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_To_ GOVE.
V. ~Goif~.
~Govellin~, _part. adj._ Hanging loosely and ungracefully, Ang.
2. Indicative of the appearance of the eyes, when one is intoxicated, Ang.
From _Goif_, q. v.
GOUERNAILL, s. Government, Fr.
_Wallace._
GOVIRNANCE, _s._ Deportment.
_Dunbar._
_To_ GOUK, _v. n._ 1. To gaze about in a vacant or foolish manner, Ang.
2. To expect foolishly.
_Douglas._
Germ. _guck-en_, spectare, prospectare.
GOUK, _s._ The Cuckow.
V. ~Gowk~.
GOUK, _s._ A fool.
V. ~Gowk~.
_To_ GOUL, _v. n._
1. To howl, S.
_Doug._
2. To scold, Lanerks.
Isl. _goel-a_, _gaul-a_, horrendum triste et inconditum vociferare; _gaul_, talis clamor.
~Goul~, _s._
1. A yell, S.
2. A cry of indignation, S.
~Gouling~, _s._ The act of yelling.
_Douglas._
GOULE, _s._ The throat.
_Douglas._
Fr. _gueule_, id.
GOULL-BANE, _s._ That bone which is the top of the _femur_, S. B.
GOULMAU.
V. ~Gormaw~.
_To_ GOUP, _v. n._ To stare.
V. ~Goif~.
GOUPIN, GOWPIN, GOUPING, _s._
1. The hollow of the hand, contracted in a semicircular form to receive any thing, S. B.
_Goupins_, both hands held together in form of a round vessel, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A handful, S.; also _goupenfow_.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Isl. _gaupn_, Su. G. _goepn_, ma.n.u.s concava.
GOUPHERD, _part. pa._ Puffed.
