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ginnle, ginnles, ginnlin, gunnle, gunnles, gunnlin,
ginnle [ˈgɪnəl, ˈgʌn-]
v. To catch fish by the gills or by tickling, to grope for fish under banks and stones.
 
ginnles
n. pl. The gills of a fish. Of a person: the cheeks.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ginnlin: Catching fish by the gills or by tickling.
gip,
gip [gɪp]
n. The protruding jaw of a fish.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gippie: SW. The stone loach Barbatula barbatula.
gip, gippie, gippy,
gip [g(j)ɪp]
n. A cut made in the belly of a fish.
dim. gippie A small knife used for gutting fish.
v. To cut or make a cut in the belly of a fish for gutting.
gipsey, gipsie, gipsy,
gipsy [ˈdʒɪpsi]
n. A gipsy. A lively young girl.
gird, girdie, girdy, gurd, gurdy,
gird [gɪrd]
n. A knock, blow.
v. To strike, push.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
lat gird: Let fly.
fasgaird, fasgerd, fasgerd, fasgert, fasgird, fasgord, gird, gird_$n$_cleek, gird_$n$_cleet, gird_an_cleek, gird_an_cleet, gird_and_cleek, gird_and_cleet, gird_n_cleek, girdeen, girdin, girr, girth, gurd, lagen-gird, laggen-gird, laggin-gird, laigin-gird,
gird [gɪr(d)]
also girth [gɪrθ]
n. A hoop for a barrel. A saddle-girth
dim. girdie A child's hoop.
v. To put hoops on a barrel etc.
 
girdin
n. A saddle-girth, A rope used for binding round something.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
caw the gird: To proceed, to carry on.
fasgird [I.Sh. ˈfazgɪrd, I.Ork. ˈfɛzgər]: The strip of plaited straw around the rim of a straw-basket.
gird and cleek: A children's game played with a hoop.
laggin-gird: The end hoop of a cask.
girdle, girl, griddle, gridel,
girdle [gɪrdl]
n. A griddle, a circular iron plate for cooking or baking.
girdle, girl,
girdle [gɪr(d)l]
n. A girdle.
girl,
girl [ɡər(ə)l]
n. A female child or relatively young woman.
flirn, gern, ginrnin$, girn, girnan, girned, girner, girnie, girnin, girny, grin, guern, guirnin, gurn, gurne, gurner, gurnie, gurnin, gurny,
girn [gɪrn]
v. To snarl, grimace, grin, whine, complain peevishly.
 
girnie [gɪrni]
n. A fretful, bad-tempered person.
adj. Peevish, ill-tempered.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
girner: A growling, snarling person or animal.
girnin [ˈgɪrnɪn]: Complaining, groaning.

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