_Barbour._

3. The privilege granted to criminals during certain holidays.

_Baron Court._

4. Metaph. in the sense of privilege.

_Wyntown._

_To_ GYS, _v. a._ To disguise.

V. ~Gyis~.

GYSAR, GYSARD, _s._

1. A harlequin; a term applied to those who disguise themselves about the time of the new year, S. _gysart_.

_Maitland Poems._

2. One whose looks are disfigured by age, or otherwise, S.

_Journal Lond._

_To_ GYSEN.

V. ~Geize~.

GISSARME, GISSARNE, GITHERN, _s._ A hand-ax, a bill.

_Doug._

O. Fr. _gisarme_, hallebard; from Lat. _gesa_, hasta, Roquefort.

GITE, _s._ A gown. Chauc. id.

_Henrysone._

GYTE. _To gang gite_, to act extravagantly, S. _hite_, S. B.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _gaet-ast_, laetari.

GITHERN.

V. ~Gissarme~.

_Douglas._

GYTHORN, _s._ A guitar.

_Houlate._

Fr. _giterne_, from Lat. _cithara_.

GITIE, _adj._ Shining as agate.

_Watson._

GIZZEN, _s._ Childbed.

V. ~j.i.z.zen-bed~.

_To_ GIZZEN, _v. n._ To be dried.

V. ~Geyze~.

_To_ GLABBER, GLEBBER, _v. n._ To speak indistinctly, S.

Gael. _glafaire_, a babbler.

GLACK, _s._

1. A defile between mountains, Perths. Ang.

_Minstrelsy Bord._

2. A ravine in a mountain.

_Pop. Ball._

3. An opening in a wood where the wind comes with force, Perths.

4. The part of a tree where a bough branches out.

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