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

GILLIEWETFOOT, GILLIEWHIT, (g hard) s.
1. A worthless fellow, who gets into debt and runs off, Loth.
2. A running footman; also, a bum-bailiff.
Colvil.

From gillie, a page, and wet foot.

GILL-WHEEP, GELL-WHEEP, s.
1. A cheat, S. B.
Shirrefs.
2. To get the gill-wheep, to be jilted, S. B.

Isl. gil-ia, amoribus circumvenire, and hwipp, celer cursus.

GYLMIR.
V. [Gimmer].

GILPY, GILPEY, s. A roguish boy, a frolicsome boy or girl, S.
Ramsay.

A. S. gilp, ostentation, arrogance.

GILSE, s. A young salmon.
V. [Grilse].

GILT, pret. v. Been guilty.
K. Quair.

A. S. gylt-an, reum facere.