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Chaucer, _Gaudee_. Fr.

_To_ GOWFF, _v. a._ To strike, S.

_Ritson._

GOWINIS, _s. pl._ Gowns.

_Henrysone._

GOWK, GOUK, _s._ A fool, S.

_Ramsay._

Franc. _gouch_, stolidus, Germ. _gauch_.

~Gowkit~, ~Gauckit~, ~Guckit~, _part. adj._

1. Foolish, S.

_Lyndsay._

2. Light; applied to young women.

_Peblis Play._

~Gowkitlie~, _adv._ Foolishly.

_Maitland P._

GOWK, GOLK, _s._ The cuckoo, S. _gouckoo_, S. B. _gock_, Stirlings.

_Dunbar._

Su. G. _goek_, Isl. _gouk-r_, id.

~Gowk's errand~, A fool's errand, S.

_To hunt the gowk_, to go on a fool's errand.

_Ramsay._

~Gowk's-hose~, _s._ Canterbury bells, S.

~Gowk's-meat~, _s._ Wood sorrel, S.

_Lightfoot._

~Gowk's-spittle~, The frothy matter frequently seen on the leaves of plants, S.

GOWL, _s._ A hollow between hills, Perths.

_Muses Threnodie._

Isl. _gaul_, any chasm or aperture.

GOWLIS, _s. pl._ Gules, in Heraldry.

_Dunbar._

GOWP, _s._ A mouthful; E. _gulp_.

_Philot._

GRABBLES, _s. pl._ A disease of cows, in which all their limbs become crazy, Ang.

GRACE DRINK, The drink taken by a company, after the giving of thanks at the end of a meal, S.

_Encyc. Brit._

_To_ GRADDAN, _v. a._ To prepare grain by scorching the ears, S.

_Boswell._

Su. G. _graedd-u_, igne torrere, Gael. _graed-am_, id.

~Graddan~, _s._

1. Grain burnt out of the ear, S.

2. That kind of snuff which is commonly called _bran_, as consisting of large grains, S.

Gael. _greadan_, snuff.

GRAF, GRAWE, _s._ A grave, Loth. _graff_.

_Stat. Will._

A. S. _graef_, Alem. _graua_, id.

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