Isl. _geir_, segmentum panni figura triquetra.
2. A slip of tender fertile gra.s.s in a barren situation, S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
~Gaired~, ~Gairy~, _adj._ Having streaks of different colours, S. A _gairy cow_, a cow thus streaked.
~Gairie-bee~, _s._ Apis terrestris, S.
GAIRDONE, _s._ Perh. for _guerdon_, reward.
_Henrysone._
GAIRFISH, _s._ The Porpoise, Ang.
_Statist. Acc._
GAIS, _imperat._ of _Ga_, to go.
_Wyntown._
GAISHON, _s._
1. A skeleton, Stirl. Dumfr.
_Hogg._
2. An obstacle or impediment, Fife.
Hence, _ill-gaishon"d_, mischievously disposed, ibid.
GAISLIN, _s._ A young goose, S.
Su. G. _gaasling_. id.
_Ferguson._
GAIST, GAST, _s._
1. The soul.
_Wyntown._
2. A ghost, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _gaste_, Belg. _gheest_.
3. A piece of dead coal, S.
GAIT, GATE, _s._
1. A way, S.
_Wallace_.
Su. G. Isl. _gata_, semita, via.
2. An indefinite s.p.a.ce.
_Wallace._
3. A street, S.
Su. G. _gata_, id.
_Burel._
4. A warlike expedition.
_Gawan and Gol._
5. As an _adv. Sa gat_, so; _How gats_, in what manner; _Thus gatis_, after this manner; _Mony gatis_, in various ways.
6. _To tak the gait_, to depart, to run away; also, to begin to walk out, S.
7. _To had the gate_, to prosper.
_Gl. Ramsay._
~Gatewards~, _adv._ Towards, S. B.
GAIT, _s._ A goat, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _get_, A. S. _gat_, id.
GAIT GLYDIS.