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

GIRTH, GYRTH, GIRTHOL, s.
1. Protection.
Wallace.
2. A sanctuary.
Barbour.
3. The privilege granted to criminals during certain holidays.
Baron Court.
4. Metaph. in the sense of privilege.
Wyntown.

To GYS, v. a. To disguise.
V. [Gyis].

GYSAR, GYSARD, s.
1. A harlequin; a term applied to those who disguise themselves about the time of the new year, S. gysart.
Maitland Poems.
2. One whose looks are disfigured by age, or otherwise, S.
Journal Lond.

To GYSEN.
V. [Geize].

GISSARME, GISSARNE, GITHERN, s. A hand-ax, a bill.
Doug.

O. Fr. gisarme, hallebard; from Lat. gesa, hasta, Roquefort.

GITE, s. A gown. Chauc. id.
Henrysone.

GYTE. To gang gite, to act extravagantly, S. hite, S. B.
Ramsay.

Isl. gaet-ast, laetari.

GITHERN.
V. [Gissarme].
Douglas.