*Gurgeons. Coarse flour (A.).
Gushill. See Guzzle.
Guss. (1) n. The girth of a saddle (A.B.).—N.W. (2) v. To girth; to tie tightly round the middle. A bundle of hay should be 'gussed up tight.' A badly dressed fat woman 'looks vor aal the world like a zack o' whate a-gussed in wi' a rawp.'—N.W.
Gustrill. See Guzzle.
Gutter. To drain land with open drains (D.).—N.W.
Guzzle. (1) The filth of a drain (B.). (2) A filthy drain (A.B.). Goosehill (Wr.), Gushill (K.), and Gustrill (H.Wr.), the latter being probably a misprint.—N.W.
Guzzle-berry. Gooseberry. Used by children.—N. & S.W.
H. It should be noted that the cockney misuse of H is essentially foreign to our dialect. Formerly it was the rarest thing in the world to hear a true Wiltshire rustic make such a slip, though the townsfolk were by no means blameless in this respect, but now the spread of education and the increased facilities of communication have tainted even our rural speech with cockneyisms and slang phrases.
Hack. (1) v. To loosen the earth round potatoes, preparatory to earthing them up. This is done with a 'tater-hacker,' an old three-grained garden-fork, which by bending down the tines or 'grains' at right angles to the handle has been converted into something resembling a rake, but used as a hoe. In Dorset hoeing is called hacking.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) *(2) n. The shed in which newly-made bricks are set out to dry.—N.W. (Malmesbury.)