A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire Part 9

Gapes-nest _s._ an idle spectacle

Gare _s._ gear; Ire-gare _s._ plough-gear, iron-work

Garn, or Gearn, Gearden _s._ a garden

Gatchel _s._ the mouth

Gate-shord, or sheard _s._ a gate-way, a place for a gate

Gatfer _s._ an old man (good father)

G'auf to go off; G'auver to go over; G'in to go in; G'on to go on; G'out to go out; Go'vorn go before him or them; G'under to go under; G'up to go up: ex. Thear I wur', d' knaw, carnared (in a corner); coud'n g'auver, g'under, g'in, nor g'out

Gawc.u.m, Gawc.u.min _s._ a simpleton, a gawkey

Gee-wi' (g soft), _v._ to agree; Gee (g hard), to give, ex. To gee out--to thaw

Gib, or Gibby (g hard), _s._ a pet lamb

Gibby-heels (g hard), _s._ kibed-heels

Giffin (g hard), _s._ a trifle, a small portion of time

Gilawfer, Gillifer, Gilliflower (g soft), stocks; Whitsun Gilawfer, carnation, also the wallflower

Giltin-cup (g hard), _s._ b.u.t.ter-cup

Gimmace (g hard), _s._ a hinge

Gimmaces (g hard) _s._ a criminal is said to be hung in gimmaces, when he is hung in chains

Glare _v._ to glaze earthenware. Also _s._ ex. The roads are all a glare of ice

Gla.s.sen _adj._ made of gla.s.s

Glou, Glouie _v._ to stare

Glou-beason _s._ a glow-worm, a bold impudent fellow

Glutch, Glutchy _v._ to swallow _s._ the act of swallowing, Glutcher _s._ the throat

Gold _s._ sweet willow; _Myrica gale_, abundant in the moors of Somerset, in the herbalists called _Gaule_

Go-lie _v._ spoken of corn falling after rain; applied to wind, to subside

Gool-french a gold-finch, a proud tailor

Gollop _s._ a large morsel

Gommer _s._ an old woman (good mother)

Good-hussy _s._ a thread-case

Goody _v._ to appear good, to prosper

Goose-cap _s._ a giddy, silly person

Goose-herd, or Goosier _s._ one who breeds or looks after geese

Gore-in, Gore-with _v._ to believe in, to trust

Gossips _s._ sponsors; Gossiping the festivities of the christening

Gout _s._ a drain, a gutter

Gowder _s._ a higgler of fruit

Grainded, Grainted _adj._ ingrained, dirty

Granfer, Grammer _s._ grandfather, grandmother

Granfer griggles _s._ wild orchis

Gribble _s._ a young apple tree raised from seed

Grig _v._ and _s._ to pinch, a pinch

Griddle, Girdle _s._ a gridiron

Gripe, or Grip _s._ a small drain or ditch _v._ to cut into gripes

Grizzle _v._ to laugh or grin

Gronin _s._ labour, childbirth; Gronin-chair nursing chair; Gronin-malt provision for the event

Ground _s._ a field, a piece of land enclosed for agricultural purposes

Grozens, Groves _s._ duck-weed

Gruff, Gruff-hole _s._ a trench or groove excavated for ore

Gruffer, Gruffler _s._ a miner, one who works in a gruff or groove

Gumpy _adj._ abounding in protuberances

Gurds _s._ eructations; Fits and Gurds fits and starts

Gurl, or Gurdle _v._ to growl