Gix, Gicksey, &c. See Kecks.
Glory-hole. A place for rubbish or odds and ends, as a housemaid's cupboard, or a lumber room.—N.W.
'This has nothing to do with Lat. gloria, but is connected with M.E. glorien, to befoul (Prompt. Parv.). Compare Prov. Eng. glorry, greasy, fat. Thus glory-hole=a dirty, untidy nook. See Folk-Etymology, p. 145.'—Smythe-Palmer.
*Glox. This is given by most authorities as a noun, and defined as 'the sound of liquids when shaken in a barrel' (A.B.H.Wr.); but it is really a verb, and refers to the motion and peculiar gurgling of liquids against the side of a barrel or vessel that is not quite full (C.). In Hants gloxing is the noise made by falling, gurgling water (Cope). Cf. Lottle.—N.W., obsolete.
'Fill the Barrel full, John, or else it will glox in Carriage.'—Cunnington MS.
Glutch. To swallow (A.B.C.S.). According to Cunnington MS, the use of glutch implies that there is some difficulty in swallowing, while quilt is to swallow naturally.—N. & S.W.
Glutcher. The throat (S.). See Glutch.—N. & S.W.
*Gnaa-post. A simpleton (S.).—S.W.
Gnaing. To mock, to insult (S.). Also used in West of England and Sussex.—S.W.
Goat-weed. Polygonum Convolvulus, L., Black Bindweed.—N.W.