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

GALLYTROUGH, s. The char, Fife.
Statist. Acc.

GALLOWAY, s. A horse not more than fourteen hands high, S.

GALLOWS, s.
1. An elevated station for a view, Loth.
2. Three beams erected in a triangular form, for weighing, S.

GALL WINDE, a gale.
Z. Boyd.

Isl. gol, ventus frigidior.

GALNES, s. Satisfaction for slaughter.
Reg. Maj.

Gael. gial, geal, a reparation, and meas, estimate.

GAM, adj. Gay, sportive.
Pal. Hon.

A. S. gam-ian, ludere.

GAM, s. A tooth, S. B.
Douglas.