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

GAIST, GAST, s.
1. The soul.
Wyntown.
2. A ghost, S.
Douglas.

A. S. gaste, Belg. gheest.

3. A piece of dead coal, S.

GAIT, GATE, s.
1. A way, S.
Wallace.

Su. G. Isl. gata, semita, via.

2. An indefinite space.
Wallace.
3. A street, S.

Su. G. gata, id.

Burel.
4. A warlike expedition.
Gawan and Gol.
5. As an adv. Sa gat, so; How gats, in what manner; Thus gatis, after this manner; Mony gatis, in various ways.
6. To tak the gait, to depart, to run away; also, to begin to walk out, S.
7. To had the gate, to prosper.
Gl. Ramsay.

Gatewards, adv. Towards, S. B.

GAIT, s. A goat, S.
Ramsay.