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

Gawve, A. Bor.

Douglas.
2. To investigate.
Douglas.
3. To look stedfastly, holding up the face, S. B.
Burns.
4. To throw up the head, tossing it from side to side, S.

Germ. gaff-en, adspectare, Sw. gap-a, avide intueri, Isl. gap-a, circumspicere.

GOLACH, s.
1. The generic name for a beetle, Ang.
2. The earwig, Loth.

Gael. forchar-gollach, id.

GO-LAIGH, GO-LAIGHIE, s. A low short-legged hen; also a woman of a similar shape, S. B.

From the v. go, and laigh, low.

GOLDING, s. A species of wild fowl.
Acts Ja. VI.

GOLDSPINK, s. The Goldfinch, S. goudspink.
Lyndsay.

GOLF, GOFF, GOUF, s.
1. A game in Scotland, in which hooked clubs are used for striking balls, stuffed very hard with feathers, from one hole to another. He who drives his ball into the hole with fewest strokes, is the winner.
Acts Ja. II.