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

GNARR, s. A hard knot in wood, S.

Teut. knorre, id.

To GNAT, v. a.
1. To gnaw, Ang.
2. To grind the teeth, Ang.

Isl. gnat-a, collidi.

Gnat, s. A bite, a snap, Ang.

GNIB, adj.
1. Clever in motion or action, S. B.
Ross.
2. Light-fingered, S. B.

Su. G. knappe, citus; knapphaendig, qui manu promptus est; Dan. knibe, arete tenere.

To GNIDGE, v. a.
1. To press, to squeeze, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.

Isl. knos-a, to thrust; Teut. knudsen, to beat.

2. To knidge aff, to rub off, S. B.
Ross.