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gawgaw, geegaa, geegaw, geegaws, geigaw, gewgaw,
geegaw [ˈgigɑ, ˈdʒidʒɑ]
n. A gewgaw, a worthless ornament. A toy, broken fragments of china used as toys.
geal, geel, geil, geill, gøl, gool, gyle,
geel [gil]
n. Wort in the process of fermentation. I.Sh. The ripple of the sea on a sunken rock.
geenie, geinie,
geenie [ˈgini]
n. A guinea.
geenoch, geenyoch, geinyoch, genyough, gineoch, guynoch,
geenyoch [SW. WC. ˈginjɔx]
n. A greedy person.
adj. Ravenous, voracious, gluttonous, greedy for money, avaricious.
gaggit, geg, gegg, geggerie, geggery, geggi, geggie, geggit, geggy, pennie-geggie, penny-geggie, penny-geggy,
geg [gɛg]
n. A gag, trick, a practical joke.
v. To hoax, play a trick on someone.
pt. pp. geggit adj. I.Sh. Irritated, annoyed.
geggery [ˈgɛgərɪ]
n. A hoax, practical joke, piece of deception, trickery.
geggie [ˈgɛgi]
n. A travelling (portable) theatre, col. The mouth.
Compounds and phrases etc.
penny-geggie: A travelling (theatre) show.
shut yer geggie: col. Shut your mouth.
geg,
geg [gɛg]
n. S. A poacher's hook.
geg, gegged, geggit,
geg [gɛg]
n. A gag, something such as a piece of cloth that is tied around or put inside someone's mouth in order to stop them from speaking. A piece of stone or other obstruction preventing the proper closing of a (mining) pump valve.
geggit: Of a pump: choked by foreign matter.
geing, ging,
geing [ˈgiŋ]
n. Human excrement.
gail, gale, gell,
gell [gɛl, gel, geil]
adv. Briskly, nimbly.
adj. Of the weather: sharp, chilly. Of trade: brisk. Of people: keen, sharp.
v. To tingle, to smart, ache with pain or cold.
gell, gelled, gellt, gelt, gyell,
gell [g(j)ɛl, gel]
n. A crack or chink in wood.
v. Of unseasoned wood: to split or crack in drying by exposure to the heat of the sun.
pt. pp. gellt adj. Cracked or split drying.
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