Dictionary of 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, Volume 2 |
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Page 492
... Linc . GAERN , 8. A garden . Somerset . GAF , pret . t . Gave . GAFF , ( 1 ) s . An iron hook . West . Called also a gaffer . ( 2 ) s . A gaffer . Linc . ( 3 ) v . To toss up three pence , a game in the North . GAFFER , S. An old man ...
... Linc . GAERN , 8. A garden . Somerset . GAF , pret . t . Gave . GAFF , ( 1 ) s . An iron hook . West . Called also a gaffer . ( 2 ) s . A gaffer . Linc . ( 3 ) v . To toss up three pence , a game in the North . GAFFER , S. An old man ...
Page 512
... Linc . ( 2 ) To leak . North . ( 3 ) To deck out , applied to dress . Linc . GIZLE , V. To walk mincingly . North . GIZZEN , S. A sneer . North . GIZZENED , S. Rattling of the throat from strangulation . Yorksh . GIZZLING , adj ...
... Linc . ( 2 ) To leak . North . ( 3 ) To deck out , applied to dress . Linc . GIZLE , V. To walk mincingly . North . GIZZEN , S. A sneer . North . GIZZENED , S. Rattling of the throat from strangulation . Yorksh . GIZZLING , adj ...
Page 515
... Linc . LIM , v . To look askance , or GLINE , slily . Var . d . GLIME , s . The mucus from the GLINE , nostrils of cattle . North . GLINT , GLIMPSE , v . To glimmer . GLIMPST , part . p . Caught a glimpse of . Glouc . GLIMSTICK , S. A ...
... Linc . LIM , v . To look askance , or GLINE , slily . Var . d . GLIME , s . The mucus from the GLINE , nostrils of cattle . North . GLINT , GLIMPSE , v . To glimmer . GLIMPST , part . p . Caught a glimpse of . Glouc . GLIMSTICK , S. A ...
Page 517
... Linc . GNARL - BAND , S. A niggardly per- son . Linc . GNARLED , adj . Knotty ; twisted ; crumpled . South . GNARRE , ( 1 ) v . ( A.-S. gnyrran . ) To snarl , or growl . At them he gan to reare his bristles strong , And felly gnarre ...
... Linc . GNARL - BAND , S. A niggardly per- son . Linc . GNARLED , adj . Knotty ; twisted ; crumpled . South . GNARRE , ( 1 ) v . ( A.-S. gnyrran . ) To snarl , or growl . At them he gan to reare his bristles strong , And felly gnarre ...
Page 519
... Linc . Gofering - work , a sort of crimp- ing performed on frills , & c . GoFF , s . ( 1 ) A game played by striking hard stuffed balls with clubs . ( 2 ) A godfather . ( 3 ) A fool . North . ( 4 ) A mow of hay . Essex . GOFFIN , s . A ...
... Linc . Gofering - work , a sort of crimp- ing performed on frills , & c . GoFF , s . ( 1 ) A game played by striking hard stuffed balls with clubs . ( 2 ) A godfather . ( 3 ) A fool . North . ( 4 ) A mow of hay . Essex . GOFFIN , s . A ...
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