GOWK—A clownish fellow. He was a gurt silly gowk ta gang an’ full t’ chimla wi’ streea, an’ than tie t’ door sneck fast. T’ miast on us hes bin miad April gowks afooar noo, seea we know what it is.
GOWL—Cry with pain. It miad me gowl when he poo’d mi assle tiuth oot.
GOWLEN—Howling; creat a great noise; the chang of the hounds. Give ower gowlen. Do ye hear t’ hoonds gowlen oot?
GO-BON, GO-SIMS, GOY-BON, GOY, GOX—These is o’ used asteed o’ war words, when some mack o’ soul relief is sairly needed i’ words.
GOFFISH—Slightly light-headed. He’s nobbut a bit goffish. Innocence is implied.
GOFFRAMITE—A silly fellow and mischievously disposed. T’ gurt silly gofframite, he act’ly driav a harrow tiuth i’ t’ grund whar his faddur was mowen, becos he’d hed him throo hands.
GOOSE-TURD-GREEN—Noo ye o’ know what that means, seea what for than stick yer nooases up at it? Read this lal bit frae a grand old parson co’ed Harrison, written when oor gurt good Betty was t’ Queen of England, ower three hundred years an’ mair sen. He says: “I might here name a sort of hues devised for the nonce wherewith to please fantastical heads, as goose-turd-green, peas porridge tawny, popingay blue, lusty gallant, the devil-in-the-head (I should say hedge), and such like.” That’s oot ov as canny a lal biuk ivver was printed, er Ah wadn’t ha put it in. Ye can snifter ’at wants.
GOWPIN—The two hands held together and used as a measure. A gowpin full o’ good stuff; put a gowpinful o’ bran in; an’ seea on.
GRIPPER—Yan at taks hauld o’ owt at t’ brass line an’ sticks tul’t.
GRAIN—Bait ov a lump o’ wood. Across t’ grain is when it’s summat ’at doesn’t chime in wi fooak’s temper.