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Page 21 of 55 for the letter G

girn,
girn [gɪrn]
n. A noose, a snare.
garnel, garnelman, gernal, girnal, girnalman, girnel, girnelnan, girner, girnerman, girnicle, gornal, gornalman, gornical, gornicalnan, gornicle, gurnal, gurnalman, gurnel, gurnell, gurnelman, gurnicle,
girnal [ˈgɪrnəl, ˈgʌrnəl]
n. A meal-chest, grain silo A thick-set, oddly-shaped man.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
girnalman: A man in charge of a meal store or granary.
girnicle: U. An odd looking, dim witted person
garron, gern, girrag, girran, girrie, gurrag, gurran, gurrie, gurry,
girran [gɪrən, ˈgʌrən]
n. A small boil or pustule.
dim. NN.a. girrie, NN.b. girrag
girst, grist,
girst [gɪrst, gɛrst]
also grist [grɪst] U. v. To guide or steer exactly.
n. The size or thickness of yarn, size or girth in general.
v. To judge, to guess size or girth.
girst, girster, grist, grister,
girst [gɪrst, gɛrst]
n. Corn for grinding.
 
girster
n. A person who brings grist to the mill, a tenant in the thirl of a mill.
girthie, girthy, gurdy, gurthie,
girth [ˈgɪrθɪ, ˈgɛrθɪ]
n. Girth.
 
girthie
adj. Fat, heavy.
gerth, girt, girth, grith,
girth [gɪrθ, gɛrθ]
n. Sanctuary.
geese, geesie, gis, gis-gis, gisi, gissie, gissy, goosie, goossy, goosy, goss, guisie, guiss, guissie, gus, gus-gus, guss, gussey, gussie, gussy, gussy,
gissie [ˈgɪse, ˈgisi, ˈgʌse]
n. A pig, a sow. SN. DD. An orange or tangerine segment.
int. A call to pigs.
geest, gis, gist, jeest,
gist [dʒɪst]
n. The gist.
gez, gezz, giz, gizz, gizz, jaz, jees, jeez,
gizz [dʒɪz, dʒiːz]
n. col. The face.

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