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_Henrysone._
GEO, (_g_ hard) _s._ A deep hollow, Caithn.
Isl. _gia_, hiatus oblongus.
2. A creek or chasm in the sh.o.r.e is called _geow_, Orkn.
GER, GERE, GEIR, GEAR, (_g_ hard) _s._
1. Warlike accoutrements.
_Barbour._
Isl. _geir_, lancea; Dan. _dyn geira_, strepitus armorum.
2. Goods. _Goods and gear_, a law phrase, S.
_Ruddiman._
3. Booty.
_Minst. Bord._
4. All kind of tools for business, S.
_Ruddiman._
5. Money, S.
_Watson._
~Gerit, Geared~, _part. adj._ Provided with armour.
_Wallace._
GERLETROCH. _s._
V. ~Gallytrough~.
GERRON, GAIRUN, _s._ A sea-trout, Ang.
_Minst. Bord._
GERS, GYRS, _s._ Gra.s.s, S.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _gaers_, Belg. _gars, gers_, id.
~Gersy~, _adj._ Gra.s.sy, S.
_Douglas._
~Gerss-house~, _s._ A house possessed by a tenant who has no land attached to it, Ang.
~Gersslouper~, _s._ A gra.s.shoper, S. B.
~Gerss-man~, ~Gra.s.s-man~, _s._ A tenant who has no land.
_Spalding._
Su. G. _graessaeti_, id.
~Gerss-tack~, _s._ The lease which a _gerss-man_ has, Ang.
GERSOME, GRESSOUME, _s._ A sum paid to a landlord by a tenant, at the entry of a lease, or by a new heir to a lease or feu, S.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _gaersuma_, _gersume_, a compensation.
_To_ GES, _v. n._ To guess.
_Wyntown._
GESNING, GESTNING, _s_ (_g_ hard) Hospitable reception.
_Douglas._
Isl. _gistning_, id. from _gest-r_, a guest.
GESSERANT, Sparkling.
_K. Quair._
Teut. _ghester_, a spark.
GEST, _s._ Ghost.
