GIRD, GYRD, _s._

1. A hoop, S.; also _girr_.

_Minst. Bord._

A. S. _gyrd_, Isl. _girde_, vimen.

~Girder~, _s._ A cooper, Loth.

2. A stroke, S.

_Barbour._

~To let gird~,

1. To strike.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. To let fly.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Gird~, _v. a._

1. To strike, with the p.r.o.n. _throw_.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Gird~, _v. n._ To move with expedition and force.

_Barbour._

_To_ GIRD, _v. n._ To drink hard, S. B.

_Forbes._

GIRD, _s._ A trick.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _goer-a_, incantare; _utgiord_, magical art.

GIRDLE, _s._ A circular plate of malleable or cast iron, for toasting cakes over the fire, S.

_Colvil._

Su. G. _grissel_, the shovel used for the oven; from _graedd-a_, to bake.

GYRE-CARLING, (_g_ hard) _s._

1. Hecate, or the mother-witch of the peasants, S.

_Lyndsay._

_Gy-carlin_, Fife.; _Gay-carlin_, Bord.

Isl. _Geira_, the name of one of the Fates, and _karlinna_, an old woman.

2. A hobgoblin.

_Bannat. Journal._

3. A scarecrow, S. B.

_Journal Lond._

GYRE FALCON, _s._ A large hawk.

_Houlate._

Germ. _geir_, a vulture, and _falke_, a falcon.

GYRIE, (_g_ soft) _s._ A stratagem, Selkirks.

V. ~Ingyre~.

_To_ GIRG, JIRK, _v. n._ To make a creaking noise, S.

V. ~Chirk~.

_Douglas._

GIRKE, _s._ A stroke, E. _jerk_.

_Z. Boyd._

Isl. _jarke_, pes feriens.

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