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Page 19 of 55 for the letter G

gheelie, ghillie, gillie, gilly, keelie,
gillie [ˈgɪle]
n. A male servant.
galeeperous, galeeprous, galeeprous, galleeperous, gileepris, gilleperous, gillieperous,
gillieperous [MN. gəlˈip(ə)rəs]
n. A stupid fool. A rough, ungainly person.
adj. Very foolish.
gallayniel, gamgallaniel, gielainger, gileynour, gillenyer, gillenynour, golinger,
gilllenyer [ˈgɪlənjər]
n. S. A cheat, swindler.
gelpin, gilb, gilp, gilpey, gilpie, gilpin, gilpy, glipie, gulpie, gulpin, gulping, gulpins, gulpy, kelp, kelpie,
gilpin [ˈgɪlpɪn, ˈgʌlpɪn, ˈgɛlpɪn]
gilpin [ˈgɪlpɪn, ˈgʌ-, ˈgɛ-]
n. A big, stout or well-grown young person, a young child. U. A simpleton. U. The fry of the coalfish Pollachius virens.
 
Also the back formation gilp [ˈgɪlp, ˈgʌlp, ˈgɛlp] or kelp [kɛlp]
n. MN. A big, unwieldy child, a mischievous young person, a big, raw-boned youth
dim. gilpie A tomboy.
galravage, galraviche, galravidge, galravitch, galrevidge, galrevitch, gillravage, gilraivitch, gilravage, gilravish, gilravitch, golravitch, gulravage, gulravidge, gulravish,
gilravage [gə(l)ˈravədʒ, -ˈreːv-, -ɪtʃ]
n. A noisy gathering.
v. To eat and drink intemperately.
gild, gilded, gildit, gilt, gilted, giltit,
gilt [gɪlt]
n. A young sow. NN.b. A large rectangular-shaped stack of hay etc.
v. To gild, become yellow.
pt. pp. giltit adj. Gilded.
gimmer, gyimmer,
gimmer [ˈgɪmər]
n. A two-year-old ewe.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gimmer shell: I.Ork. The scallop Pecten maximus or Aequipecten opercularis.
gain, gehn, gien, gin, gyn,
gin [gɪn, gin, gen]
conj. If (conditional and interrogative), whether.
gibberie, gibbery, ginch, ginch-breid, ging$bread, ginge, gingebreid, ginger, ginger­bried, jibbery, jibbry, jinge,
ginge [dʒɪndʒ, dʒɪnʃ]
n. Ginger.
 
Compounds and phrases etc
 
gingebreid: Gingerbread.
ginger [dʒɪndʒər, dʒɪnʃər]: (Ginger) lemonade.
jee or jowe ane's ginger: To bestir oneself (the ginger is purely alliterative).
gennel, ginnel, gunnel,
ginnel [SW. ˈgɪnəl, ˈgʌnəl]
n. A narrow passage between buildings, an alley.

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