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V. ~Chirk~.
GORGe. Not understood.
_Dunbar._
GORGOULL, _s._ Perhaps, harpy.
_Burel._
_To_ GORL, _v. a._ To surround the roof of a stack with straw-ropes, Loth.
Su. G. _giord-a_, cingere.
GORMAND, _s._ A glutton. Fr.
_Lyndsay._
~Gormand~, _adj._ Gluttonous, id.
GORMAW, S. GOULMAW, _s._
1. The corvorant.
_Complaynt S._
2. A glutton, Lanerks.
Teut. _gorre_, valde avarus, _maeghe_, stomachus; Sw. _gorma_, to gobble up.
GOSK, _s._ Gra.s.s growing through dung, Ang.
~Gosky~, _adj._
1. Rank, luxuriant, Ang.
2. Large in size, but feeble, ibid.
Isl. _groska_, gramen vernans.
GOSS, _s._
1. A silly good-natured man, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A mean, griping person, Loth.
Isl. _gose_, servulus. Fr. _gossee_, one who is made a laughing- stock.
GOSSE, _s._ Abbrev. of _gossip_.
_Philotus._
GOSSEP, GOSSOP, _s._ Gossip.
_Wallace._
A. S. _G.o.dsib_, Su. G. _gudsif_. l.u.s.tricus; from _G.o.d_ and _sib_, one related by a religious tie.
~Gossiprie~, _s._ Intimacy.
_Mellvill's_ MS.
GO-SUMMER, _s._ The latter end of summer, S.
_Spalding._
GOT, GOTE, _s._ A drain, S.
Belg. _gote_, _geute_, id. Su. G. _giut-a_, fluere.
GOUD, _s._ Gold, S.
Teut.
_Ramsay._
GOUDSPINK, _s._
V. ~Goldspink~.
GOUDIE, _s._ A blow, Ang.
Isl. _gud_, pugna.
