An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Fr. gogay-er, to mock.

Godly Ball.

GAY, adv. Moderately.
V. [Gey].

GAID, pret. Went, S.
R. Bruce.

GAYN-CUM, s. Return.
Wyntown.

GAYNIS, s. Perh. gaiety.
Maitland P.

GAIR, GARE, s.
1. A triangular piece of cloth inserted at the bottom of a shift or robe, S. Also Gore.
Henrysone.

Isl. geir, segmentum panni figura triquetra.

2. A slip of tender fertile grass in a barren situation, S. A.
Gl. Sibb.

Gaired, Gairy, adj. Having streaks of different colours, S. A gairy cow, a cow thus streaked.