| Gaimrie, Gamrie, Gamrie, Gaimrock, Gaimreck, |
Gaimrie ['gemri]pn. Gardenstown. (Aberdeenshire)
Compounds and phrases etc.
Gaimrock: A native of Gardenstown.
Gaimrie knottie: A kind of spiced bun or rock-cake |
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| gain, gane, gainfu, ganefu, gainfae, |
gain [gen]v. To gain. To suffice, serve, last.
n. Addition, profit. A perquisite, an allowance in kind in addition to cash wages.
adj. Of a road: straight, direct.
gainin
adj. Winning, winsome, lovable, ingratiating.
Compounds and phrases etc.
gainer: a winner in a competition etc.
gainfu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: gainful, money-making |
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| gainder, gainer, ganner, gonner, gender, gainter, genner, |
gainder [gen(d)ər, 'gɛn(d)ər]n. A gander.
v. To wander aimlessly, display conceited airs and gestures. |
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| gainstaund, gainstand, gainstaun, gainstan, gainstaan, gainstaand, ginstaund, |
| gainstaund ['genstɑ:n(d), -stɔ:n(d), N. I. -sta:n(d)]v. To withstand, oppose, offer resistance, be opposed to. |
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| gair, gare, gehr, gairt, gaired, gairit, gairs, gares, gairy, garey, gehry, garrie, gairie, gairey, gary, gairie-bee, gairiebee, gairy-bee, |
gair [ge:r]n. A strip or triangualr piece of cloth, a strip of green grass usually on a hill, marshy ground in heather.
pl. gairs Slashes, coloured insertions.
v. To become streaked.
pt. pp. gaired adj. Striped.
gairy ['ge:ri]
adj. Variegated, having streaks or stripes of different colours, gaudy.
Compounds and phrases etc.
gairy-bee: a black and yellow striped wild bee |
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| gair, gare, gear, geary, gare-gaun, |
gair [ge:r]adj. Sharp, keen. Greedy, covetous. Parsimonious, niggardly, thrifty, careful.
n. Greed, covetousness.
Compounds and phrases etc.
gair-gaithert: accumulated by greed
gair-gaun: rapacious, greedy |
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| gaird, gard, gaurd, gairdian, guaird, gairdie, gardy, gairdy, gardie, gardee, gairdie-cheer, gairdie-chair, gardy-chair, gardychair, gairdy-chair, gardies, gairdies, |
gaird [ge:rd]n. A guard.
v. To guard.
gairdie ['ge:rdɪ, N. 'gardɪ]
n. The (fore)arm, the hand or fist.
Compounds and phrases etc.
gairdian: a guardian
gairdie-cheer [-tʃi:r, S. -tʃəir, N. 'gardɪtʃi:r]: an armchair
gaird fish: the hake |
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| gairden, gerden, gairn, yairden, gairdun, girden, gairdener, gairdner, gairner, gerd'ner, |
gairden ['ge:rdən, 'gɛr-]n. A garden.
Compounds and phrases etc.
gairdener ['ge:r(d)nər]: a gardener
gairdener's gairtens: ribbon-grass |
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| gairten, gartin, gairtin, garten, gairtens, gartens, gairtins, gartins, gartent, gartend, gartan'd, gairtent, gairtened, gairter, gerter, gerteens, gertans, gerteen, gertan, |
gairten ['gertən, 'gɛrtən 'gartən, -in]n. A garter.
gairtent
adj. Fastened with a garter.
Compounds and phrases etc.
gairdener's gairtens: ribbon-grass
tylor's gairtens ['təil(j)ərz-, 'tel(j)ərz-]: the ribbon grass |
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| Gairtly, Gairtlie, |
| Gairtly ['ge:rtle]pn. Gartly. (Aberdeenshire) |
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