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collenglean, collieglean, gilliam, gulligolean, gulligolleen,
gulligolleen [WC. ˈgʌligɔˈlin]
n. An earwig.
 
From Irish cuileag-lìn.
gullion,
gullion [ˈgʌlɪən]
n. SW. U. A quagmire, marsh, a pool of mud, manure and decaying vegetable matter.
goilmoget, golmoget, golmoget, gujlmoget, gulmoget, gulmogit,
gulmogit [I.Sh. ˈgʌlmoːgɪt]
adj. Of an animal: having a dark-coloured body with light-coloured breast and belly.
gulp, gulph, gulpin,
gulp [gʌlp]
also gulph [gʌlf]
v. To swallow quickly or in large mouthfuls.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gulpin: Swallowing quickly or in large mouthfuls.
gaalshuch, gaalshuchs, gallashie, gallshach, gallshicks, galshach, galshachs, galshachs, galshake, galshakes, galshich, galshick, galshicks, galshik, galshiks, galshoch, galshochs, galshuch, galshuhs, gaulshuck, gaulshucks, grulsh, gullshikks, gullshoch, gullshochs, gulsa, gulsach, gulset, gulsh, gulshach, gulshecks, gulshicks, gulshies, gulshoch, gulshochs, gulsoch, gulsochs,
gulshoch [MN. ˈgalʃəx, N. ˈgʌlʃəx]
also I. gulsa [ˈgʌlsə]
n. Jaundice.
pl. gulshochs MN. A sweetmeat, delicacy and back formation gulsh, gulshies sweet junk food.
adj. MN. Greedy, gluttonous.
gum, gumm,
gum [gʌm]
n. A sticky secretion or exudation. A mist, a haze.
v. To become covered with condensation.
gaamerel, gaamferel, gamf, gamfral, gamfrel, gamfril, gamful, gamp, gamph, gampheral, gamphrel, gamphrell, gamphril, gumf, gumfle, gumfrel, gumfril, gumfs, gump, gumpfle, gumpfrel, gumph, gumphle, gumphril, gumphs, gumple, gumples, gumps,
gump [gʌmp]
also gumph [gʌmf], gamp, gamph [gamf]
n. A fool, a stupid person, a buffoon. An idle meddling person.
pl. gumps, gumphs The sulks.
v. To make a fool of someone. To mock, to mimic. To baffle, defeat, get the better of. To go about in a stupid state. To be foolishly merry.
 
gumple [gʌmpl]
also gumphle [gʌmfl]
v. To be in a bad humour, to sulk.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gumples: pl. A fit of ill-humour, the sulks.
gumphrel [ˈgʌmfrəl], gamphrel: A bumtious, foolish person.
tak the gumps: To take a fit of ill-humour, to become sulky.
gompan, gump, gumpin, humpie-gumpie, humpigumpi,
gump [gʌmp]
n. NN.b. I.Ork. The rump of a horse or other animal. SW. A large piece or portion. The part of a crop left standing between two reapers.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gumpin [gʌmpɪn]: SW. A fragment, a remnant, a small piece.
humpie-gumpie: I.Sh. The rump.
gramultion, gumption, gumptious, gumshin, gumtion, rumble-gumption, rumgumption, rummelgumption, rummigumshun, rummlegumption, rummle-gumption,
gumption [ˈgʌmʃən]
n. Common sense, understanding, intelligence.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gumptious [ˈgʌmʃəs]: adj. Self-important, forward, pretentious. Bumptious.
rummle-gumption, rumgumption: Common sense, understanding, shrewdness.
giun, gun, gunpouder, gunpouther, pen-gun, spoot-gun, spout-gun,
gun [gʌn]
n. A gun. A tobacco pipe, a briar-pipe.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gunpouder: Gunpowder.
pen-gun: A quill peashooter.
spoot-gun: A popgun.

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