> G. GA, v. To go. North GAAM, (1) adj. Clammy. Wills. adj. Ill-contrived, as GABBERN, rooms; large. West. GABBE, v. (1.-N.) To talk idly; to jest; to lie. GABBER, (1) v. To talk nonsense. (2) s. A jester. GABBERIES, 8. (1) Deceits. Minsh. (2) Prattle; jests. GABBLE-RATCHES, 8. Birds which make a great noise in the evenings. North. GABBO, 8. The game of thrce GOBRO, Card loe. A ballad-singer. GABEL, 8. (4.-N.) An excise. A large-holed sieve. side the roof to secure the thatch. GABLET, 8. A small ornamental gable or canopy over a tabernacle or niche. GABLICK, S. A crow-bar. Linc. for the saints' bell or ting-tang. GABRIEL-RATCHET, 8. The name of a ghost or night spirit. North. GABY, 8. A simpleton. GACH, 8. Filth or dirt of children. Glouc. GAD, (1) 8. (A.-S.) A goad, or sharp point of metal; a spear; a pole pointed with metal. And, come, I will go get a leaf of brass, Tit. Andr., iv, 1. The boys [at Horncastle] annually keep up the festival of the floralia on Mayday, making a procession to this hill with May gads, as they call them, in their hands: this is a white willow wand, the bark peeled off, tied round with Cowslips, a thyrsus of the Bacchanals: at night they have a bonfire and other merriment, which is really a sacrifice or religious festival. Stukeley's Itiner. Curios., 1776, i, 31. (2) s. A measuring rod of ten 4. He's a puppy-I can liken him to nothing but my bald heffer when she's got the gad-breeze in her tail. The Country Farmer's Catechism, 1703. GADDRE, 8. A sheep's or calf's pluck. GADE, 8. A gadling. GADLING, 8. (A.-S.) A worthless nail. 21 |