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garrack, garroch, garrock, garvee, garvie, garvock,
garvie [ˈgarvi, S. ˈgɛrvi]
n. The sprat Clupea sprattus.
dim. garvock [ˈgarvək]
Garvald, Garvit,
Garvit [ˈgarvɪt]
pn. Garvald (Borders).
Garvock,
Garvock [ˈgarvɪk]
pn. Garvock (Aberdeenshire).
gas, gas$t, gas_ba, gas_ba$, gas_baw, gaselier, gasoleerie, gasoleery, gasoliere, gasoliere, gasoliere, gasoliery, gassed, gassie, gassit, gasst, gassy, gast, gaswarks, gaswirks, gaswurks, ges,
gas [gas]
n. Gas.
v. To gas.
pt. pp. gast
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gasoliery [gasəˈliːri]: A gas chandelier.
gaswarks [ˈgas-]: Gasworks.
gash, gashlie, gashly,
gash [gaʃ]
adj. Pale, gastly in appearance.
 
gashly
adj. Ghastly.
gas, gash, gash-gabbit, gass,
gash [gaʃ]
n. A protruding chin. Prattle, talk. Pert, impudent language.
adj. Shrewd, wise, sagacious, animated. Of persons: well-dressed, neat, respectable-looking, smart.
v. To gnash the teeth. To talk volubly, to gossip, to talk freely, to prattle.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gash-gabbit: Loquacious.
gast, ghast, stamagant, stamaganted, stamagantit, stamagast, stamagaster, stamagastered, stamagastert, stamagastert, stammagant, stammaganted, stammagantit, stammagaster, stammergast, stammergasted, stammiegaster, stammiegastert, stammigast, stammigaster, stammigastert, stammigastert, stammygast, stammygaster, stammy-gaster, stammygastered, stammygastert, stamygaster,
gast [gast]
n. A fright, extreme surprise.
v. To frighten.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
agast: Aghast.
stamagant [staməˈgant]: To sicken with a surfeit of food, to nauseate. pt. stamagantit.
stamagast [staməˈgast], stamagaster: A great and sudden disappointment, an unpleasant surprise, a shock. To sicken with a surfeit of food, to nauseate. To affect with sudden astonishment or disappointment, to flabbergast, bewilder. pt. pp. stamagastert, stamagastered disappointed, unpleasantly surprised, shocked, flabbergasted, bewildered, nauseated.
a$gaites, a$gate, a$gates, a$gates, aagait, aagaits, aagates, aftergate, agaet, agait, agate, agate, anygates, awgate, awgates, awgates, bygait, bygate, eftergate, elsewhaur, everygate, gaet, gaets, gait, gait-en, gait-end, gaititness, gaits, gate, gate-en, gate-en$, gate-end, gate-ganger, gates, gatit, gatitness, gett, gettit, git, git-eyne, haafgait, haafgaits, haafgaits, haafgate, haafgates, haafgates, half-gaets, haufgait, haufgaits, haufgaits, haufgate, hauf-gate, haufgates, haufgates, hauf-gates, heich-gait, heich-gate, heigh-gait, heigh-gate, hie-gait, hiegate, hiegate, hie-gate, hiegh-gait, hiegh-gate, iddergates, ilkagait, ilkagate, ill-gaited, ill-gaitit, ill-gaititness, ill-gate, ill-gatit, ill-gatitness, ill-gatted, ill-gattit, ill-gettit, ill-gittit, ingait, ingate, ithergaits, ithergate, ithergates, nae_gate, naegait, naegate, oniegait, oniegaits, oniegate, oniegates, onygait, onygaits, onygate, onygates, ootgait, ootgate, oot-gate, outgait, outgate, somegait, somegaits, somegate, somegates, Somehaw, througait, througate, throughgait, throughgate, withgate,
gate [get, gɛt]
n. A road, way, path. Manner, pace, motion.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
agate [əˈ-]: adv. Afoot, astir, abroad.
awgate(s): [ɑː-, ɔː-, N. I. aː-] Everywhere.
bygate: A byway.
eftergate [ˈɛftər- ˈeftər-]: Seemly, fitting, tolerable, not excessive. Also applied to the weather.
gate-end: A neighbourhood, locality.
gate-ganger: A wanderer, a tinker.
hauf-gate, hauf-gates [hɑːf-, hɔːf-, N. I. haːf-]: Halfway.
heichgate, hiegate: Highway.
ilka gate: Everywhere, every way.
ill-gate: The road to Hell. A bad habit. A dangerous road. pl. ill-gates Dissolute behaviour, mischievousness.
ill-gatit: Badly behaved, perverse.
ill-gatitness: Perverseness.
ingate: Entrance, way into a place, admission, ingress.
ithergates: Otherwise, elsewhere.
nae gate: Nowhere, in no way.
ony gate(s): Anyway, anyhow, anywhere.
ootgate: An exit.
somegate(s): Somewhere, some places, somehow, in some manner.
straucht oot the gate: Frank, candid.
the black gate: The road to ruin.
througate: A passage way, lane.
withgate: Free passage, unrestricted access, or admission.
Gaithoose, Gaithoose, Gaithoose_o_Fleet, Gatehoose,
Gatehoose [ˈgethus]
pn. Gatehouse of Fleet (Dumfries and Galloway).
Gabbie, Gabby, Gabriel, Gaubie, Gaubriel, Gauby, Gobbie, Gobby,
Gaubriel [ˈgɑːbrɪ(j)əl, ˈgɔːbrɪ(j)əl, N. I. ˈgaːbrɪ(j)əl]
n. The personal name Gabriel.
dim. Gaubie

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