GRIST, s. fee paid to a mill for grinding any kind of grain.

GROATS, s. oats with the husks taken off.

GROSET, GROSART, s. a gooseberry.

To GROUE, GROWE, v. n. to shiver.

GROUSAM, GRUESOME, adj. frightful, uncomely.

GRUMPHIE, s. a vulgar name for a sow.  People are said to be Grumphie when in a bad humour.

GRUTTEN, part. pa. of cried.

GRYCE, s. a pig.

GUD, GUDE, GUEED, adj. good.  Frequently used for the name of God, as Gude forgie me, God forgive me.

GUD-BRODER, GUD-BROTHER, s. brother-in-law.

GUD-DOCHTER, s. daughter-in-law.

GUD-SISTER, s. sister-in-law.

GUD-SYR, GUDSHER, s. a grandfather.

GUD-WIFE, s. 1. a wife; 2. a landlady.

GUDGIE, adj. short and stout.

GUFF, s. a vapour; a smell.

GUIDMAN, GUDEMAN, s. a proprietor of land; a farmer; a husband.

To GULLER, v. n. to guggle.

GULLY, s. a large knife.

GUMPTION, s. understanding.

GUSEHORN, GUISSERN, s. the gizzard.

GUSTY, adj. savoury.

GUTSY, adj. gluttonous.

To GUTTER, v. n. to do anything in a dirty manner.

GUTTERS, s. pl. mire; mud; dirt.

GUTTY, adj. gross; thick—­applied both to persons and things.

GYISARD, GYSART, s. children who go from door to door singing during the Christmas time.  Masks are frequently used on such occasions.

GYM, adj. neat and spruce.

To GYS, v. a. to disguise.

GYTE, adj. foolish. To gang gyte, to act extravagantly or foolishly.

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HA’, s. a hall.

HAAFLANG, HAFLIN, adj. half-grown.

HAAR, s. a fog; a chill easterly wind.

To HABBER, v. n. to stutter.

HA-BIBLE, s. a large family Bible.

HABBLE, s. a scrape; a perplexity.

HACK, s. a chop in the hands or feet.

To HAE, v. to have.

HAE, v. n. to offer anything.

HAEIN, s. having.

HAENA, have not.

HALF-MERK-MARRIAGE, a clandestine marriage.  From the price paid, viz. a merk.

HAFFIT, s. the side of the head.

To HAG, v. a. to hew wood.

HAGABAG, s. coarse table-linen.

HAGBUT, s. a kind of firearms used soon after the discovery of gunpowder.

HAGGIES, HAGGIS, s. a pudding made of a lamb’s maw, lungs, heart, and liver, mixed with suet, onions, salt, pepper, and oatmeal, and boiled in the stomach of a sheep.