_ a fool's errand.
GOWL, _s._ a hollow between two hills.
_To_ GOWL, _v. n._ to howl; to yell.
GOWP, _s._ a mouthful.
_To_ GOWP, _v. a._ to gulp.
GRAIP, _s._ a dung-fork.
_To_ GREEN, GREIN, _v. n._ to long for anything.
_To_ GREIT, GREET, _v. n._ to weep.
GREETING, _s._ weeping.
GRIEVE, _s._ an overseer.
GRILSE, _s._ a salmon not full grown.
GRIPPY, _adj._ disposed to defraud; to be quick at taking
advantage.
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.
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