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

GYTHORN, s. A guitar.
Houlate.

Fr. giterne, from Lat. cithara.

GITIE, adj. Shining as agate.
Watson.

GIZZEN, s. Childbed.
V. [Jizzen-bed].

To GIZZEN, v. n. To be dried.
V. [Geyze].

To GLABBER, GLEBBER, v. n. To speak indistinctly, S.

Gael. glafaire, a babbler.

GLACK, s.
1. A defile between mountains, Perths. Ang.
Minstrelsy Bord.
2. A ravine in a mountain.
Pop. Ball.
3. An opening in a wood where the wind comes with force, Perths.
4. The part of a tree where a bough branches out.
Gl. Pop. Ball.
5. That part of the hand between the thumb and fingers. Ibid.

Gael. glac, a narrow glen, glaic, a defile.

GLACK, s.
1. A handful or small portion, Ang.
Ross.
2. As much grain as a reaper holds in his hand, Ang.
3. A snatch, a slight repast, Ang.