Poems and Songs of Robert Burns eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 836 pages of information about Poems and Songs of Robert Burns.
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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 836 pages of information about Poems and Songs of Robert Burns.
     Geck, to sport; toss the head. 
     Ged. a pike. 
     Gentles, gentry. 
     Genty, trim and elegant. 
     Geordie, dim. of George, a guinea. 
     Get, issue, offspring, breed. 
     Ghaist, ghost. 
     Gie, to give. 
     Gied, gave. 
     Gien, given. 
     Gif, if. 
     Giftie, dim. of gift. 
     Giglets, giggling youngsters or maids. 
     Gillie, dim. of gill (glass of whiskey). 
     Gilpey, young girl. 
     Gimmer, a young ewe. 
     Gin, if, should, whether; by. 
     Girdle, plate of metal for firing cakes, bannocks. 
     Girn, to grin, to twist the face (but from pain or rage, not joy);
       gapes;
     snarls. 
     Gizz, wig. 
     Glaikit, foolish, thoughtless, giddy. 
     Glaizie, glossy, shiny. 
     Glaum’d, grasped. 
     Gled, a hawk, a kite. 
     Gleede, a glowing coal. 
     Gleg, nimble, sharp, keen-witted. 
     Gleg, smartly. 
     Glieb, a portion of land. 
     Glib-gabbet, smooth-tongued. 
     Glint, sparkle. 
     Gloamin, twilight; gloamin-shot, sunset. 
     Glow’r, stare. 
     Glunch, frown, growl. 
     Goavin, looking dazedlyl; mooning. 
     Gotten, got. 
     Gowan, the wild, or mountain, daisy. 
     Gowany, covered with wild daisies. 
     Gowd, gold. 
     Gowdie, the head. 
     Gowff’d, struck, as in the game of golf. 
     Gowk, the cuckoo, a dolt. 
     Gowling, lamenting (as a dog in grief). 
     Graff, a grave, a vault. 
     Grain’d, groaned. 
     Graip, a dung-fork. 
     Graith, implements, gear; furniture; attire. 
     Graithing, gearing, vestments. 
     Grane, groan. 
     Grannie, graunie, grandmother. 
     Grape, grope. 
     Grat, wept. 
     Gree, the prize (degree). 
     Gree, to agree. 
     Greet, to weep. 
     Groanin maut, groaning malt, brewed for a lying-in. 
     Grozet, a gooseberry. 
     Grumphie, the pig. 
     Grun’, the ground. 
     Gruntle, the face. 
     Gruntle, dim. of grunt. 
     Grunzie, growing. 
     Grutten, wept. 
     Gude, God. 
     Guid, gude, good. 
     Guid-e’en, good evening. 
     Guid-father, father-in-law. 
     Guid-man, husband. 
     Guid-wife. mistress of the house. 
     Guid-willie, hearty, full of good-will. 
     Gullie, gully, a large knife. 
     Gulravage, riotous play. 
     Gumlie, muddy. 
     Gumption, wisdom. 
     Gusty, tasty. 
     Gutcher, goodsire, grandfather.

     Ha’, hall. 
     Ha’ folk, the servants. 
     Haddin, holding, inheritance. 
     Hae, have. 
     Haet, a thing. 
     Haffet, hauffet, the temple, the side of the head. 
     Haffets, side-locks. 
     Hafflins, half, partly. 
     Hag, a moss, a broken bog. 
     Haggis, a special Scots pudding, made of sheep’s lungs, liver and

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