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A. S. _gor_, coenum.
GAB, _s._
1. The mouth, S.
Ir. _gob_.
_Ramsay._
2. The taste, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ GAB, _v. n._
1. To mock.
_Barbour._
Isl. _gabb-a_, A. S. _gabb-en_, deridere.
2. To prate, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
~Gab~, _s._
1. Prating, S.
2. Entertaining conversation, S.
_Burns._
~Gabbed~, _adj._ Loquacious, S. B.
_Auld-gabbit_, sagacious, S.
_Ramsay._
~Gabby~, _adj._
1. Having fluency of speech, S.
_Hamilton._
2. Loquacious, S.
_Journal Lond._
~Gabbing~, _s._
1. Mockery.
_Barbour._
2. Jeering, raillery.
_Douglas._
A. S. _gabbung_, derisio.
_To_ GABBER, _v. n._ To jabber, S.
Belg. _gabber-en_, id.
GABBIT, _s._ A fragment, S. B.
O. E. _gobet_. Fr. _gob_, a morsel.
GABER, _s._ A lean horse, Stirlings.
GABERLUNYIE, _s._ A wallet that hangs on the loins.
_Ritson._
~Gaberlunyie-man~, _s._ The man who carries the wallet.
_Callander._
GABERT, _s._ A lighter, S.
Fr. _gabare_.
_Statist. Acc._
GABERTS, _s. pl._
1. A kind of gallows for supporting the wheel of a draw-well, Ang.
2. Three poles of wood, forming an angle at the top, for weighing hay, Ang.
