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Jennings, James

"The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire"


To G'auf. _v.n._ To go off.
To G'auver. _v.n._ To go over.
To G'in. _v.n._ To go in.
To G'on. _v.n._ To go on.
To G'out. _v.n._ To go out.
To G'under. _v.n._ To go under,
To G'up. _v.n._ To go up.
Gib'bol. _s._ [g soft] The sprout of an onion of the second
year.
Gid. _pret. v._ Gave.
Gifts. _s.pl._ The white spots frequently seen on the finger
nails.
Gig'letin. _adj._ Wanton; trifling; applied to the female
sex.
Gil'awfer. _s._ A term applied to all the kinds of flowers
termed _stocks_; and also to a few others: as a
_Whitsuntide gilawfer_, a species of _Lychnidea_.
Gim'mace. _s._ A hinge.
Gim'maces. _s. pl._ When a criminal is gibbeted, or hung in
irons or chains, he is said to be hung in _Gimmaces_, most
probably because the apparatus swings about as if on hinges.
Ginnin. _s._ Beginning.
Girnin. _part._ Grinning.
Girt. _adj._ Great.
Gird'l. Contracted from _great deal_; as, gird'l o' work;
great deal of work.
To Glare. _v. a._ To glaze earthenware.


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