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gaury, gawrey, girr, gorrie, gurr, gurred, gurrey, gurrie, gurrier, gurrt, gurry, gurt,
gurr [gʌr]
n. A growl or snarl. MN. Mettle, spirit, courage. WC. The trilling of the letter R. MN. Anything short and thick.
v. To growl, snarl.
pt. pp. gurrt, gurred
 
gurrie
n. A dogfight, brawl, hurry, confusion.
v. To wrangle, dispute.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gurrier: U. A young troublemaker. A tough or bad mannered person.
gusch, gush, gushel, gushelin, gushellin, gushelling, gushelt, gushlan, gushlan, gushle, gushled, gushlin, gushlin$, gusht, gushult, gushult, gussel, gussle,
gush [gʌʃ]
v. To gush, salivate.
pt. pp. gusht
 
gushle
n. A small dam or pool. The street gutter. NN.b. I.Ork. A bungled job.
v. NN. I. To bungle, botch, perform clumsily.
pt. pp. gushelt adj. Bungled, botched, all confused etc.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gushin: Gushing.
gushlin: NN. Awkward, not clever. NN. I. Bungling, botching,
gushet,
gushet [ˈgʌʃət]
n. A gusset. A pocket near the arm-pit, a breast pocket. A triangular piece of land, a corner. An ornamental pattern in silk thread on a stocking. A clock.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gushet neuk: The corner of a triangular piece of land.
gust, gustfu, gustie, gustilie, gustily, gustless, gusty,
gust [gʌst, gust, S. gʌust]
n. A taste, pleasant flavour, relish.
v. To taste or smell, to have a good taste. To give a flavour or relish to.
 
gustie [gʌsti, gusti, S. gʌusti]
adj. Tasty, savoury, appetising. Having a keen or discriminating appetite.
 
gustily [gʌstɪli, gustɪli, S. gʌustɪli]
adv. With gusto, heartily.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gustfu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: With relish.
gustless: Tasteless.
coatey, cut, gattie, gatty, gittie, gitty, gut, guts, gutser, gutsey, gutshach, gutsie, gutsin, gutster, gutsy, gutt, gutteen, guttie, guttin, gutts, gutty,
gut [gʌt ˈskrepər]
n. The gut.
pl. guts The stomach, the belly as the seat of the appetite. v. To eat greedily.
 
guttie [ˈgʌte]
adj. Pot bellied, paunchy, failed in strength.
n. WC. The minnow Phoxinus phoxinus .

Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cat-gut: I.Ork. The sea lace Chorda filum.
deil's guts: S. The creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens.
gutshach: NN.a. Greedy.
gutser [ˈgʌtsər]: A gluttonous eater. Of diving: a bellyflop.
gutsie [ˈgʌtsi]: adj. Greedy, gluttonous. Of a bulding: roomy, commodious.
gutsin: Eating greedily.
gutsiness: Greediness, gluttony.
gutster: A female fish-gutter.
guttin: Gutting.
horse-guts: Small broken clouds scattered across the sky which are seen as a sign of bad weather.
gotrif, gotriv, gutriv,
gutriv [I.Sh. gʌtrɪv]
n. The anus of a fish.
gaitter, gittar, gitter, gitter, gitters, gootar, gouter, goutered, goutery, gu$er, guitter, gutter, gutter_hole, gutter-blood, gutterbluid, gutter-bluid, guttered, gutterholl, gutterie, gutters, guttert, guttery, gutthers, guttry,
gutter [ˈgʌtər, S. ˈgɪtər]
n. The mud in drained puddles etc. A muddy mess, a mire.
pl. gutters
v. To work messily, slovenly or in an unskilful way. To waffle.
pt. pp. guttert, guttered adj. In a mess, worked messily. Very drunk.
 
gutterie [ˈgʌtərɪ]
adj. Muddy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gutter-bluid: A lowly-born person or one of poor breeding.
gutter hole: A muddy puddle.
coatey-perkies, coatie_perkies, coaties, cotie_perkies, cottie_perkies, guttie, guttie_perky, guttie-perkie, guttie-perkies, guttie-perky, gutties, gutty, gutty-perky,
guttie [ˈgʌte]
n. Anything made of rubber such as a gymshoe or catapult.
pl. gutties: Plimsolls, gymshoes.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
guttie-perkie: Gutta-percha, percha latex.
guttie-perkies: Plimsolls, gymshoes.
guzzle,
guzzle [gʌzl]
n. A bout of excessive eating and drinking.
v. To take by the throat, to throttle.
gymies, gymmies, gymnasium, gymnastic, jimies, Jimmies,
gymnastic [ˈdʒɪmnastɪk]
adj. Pertaining to athletic exercise.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gymmies [ˈdʒɪmiz]: Gymshoes.
gymnasium: A place of exercise.

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