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Rh *Gawkie, 242, gauche. "Of difficult etym., conn. with gauche has grave difficulties."—N.E.D.
 * Geans, 127, wild cherry, O.F. guigne
 * Gey, 74, intensive, very, tolerable, middling, var. of gay, F. gai (from 12th c.)
 * Gloy, 62, Orc. straw ropes. Not in Jam. F. (dial.) glui, barley straw, prob. Flem. and N., and thus came to Sc.


 * Giglot, 137, a romping girl, F. gigelot (14th c.), conn. with giggle
 * Girnel, 135, garnel, sp. Sc. a bin for corn, meal, or salt, influenced by F. grenaille, refuse corn, O.F. grenier, Lat. granarium
 * Gote, 172, goat, a ditch, water-way, O.F. gote, gouttière, gutter
 * Gree, 242, O.F. gré, Lat. gradus, a step.
 * Grogram, 231, gros-grain
 * Grozets, 127, 240, grossarts, groser, grozart, sp. Sc. gooseberry, F. groseille, with r for l
 * Gusty, 242, goût


 * Hallion, halones, 160, idle, worthless fellow; or. uncert. Cf. F. haillon, rag.— N.E.D.
 * Hashy, 151, untidy, hash, something cut up into small pieces—verb, to hash; F. hacher, hache, hatchet
 * †Haverel, 240, poisson d'avril
 * Hogmanay, 104, last day of the year, cake-day; obsc. but app. of F. origin.—N.E.D.
 * Hotch, 178, 242, Du. hotsen, to jog, jolt, Ger. dial. hotzen, F. hocher, to shake.— N.E.D.


 * Hurcheon, 234, hérisson


 * Jambs, 135, 240, 241, sides of a fireplace, as if legs, jambe, F.; Gael. camb, crooked; late Lat. gamba, hoof, leg
 * Jigot, 241, gigot
 * Joctelegs, 242, Jacques de Liege
 * Joist, 241, O.F. gîste


 * Lettron, 238, lutrin, O.F. letrin
 * Lowe, 53, 234, allouer
 * Lozen, 139, var. of lozenge, F. losange


 * Maister, 134, 209, maître
 * Mashlum, mazlin, 183, coarse cake made of mixed grains, O.F. mesteil, F. méteil, Du. masteluin, Lat. mistus, mixed
 * Mell, mall, 133, Shet., a broad fist, mason's mallet, cog. with maul and with F. mail
 * Mell, 242, mêler
 * †Messan, 183, Jam. from Messina or F. maison, N.E.D. prob. a house, Gael. meas-an, meas-chu, a lap-dog
 * Mishanter, 92, corr. of misadventure, O.F. mesaventure


 * Mooter, multure, 70, mill-fee for grinding corn, O.F. molture, F. mouture, Lat. molitura
 * Mowles, 234, mule
 * Mummers, 104, actors in dumb show, "F. mommeur, prob. of Teut. or.=mum."— N.E.D.
 * Muntar, 237, montre


 * Nappie, 198, ale, prop, a wooden bowl, A.S. hnaep, Du. nap, a drinking cup, O.F. hanap. Low Lat. hanapus, E. hanaper, hamper
 * Nottar, 238, notaire

Oblissis, oblischement, 236, 239, obliger