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

Su. G. gen, utilis; genwaeg, via brevior.

Ganenyng, s. Necessary supply.
Lyndsay.

GANE, s. The mouth or throat.
Doug.

C. B. gen, the mouth.

GANER, s. Gander, S.
V. [Ganaris].

To GANG, S. Geng, S. B. v. n.
1. To go.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
2. To go out, S.
Lyndsay.
3. To proceed in discourse.
Wallace.
4. To walk, opposed to riding, S.
Ross.
5. To pass from one state to another.
Douglas.
6. To proceed in any course of life.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
7. To have currency, S.
Acts Ja. IV.
8. To gang thegither, to be married, S.
Ross.
9. To gang to gait, to go abroad.
Philotus.
10. To gang to the gait, to set out on a journey, S. B.
Ross.

A. S. gangan, from ga-n, gaa-n, id.

Gang, s.
1. A journey, S. B.

A. S. gang, iter.

2. A walk for cattle, S.
3. As much as one carries at once, S.
4. In composition, a passage. Throwgang, an alley.