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gairdeen, gairden, gairdener, gairdin, gairdner, gairdun, gairn, gairner, gerd$ner, gerdeen, gerden, gerdin, girden, yairden,
gairden [ˈgeːrdən, ˈgɛr-]
n. A garden.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gairdener [ˈgeːr(d)nər]: A gardener.
gairishin, gairison, gairrison,
gairison [ˈgeːrɪsən, ˈgeːrɪʃən]
n. A garrison. A body of soldiers.
gairnish, gernish,
gairnish [ˈgeːrnɪʃ]
v. To garnish.
gairten, gairtened, gairtens, gairtent, gairter, gairtin, gairtins, gartan$d, garten, gartend, gartens, gartent, gartin, gartins, gertan, gertans, gerteen, gerteens, gerter,
gairten [ˈgertən, ˈgɛrtən ˈgartən, -in]
n. A garter. pl. gairtens
 
gairtent
adj. Fastened with a garter.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gairdener's gairtens: The gardener's-garters Phalaris arundinacea.
hielandman's gairtens: MN. I.Sh. The gardener's-garters Phalaris arundinacea.
leddy's gairtens: U. C. I.Ork. The gardener's-garters Phalaris arundinacea.
tylor's gairtens [ˈtəil(j)ərz-, ˈtel(j)ərz-]: WC. NEC. MN. The gardener's-garters Phalaris arundinacea.
Gairtlie, Gairtly, Gertlie, Gertly,
Gairtly [ˈgeːrtle]
pn. Gartly (Aberdeenshire).
gairie, gairy,
gairy [ˈgeːrɪ]
n. SW. A vertical outcrop of rock, especailly on a hillside. A crag.
gaisen, gaishen, gaishon, gashun, gation,
gaishon [ˈgeʃən]
n. SW. A thin person.
air-gait, air-goat, gaet, gait, gait$s, gait_chaffer, gate, gate$s, goat_chaffer, gott,
gait [geːt]
n. A goat. A sheaf of corn tied an set to dry in the sun.
pl. gait
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
air-gait: The common snipe Gallinago gallinago.
gait chaffer: The nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus.
foregaither, foregaithered, foregaitherin, foregaithert, foregather, foregether, foregetherin, forgadder, forgaddered, forgadderin, forgaddert, forgaither, forgaithered, forgaithered, forgaitherin, forgaithert, forgaithert, forgather, forgedder, forgeither, forgeitherin, forgether, forgetherin, forgither, forgithered, forgitherin, forgithert, gaddeered, gadder, gaddered, gadderer, gadderie, gadderin, gaddert, gaddery, gaether, gaither, gaitheran, gaitherand, gaithered, gaitherer, gaitherie, gaitherin, gaithert, gaithery, gathering, gedder, geddered, gedderer, gedderin, geddert, geddery, geddir, gethart, gether, getherin, getherrin, gethert, gethur, gethur$t, gethurt, gidder, gither, githerd, githered, githerin, gother, ingadder, ingadder, ingaither, ingether, mixerum-gaterum, mixter-gaitherum, mixter-gedderum, mixter-getherum, mixter-gidderum, mixter-githerum, mixter-gotherum, mixtrim-gidderim, mixturem-gatherum, mixtur-gadderu, mixtur-gaither, mixtur-gedder, mixtur-gether, mixtur-gidder, mixtur-gither, mixtur-gother, omne-getherum, omnie-gadderum, omnie-gaitherum, omnigadrum, weel-gaddered, weel-gaddert, weel-gaithert, weel-geddert,
gaither [ˈgeːðər, ˈgɛð-, I.Sh. ˈgeːdər, ˈgɛd-ər]
also arch. MN. gaider [ˈgeːdər]
v. To gather, assemble.
pt. pp. gaithert, gaithered
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
forgaither [fɔrˈ-] v. To gather, assemble, meet together, pt. pp. forgaithert, forgaithered adj. Gathered, assembled.
forgaitherin An assembly.
gaitherer: One who gathers.
gaitherie: An accumulation.
gaitherin: A gathering a meeting.
ingaither: To gather in, collect, to harvest crops.
mixtur-gaitherum [ˈmɪkstər-]: A hotch-potch, a jumbled crowd.
omnie-gaitherum: Omnium-gatherum, a motley assortment of things.
weel-gaithert: Well-off.
gaevalos, gaevless, gaivaless, gaiveless, gauvenliss, gavalos, gevlos,
gaivaless [I.Sh. ˈgev(ə)ləs, ˈgjɛ-]
adj. Having weak or clumsy movements. Powerless, drawling in speech.

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