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

GORGOULL, s. Perhaps, harpy.
Burel.

To GORL, v. a. To surround the roof of a stack with straw-ropes, Loth.

Su. G. giord-a, cingere.

GORMAND, s. A glutton. Fr.
Lyndsay.

Gormand, adj. Gluttonous, id.

GORMAW, S. GOULMAW, s.
1. The corvorant.
Complaynt S.
2. A glutton, Lanerks.

Teut. gorre, valde avarus, maeghe, stomachus; Sw. gorma, to gobble up.

GOSK, s. Grass growing through dung, Ang.

Gosky, adj.
1. Rank, luxuriant, Ang.
2. Large in size, but feeble, ibid.

Isl. groska, gramen vernans.