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

Gowkitlie, adv. Foolishly.
Maitland P.

GOWK, GOLK, s. The cuckoo, S. gouckoo, S. B. gock, Stirlings.
Dunbar.

Su. G. goek, Isl. gouk-r, id.

Gowk's errand, A fool's errand, S.
To hunt the gowk, to go on a fool's errand.
Ramsay.

Gowk's-hose, s. Canterbury bells, S.

Gowk's-meat, s. Wood sorrel, S.
Lightfoot.

Gowk's-spittle, The frothy matter frequently seen on the leaves of plants, S.

GOWL, s. A hollow between hills, Perths.
Muses Threnodie.

Isl. gaul, any chasm or aperture.

GOWLIS, s. pl. Gules, in Heraldry.
Dunbar.