. A magpie. Kent. HAGGLE, (v.) (1) To tease, or worry. Oxfd.

(2) To cut jaggedly. North.
(3) To hail. North.

To bargain hard.

HAGGLER, S. The upper-servant of a farm. Wight. HAGGLES, 8. Haws.

HAGGLE-TOOTHED, adj. Snaggletoothed. Devon.

HAGGY, adj. Broken or uneven.
Applied to the surface of soil.
HAGH, S. (4.-S.) A hedge.
HAGHE, S. (4.-S.) Fear.
HAGHES,

HAGS,

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8. Haws. North.

HAGLER, 8. (1) The coalman who carries coals from house to house. Leic.

(2) A bungler. Var. d.

HAGMALL, S. A woman who dresses sluttishly. Somerset.

HAGRIDDEN,adj. Entangled. Devon. HAG-TRACKS, s. Fairy-rings. HAG-STONE, s. A stone with a hole in it, hung at the bed's head, and supposed to have the power of preventing the nightmare; so called because that disorder was imagined to be occasioned by a witch sitting on the stomach. HAG-THORN, 8. The hawthorn. Devon.

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