1863. H. Kingsley, Austin Elliot, p. 123. The good Professor scolded, predicted that they would all be either GULFED or ploughed.
1865. Sporting Gaz., April 1. A man who was GULFED for mathematical honours was certainly, in olden time, unable to enter for the classical examination; but though the arrangement is altered, the term is not obsolete. A man who is GULFED is considered to know enough mathematics for an ordinary degree, but not enough to be allowed his degree in mathematics only; he is consequently obliged to pass in all the ordinary subjects (except mathematics) for the “poll,” before taking his degree.
1876. Trevelyan, Life of Macaulay (1884), ch. ii. p. 61. When the Tripos of 1822 made its appearance, his name did not grace the list. In short ... Macaulay was GULFED.
1896. Tonbridgian, No. 339, 1124. Poole hopes to get a Third in Honour Mods., and Law hopes to escape a GULF next year in the same.
Gull, subs. (Oxford: obsolete).—A swindler; a trickster. Cf. “Gull-catcher,” of which it is probably an abbreviation.
1825. The English Spy, v. i. p. 161. “You’ll excuse me, sir, but as you are fresh, take care to avoid the GULLS.” “I never understood that GULLS were birds of prey,” said I. “Only in Oxford, sir, and here, I assure you, they bite like hawks.”
Gutter, subs. (Tonbridge).—A scrummage at Rugby football: now nearly obsolete. [Properly the space between the teams in the scrummage.]
Verb (Winchester).—To fall in the water flat on the stomach.
Gymmy, subs. (Manchester Grammar).—The gymnasium.
Gyp (or Gip), subs. (Cambridge).—A college servant. At Oxford, a scout; at Dublin, a skip. [Etymology doubtful: according to Sat. Rev. an abbreviation of Gipsy Joe: according to Cambridge undergraduates, from the Greek γυψ (GUPS) = a vulture; from the creature’s rapacity.]