To G'out. v. n. To go out.

To G'under. v. n. To

go

To G'up. v. n. To go up.

under.

Gib'bol. s. [g soft] The sprout of an onion of the second year.

Gig'leting. adj. Wanton; trifling; applied to the female sex.

Gilaw'fer. s. A term applied to all the kinds of flowers termed stocks; and also to a few others: as a Whitsuntide gilanfer, a species of Lychnidea. Gim'mace. s. A hinge.

Gim'maces. $. pl. When a criminal is gibbeted, or hung in irons or chains, he is said to be hung in Gimmaces, most probably because the apparatus swings about as if on hinges. Ginnin. s. Beginning.

To Glare. v. a. To glaze earthenware.
Glare. s. The glaze of earthenware.
G'lore. adv. In plenty.

This word, without the apostrophe, Glore, is to be found in Todd's Johnson, and there defined fat. The true meaning is, I doubt not, as above: fat g'lore, is fat in plenty.

Gold. s. The shrub called sweet-willow or wild myrtle; Myrica gale.

This plant grows only in peat soils; it is abundant in the boggy moors of Somersetshire; it has a powerful and fragrant smell.

Gold-cup. s. A species of crow-foot, or ranunculus,

growing plentifully in pastures; ranunculus pratensis.

To Goo. v. n. [Gwain, going; gwon, gone.] To go. Gooner. interj. Goodnow!

Good'-Hussey. s. A thread-case.

Graint'ed. adj. Fixed in the grain; difficult to be removed; dirty.

Gram'fer. s. Grandfather.

Gram'mer. s. Grandmother.

Grib'ble. s. A young apple-tree raised from seed. To Gripe. v. a. To cut into gripes. See GRIPE.. Gripe. s. A small drain, or ditch, about a foot deep, and six or eight inches wide.

This word is in Todd's Johnson, but

erroneously spelled grip.

Griping-line. s. A line to direct the spade in cutting gripes.

Groan'ing. s. Parturition; the time at which a woman is in labour.

Ground. s. A field.

Gro'zens. s. pl. The green minute round-leaved plants growing upon the surface of water in ditches; duck's-meat; the Lens palustris of Ray.

To Guddle. v. n. To drink much and greedily. Gud'dler. s. A greedy drinker; one who is fond of liquor.

To Gulch. v. n. To swallow greedily.

Gulch. s. A sudden swallowing.

Gump'tion. s. Contrivance; common sense.
Gum'py. adj. Abounding in protuberances.
Gurds. s. pl. Eructations.

By Fits and gurds.

Guss. s. A girth.

To Guss. v. a. To girth.

H.

HACK. S. The place whereon bricks newly made are arranged to dry.

To Hain. v. a. To exclude cattle from a field in order that the grass may grow, so that it may be mowed.

Hallantide. s. All Saints' day.

Ham. s. A pasture generally rich, and also unsheltered.

Land.

Hame. sing.
Hames. pl.

The term is never applied but to level

s. Two moveable pieces of wood or iron fastened upon the collar, with suitable appendages for attaching a horse to the shafts.

Called sometimes a pair of hames.

Han'dy. adv. Near, adjoining.

Hange. s. The heart, liver, lungs, &c. of a pig, calf, or sheep.

Hang'kicher. s. Handkerchief.

Hangles. s. pl. A pair of hangles is the iron crook,

&c. composed of teeth, and suspended over the fire, to be moved up and down at pleasure for the purpose of cookery, &c.

To Happer. v. n. To crackle; to make repeated smart noises.

To Haps. v. a. To hasp.

Haps. s. A hasp.

Hard. adj. Full grown. Hard people, adults. Harm. s. Any contagious or epidemic disease not distinguished by a specific name.

Harras. s. Harvest.

Hart. s. A haft; a handle.

Applied to such instruments as knives,

awls, &c.

Hathe. s. To be in a hathe, is to be set thick and close like the pustules of the small-pox or other eruptive disease; to be matted closely together.

To Have. v. n. To behave.

Hay-maidens. s. pl. Ground ivy.

Hay'ty-tayty. Interj. What's here!

In Hay'digees. [g. soft] adv. To be in high spirits; to be frolicsome.

Hea'ram-skearam. adj. Wild; romantic.

To Heel. v. a. To hide; to cover. Chaucer, "hele." Hence, no doubt, the origin of our common verb, to heal, to cure, as applied to wounds; to cover over.

Heeler. s. One who hides or covers. Hence the very common expression, The heeler is as bad

as the stealer; that is, the receiver is as bad as the thief.

Heft. s. Weight.

To Hell. v. a. To pour. To hell in, to pour in; to hell out, to pour out.

Hel'lier. s. A person who lays on the tiles of a roof; a tiler.

This is rather a Devonshire word. Helm, s. Wheat straw prepared for thatching. To Hen, v. a. To throw.

To Hent, v. n. To wither; to become slightly

dry.

Hereawa,

Hereaway, adv. Hereabout.

Herence, adv. From this place; hence.
Hereright, adv. Directly; in this place.

Het, pron. It. Het o'nt, it will not.

To Het, v. a. To hit, to strike; part. het and hut.

To Hick. v. n. To hop on one leg.

Hick. s. A hop on one leg.

Hick-step and jump. Hop-step-and-jump.
A well known exercise.

To Hike off. v. n. To go away; to go off.
Used generally in a bad sense.

Hine. adj. Posterior; relating to the back part.
Used only in composition, as, a hine

quarter.

To Hire tell. v. n. To hear tell; to learn by report; to be told.