[ Gate], sb. way, path, street, PP, CM, S2, Prompt., HD, S3, H; gat, S2; gait, S3.—Icel. gata; Goth. gatwo, street.

[ Gate], sb. gate, PP, Prompt.; ȝate, S2, G, H, Prompt.; yate, C2, CM, S3, Prompt.; gat, S; ȝat, PP; yat, G; yatt, H; ȝett, S3; giate, dat., S; ȝeate, S.—AS. geat, Icel. gat.

[ Gate-ward], sb. gate-keeper, S, PP; ȝateward, PP; gatwarde, PP.

[ Gatte], pt. s. granted, S; see [Ȝeten].

[ Gat-tothed], adj. lascivious, C, CM.

[ Gaude], sb. weld, Reseda luteola, dyer’s greenweed, producing a green dye (distinct from woad, Florio being here wrong). Comb.: gaude grene, a light green colour, C, HD; gawdy grene, ‘subviridis,’ Prompt.—OF. gaude (Cotg.): Sp. gualda, a herb to dye yellow with (Minsheu); cp. It. gualdo, woad to dye blue with (Florio), Low Lat. gualda, gualdum, ‘glastum’ (Ducange).

[ Gaude], sb. a toy, piece of finery, also a jest, trick, CM; gawde, a jape, nuga, Prompt.; gaud, HD, ND; ornament, CM; trick, C3.—Late Lat. gaudium, a large bead; Lat. gaudium, joy.

[ Gaude], v. to sport, jest, keep festival, ND; to scoff, Manip.

[ Gaudiouse], adj. festal, solennis, Manip.

[ Gaudying], sb. toying, S3; gauding, scoffing, Manip.