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

GOULL-BANE, s. That bone which is the top of the femur, S. B.

GOULMAU.
V. [Gormaw].

To GOUP, v. n. To stare.
V. [Goif].

GOUPIN, GOWPIN, GOUPING, s.
1. The hollow of the hand, contracted in a semicircular form to receive any thing, S. B.
Goupins, both hands held together in form of a round vessel, S.
Ramsay.
2. A handful, S.; also goupenfow.
Bellenden.

Isl. gaupn, Su. G. goepn, manus concava.

GOUPHERD, part. pa. Puffed.
Watson.

Fr. gauffr-er, to adorn a garment with puffs.

GOURDED, part. adj. Gorged; applied to water when pent up, S. B.
V. [Gurd].

GOURIE, s. Garbage of salmon, Aberd.

Isl. gor, gorr, sanies.