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1. A boy.
_S. P. Repr._
Ir. _gilla_, _giolla_, a boy; a servant, a page.
2. A youth who acts as a servant, page, or constant attendant, S.
_Rob Roy._
GILLIEGAPUS, GILLIEGACUS.
V. ~Gapus~.
GILLIEWETFOOT, GILLIEWHIT, (_g_ hard) _s._
1. A worthless fellow, who gets into debt and runs off, Loth.
2. A running footman; also, a b.u.m-bailiff.
_Colvil._
From _gillie_, a page, and _wet foot_.
GILL-WHEEP, GELL-WHEEP, _s._
1. A cheat, S. B.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
2. _To get the gill-wheep_, to be jilted, S. B.
Isl. _gil-ia_, amoribus circ.u.mvenire, and _hwipp_, celer cursus.
GYLMIR.
V. ~Gimmer~.
GILPY, GILPEY, _s._ A roguish boy, a frolicsome boy or girl, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _gilp_, ostentation, arrogance.
GILSE, _s._ A young salmon.
V. ~Grilse~.
GILT, _pret. v._ Been guilty.
_K. Quair._
A. S. _gylt-an_, reum facere.
GILT, _s._ Money. S. _gelt_.
_Watson._
Germ. _gelt_, id. from _gelt-en_, to pay.
GILTY, _adj._ Gilded.
_Douglas._
GYM, _adj._ Neat, spruce, S.
_Doug._
GIMMER, GYLMYR, (_g_ hard) _s._
1. A ewe that is two years old, S.
_Compl. S._
Su. G. _gimmer_, ovicula, quae semel peperit.
2. A contemptuous term for a woman, S.
_Ferguson._
GYMMER, _compar._ of ~Gym~.
_Evergreen_.
_To_ GYMP, (_g_ soft) _v. n._ To gibe, to taunt.
_Ruddiman._
