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

Gorbling, Gorling, s. An unfledged bird, S., gorbel, Moray.
Ramsay.
2. A very young person, Loth. id.

GOR-COCK, s. The red cock, or moor-cock.
Burns.

GORDON, s. A wild fowl.
V. [Golding].

GORDS, s. pl. Lands now waste, that had formerly been cultivated, Orkn.

Su. G. gord, sepimentum, area clausa.

GORE, s. Hardened rheum from the eyes, S.
V. [Gaar].

GORE, s. A strip of cloth.
V. [Gair].

GORFY, adj. Having a coarse appearance, Ang.

To GORGE, v. n. Expressing the sound made in walking, when the shoes are filled with water, Fife.
V. [Chirk].

GORGÉ. Not understood.
Dunbar.