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both girl and gargon were applied to yomig persons of either sex. 

 — Ramsay. 



Gib, or Gidhij, a male cat. It is used in this sense in Shakes- 

 peare. In Renfrewshire it was a torn cat. 



Grizzle, a gooseberry. 



Grain, the branch of a tree. 



Grycv, a pig. Found in Allan Ramsay, and in several of our 

 Scotch proverbs. Only used by old people. Perhaps the swine- 

 cry, gnssij giissi/, may be a degenerate descendant of g'ryce. 



Grushacli, glowing embers ; a fire made by heaping peats on 

 coals ; a fine glowing fire which is intended to last for an hour or 

 two. — " Waverley Novels." 



Grool, the ground refuse of coal or other material. " To 

 sweep out the grool " is to clean the outhouse. 



Guddle, to catch fish with the hand. Hogg gave the variant, 

 goupart. 



H. 



Hurley Hurley, or Hurley Hawkie, a cry to cattle to bring 

 them home from the field to be milked. 



Hurchin, an urchin or hedgehog. Skeat traces the word to 

 the Latin horrere to bristle, so that the initial h of the original is 

 retained in Dumfriesshire. 



Hempie, the hedge-sparrow. — Communicated. 



To Harp, to riddle ; evidently suggested by the shape of the 

 instrument used in riddling or separating sand and gravel, which 

 is of an oblong shape, containing wires enclosed in a wooden 

 frame. 



Heather -hleet, the mire-snipe. 



Hefted, domiciled, as of sheep that have g'ot used to their 

 pasture. 



Heivl, a cross-grained person. 



Hindberries, raspberries. Known as such through N.E. In 

 Chaucer a hine means a farm-servant. 



Hirsel, a flock of sheep. 



Hod or Hud, the back of the fire-place built of stone or clay 

 somewhat like a seat ; applied now to the spaces on each side. 



Hoshens, Renfrewshire Uuggers ; stocking-legs used as 

 gaiters in snowy weather. 



