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 174 Gaert, or Gurt. Great. " A gaert maur o' fuzz," i.e., a great root or stump of furze. Gait^ or Gate. Manner, habit, or way. W.T.A.P. Gate, Chaucer, " What a gate you have of doing it! '* Wadehridge, Gake, Gaake, or Geke. To stare about. " What be'ee gaakin about ? " Gale. An ox. U.J.T. A childless man. Garland. An impotent bull. C. Galliganter. A hulking, big woman. "She is a regular galliganter." This word, (galliganter) is from Galligantus, the name of " the giant who lived with Hocus-Pocus, the conjuror — Jack the Giant-killer blew the magic horn, and both the giant and conjuror were overthrown." Nursery Tale of Jack the Giant-killer, Gallivanter. An incurable flirt. Gallivanting. "Eunning about with the girls." Flirting. GalluS-rOW. "A gallow's row." (A word perhaps from the hanging scenes at Newgate prison). A great fuss, or outcry. There is a singular resemblance between these words and the Celtic Cornish word galar, sorrow, grief, lamentation j galarow in the plural number. Also the verb galarow, to weep for, to bewail, to lament. Galarow reminds one of the