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gif, giff,
gif [gɪf]
conj. If, whether.
giff-gaff, giff-gaffie, giff-gaffy, gif-gaf, gif-gafie, gif-gafy,
giff-gaff [ˈgɪf gaf]
n. Give and take, fair exchange, repartee
 
giff-gaffie
adj. Talkative, friendly.
gift, giftie, gifty,
gift [ˈgɪftɪ]
n. A gift.
dim. giftie
geeg, gig, gigg,
gig [gɪg]
n. A whim, a frolic, joke, a curiosity, a charm.
v. To play tricks.
gigget, giggot, gigot, jigot,
gigot [ˈdʒɪgət]
n. A leg of mutton.
Gib, Gibb, Gibbie, Gibbie, Gibby, Gibby, Gilbert, reid-gibbie,
Gilbert [ˈgɪlbərt]
n. The personal name Gilbert.
dim. Gib, Gibbie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
reid-gibbie [rid-, rɪd-]: SN. The three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus.
gild, gjild, gyild, gyld,
gild [I.Sh. g(j)ɪld]
adj. Of full size or weight, full-grown. Arrant, great, clever, capable.
dyelro, geldro, gildro, gildroo, gyeldro,
gildro [I.Ork. ˈgɪldro, g(j)ɛl(d)ro, djɛl(d)ro]
n. A state of confusion or ruin.
gil, gill, gillock, jill,
gill [dʒɪl]
n. One fourth of a mutchkin (three qarters of an imperial gill).
v. To drink, spill, splash.
gil, gill, gillie, gilly, gyill, gyl, gyll,
gill [gɪl, I.Sh. gjɪl]
n. A ravine, gully.
dim. gillie

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