33* PROVINCIALISMS. 



GILL (the g hard] y a fmall valley; generally a 



branch of a valley, in a mountainous country, 



furnished with a ftream, and containing more or 



lefs wocdinefs. 

 GILTS (the g bard] j young female pig?, whether 



open or fpayed ; analogous with heifer. 

 GIMMER (the g hard} ; a female young fheep ; as, 



" gimmer-lamb a ewe-lamb '* gimmer-hog" 

 . a female ewe of the firft year. 

 A GLIFT ; a glimpfe. 

 To GLOOAR ; to ftare with a fixt countenance, 



rudely, or frightfully. 

 GOB ; a vulgar name for the mouth : htnce gob/lick, 



z wooden fpoon. 

 (GODSPENNY ; earner! money, given on hiring a 



fervant. 



GODSHARLD ; God forbid ! 

 GOLDSPINK j the bird, yellowhammer. 

 OOAC (mid. dial.^w/;) ; the core of a hay-ftack. 



or an apple. 



pOSSIP j a godfather. 



GOTHERLY j affable, fociable, pleafed with each 

 r other. 

 GOWBANS ; the yellow flowers of the crowfoot 



tribe. 



fSOWPIN ; as much as the two hands can hold. 

 GRAIN j a branch j as, a bough of a tree, or a 



branch qf a dale ; and alfo the tine of a fork. 

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