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GAVELOCK, _s._ An iron lever, S.
A. S. _gafelucas_, hastilia, _gafl_, furca.
GAUGES, _s. pl._ Wages.
_Acts Sedt._
O. Fr. _guaige_.
GAUKIE, GAWKY, _s._ A foolish person.
V. ~Gowk~.
Sw. _gack_, id.
_Ramsay._
~Gaukit~, ~Gawkit~, _adj._ Foolish, giddy, S.
_Morison._
GAUL, _s._ Dutch myrtle, S.
V. ~Scotchgale~.
GAULE, _s._ A loud laugh.
V. ~Gawf~.
GAUT, _s._ A hog, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
Isl. _galt_, sus exsectus.
_To_ GAW, _v. a._
1. To gall, S.
_Ferguson._
2. Metaph., to fret, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Gaw~, _v. n._ To become pettish, Loth.
_Ramsay._
~Gaw~, _s._ The mark left by a stroke or pressure, S.
_Polwart._
GAW, _s._ A gall-nut.
_Ramsay._
GAW, _s._
1. A furrow or drain, S.
_Statist. Acc._
2. A hollow with water springing in it, Ang.
GAWD, _s._ A goad, S.
_Ross._
GAWDNIE, GOWDNIE, _s._ The yellow gurnard, S. q. _gold_-fish.
_Sibbald._
_To_ GAWF, GAFF, _v. n._ To laugh violently, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _gaffla_, id. Germ. _gaffen_, to gape.
~Gaulf~, ~Gawf~, ~Gaffaw~, A horse-laugh, S.
_Knox._
_To_ GAWP UP, _v. a._ To swallow voraciously, S.
_Ramsay._
