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Gallus. " Ee's a gallus ehap," i.e., plucky. 

 Gaily. Add :— S.W. Pret. gallered is also used in S.W. 



Gambrel. ^rft^:— Gamel {Sloiu). S.W. 



Gamel. See Gambrel. 

 Gaiimiock. See Gannick. 



Gander-flanking". To go off larking or " wonJevmentiog." Perhaps 

 a corruption of gallivanting. S.W. (Upton Scudamore) 



Gandi-gOsliugS. Add-.— See Candlegostesm Folh-Etymology. 

 Gannick. ^rf<^ :— Gammock at Marlborough. 

 Garley-gut. A gluttonous person. 



" ' Let's go to bed,' says Heavy-Head, 

 ' Let's bide a bit,' says Sloth, 

 ' Put on the pot,' says Garley-gut, 

 ' We'll sup afore we g'auf " [go offj. 



Nursery Mhyme. 



Perhaps from gorle, to devooi' e^erly. Cf. gorhelly, gorell, etc. — SmytJie- 

 Falmer. 



Gawney. ^cTc?:— s.w. 



Ghastly, Gashly. Add-.— The word IS used in many ways, as "Thick 

 hedge wur gashly high, but it be ter'ble improved now," N.W. (Huish.) 



Giggley. See Goggley. 



Gin-and- Water Market. "Some towns have only what is called a 

 ' gin-and-water ' market : that is, the ' deal ' is begun and concluded from 

 small samples carried in the pocket and examined at an inn over a glass of 

 spirits and water." — The Toilers of the Field, p. 28. 



Gipsy -rose. Scablosa atropurpurea, L., the Garden Scabious. N.W. 



*GloX. Add : — An onomatopoeia, like the synonymous Jj&i. glut-glut, whence 



glutio, to swallow. — Smythe- Palmer, 

 Glutcher. The throat. N. & S.W. 



*Gnaa-pOSt. A simpleton (5Zo«)). Perhaps a perversion of won co;«j>os. S.W. 

 G n ain g. To mock, to insult. Also used in West of England and Sussex. S.W. 

 Go-now, GenoW, Good-noW. Used as an expletive, or an address to 



a person. " What do'ee thenk o' that, genow ? " Also used in Dorset. S.W. 



Gob. *(1) n. Much chatter {Slow). S.W. 



(2) V. To talk. S.W. 



