1810.] Lyceum of Ancient Liieraturee—No. XXIX, 
middle of a word, as Nottinham ; some- 
times not at the end, as somethav, 
comin. C. ‘ 
Gairn, a garden. ‘* A hop-gairn;” 
that is, a plantation of hops; “ a gairn- 
pot;” that is, an earthen flower-pol. c. 
Galdiment, a great fright. LExm. 
Gale, an old bull castrated. c. A gelt 
bull, an ovr, a bull-stag. D. Dean Milles, 
Gale-headed fellow, «@ heavy-headed 
stupid man. D. 
Gale-ey ground, ground where springs 
rise in diferent places. c. Goiley ground. 
id. D. 
Galinies, galinas, or guinea-fowls. 
‘¢ The galinics be got all among the /u- 
cifer ;” that is, the galinas are in the field 
of lucern. Cc. 
Gallibagger, a bugbear, N.D. 
Gallied,. frightened. To gally, to 
Srighten. Dd. : . 
Gallies, galliers, a@ confused noise 
among a number of people; a romping 
bout. ‘‘ This is the galliers;” this vs con- 
Susion indeed. c. 
Galliganting. w. D. 
Gambadoes, a pair of, They are 
made of stiff leather, and a wooden foot- 
board, closed over the foot towards the 
horse, and on each side; open on the 
side distant from the horse. They are 
buckled on, and descend from the sad- 
dle on each side of the horse, protecting 
the foot and leg from dirt. They have 
been much out of use since turnpike 
roads were.made. From the stiffness of 
the leather, they acted likewise as de- 
fensive armour to the foot and leg, from 
the rubbing of crooks and crubs, which 
were before very dangerous in narrow 
roads. D. 
Gameleg. c. 
Gammerels, the lower hams, or the 
small of the leg. D. 
G’and or g’ender, go yonder. 
Ganny, a turkey. N.D. ; 
Gaoving, chiding. Exm, This, I sup- 
pose, is jawing. 
Gapesee, any sight inducing idle people 
to gaze. D. 
Gapesness, a raree shew, a strange 
sight. £* Fit only for a gapesness ;” that 
is, fit only to be stared at, us some un- 
common being. Exin. 
Gaver, the sea cray-fish. C. 
Gaver-hale, thejack-snipe, or judcock. 
In the Cornish language, the literal mean-' 
ing of gaverhale is the moor-geat; more 
applicable to the large snipe which chat- 
térs as it rises; and falling with a very 
eg motion, makes a noise like a 
i id, ¢, pnt 
N. D. 
457 
Gazetted, 
papers. C. 
Geed, gave. D. Gove, gave. c. 
Geowering, quarrelling, fa Teut. gher- 
ran, rivari.| ‘‘Geowering and maunder- 
ing all the day;” that is, scolding and 
grumbiing. N.v. 
Gerred, (tor gorred) dirty, bedaubed. 
Exm. ‘ Gerred-tailed measles;” that 
is, filthy swine; swine spotted from scro- 
hula. 
Gerrick, the gar-fish, or seapike. c. 
Giglot, a female laughing playfully or 
wantonly. 
lot for a harlot. ov. 
Gigloting. D. 
Gill, a@ quart. OD. 
“Gilly, Julia. c. Thus gilly-flower for 
July-flower. But Nugent says, gillis 
flower, (Gallice. ) 
Giroflier, (Ital.) garafolo, (Greac. ) 
xapuapvarov, See Primit. p. 348. 
Ginged, bewitched. N.D. 
Gint, joint. N.D. Cc. 
Girts, oatmeal. p.c. Girt is a cor- 
ruption of groat. And groat is the oat 
with the husk off, which we call the 
skilled oat. But we call oatmeal girts ; 
that is, groats. Cc. 
Girty-milk, milk-porridge in the 
easiern counties. C. 
published in the news- 
LYCHUM OF ANCIENT LITERA-. 
TURE.—No. XXIX. 
PASTORAL POETRY. 
N works of this kind pastoral poetry 
has generally taken the Jead, from 
an erroneous opinion entertained by 
many, that it was the first kind of poetry 
with which mankind became acquainted. 
Its tendency to celebrate rural scenes 
and the common objects of nature, have 
induced several critics to consider it as 
the earliest of poetical compositions. 
But this is a supposition that will not 
stand the test of enquiry.  Pastorals 
were not known as a distinct order of 
poetry till in times of considerable re- 
finement. In every age and countiy 
where poetry first reared its head, it 
was uniformly inspired by actions cal- 
culated rather to rouse the passions of 
men, to excite their wonder and admt.- 
ration, rather than to interest their feel- 
ings, by scenes of simple nature and 
rural felicity. Tonumerable passages, de- 
scriptive of the pleasures and tranquillity 
of the country, may undoubtedly be 
found in most of the poets of antiquity, 
whether epic, lyric, or dramatic. But 
they were ouly ineidentally used; they 
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