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_Watson._

Fr. _gauffr-er_, to adorn a garment with puffs.

GOURDED, _part. adj._ Gorged; applied to water when pent up, S. B.

V. ~Gurd~.

GOURIE, _s._ Garbage of salmon, Aberd.

Isl. _gor_, _gorr_, sanies.

_Spalding._

GOURL.

V. ~Gurl~.

GOUSTY, _adj._

1. Desolate, dreary, S.

_Douglas._

2. Ghostly, preternatural.

_Pop. Ball._

O. Fr. _gast_, wasteness, _guast-er_, to desolate.

GOUSTROUS, _adj._

1. Dark, wet, stormy, Dumfr.

Isl. _giostr_, ventus frigidus.

2. Frightful, ibid.

GOUTHERFOW, _adj._ Having the appearance of astonishment; staring wildly, Ang.

Isl. _galldr_, incantatio, q. _galldur-full_, under the power of incantation.

GOW, _s._ A halo; a cloudy, colourless circle surrounding the disk of the sun or moon, Ang.; _brugh_, synon.

Isl. _gyll_, parelion.

GOW, _s. To tak the gow_, to run off without paying one's debts, Ang.

O. Teut. _gouw_, a country.

GOWAN. _s._

1. The generic name for daisy, S.

_Brand._

2. Singly, it denotes the mountain daisy, S.

Gael. _gugan_, a daisy.

_Burns._

~Ewe-gowan~, _s._ The common daisy, S. B. probably from the _ewe_, as being frequent in pastures, and fed on by sheep.

~Horse-gowan~, _s._ The Leontodon, the Hypochaeris, and the Crepis, S.

~Yellow-gowan~, In S., denoting different species of the Ranunculus, the Marsh marigold, and Corn marigold.

_Ramsay._

~Gowany~, _adj._ Abounding with daisies, S.

_Ramsay._

GOWAND, _s._ Apparently, equivalent to _young man_.

_Henrysone._

A. S. _gowen_, tyrocinium; q. in a state of apprentices.h.i.+p.

GOWDIE. _Heels o'er gowdie_, topsy-turvy, S.

_Burns._

GOWDY, _s._ A jewel.

_Evergreen._

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