‘G’
| New English |
Common English |
| Gadling n. |
Companion (in-arms), Vagabond, Base or low fellow |
| Gainbirth n. |
Regeneration |
| Gainbite n. |
Remorse |
| Gainbuy n. |
Redeem, Buyback |
| Gaingiving n. |
A giving in return, Making a return |
| Gainchare n. |
A return, Way of returning, Means of escape |
| Gainrising n |
Resurrection |
| Gain-saw n. |
Contradiction |
| Gainset vb. |
To set over, Oppose, Set against |
| Gainspeak vb. |
Speak against, Gainsay |
| Gainstand vb. |
To stand against, Oppose, Resist, Withstand |
| Gainyield n. |
Recompense, return, reward |
| Gair n. |
Isolated strip of tender grass, Gore as is Kensington Gore |
| Galder n. |
Charm, Incantation |
| Gale n. |
Bog Myrtle |
| Gall n. vb. |
Virulence & rancour, asperity, bitterness, impudent. 2. To harass in warfare, esp. by weaponry. 3. Phr: To break one’s gall(spirit); To dip ones’s nib in gall: vitriol in writing |
| Gall-less adj. |
Bitterless, Free from gallsome |
| Gallowgrass n. |
Hemp |
| Gallwort n. |
Toadflax, Lesser centaury, Galewort, Sweetgale” |
| Galpvb. |
To boast |
| Galster n. |
The Magpie or Elster |
| Game n. |
Amusement, Delight, Fun, Sport, Quarry, Wild animals, Flesh of beasts |
| Game-gall n. |
Satirical retort. |
| Gameless adj. |
Region without game |
| Gamely” adj. |
Sportive, Merry, Joyfully, Blithely, Pluckily, Courageously |
| Gameness adj. |
Endurance in spirit, Pluckly, Courageous. |
| Gaming-house n. |
Gambling House, Casino |
| Galstre vb. |
To make noise |
| Gane vb. |
Yawn, Gape, Open the mouth widely |
| Gang n. |
Way, Passage, Carriage, Walking, Mode of going, Stream course, Rung, Step, Set of things, Persons,(collectively) Articles, Coffle, Herd |
| Gang-up vb. |
Attack or pick-on together |
| Gare n. |
Javelin, Spear |
| Garfish n. |
A fish with a long, sharp nose, Belone vulgaris |
| Garlic n. |
A plant of the allium family; the garlic wort |
| Garlic God n. |
An allusion to the Roman god: Juvenal |
| Gate n. |
Road, Way, Path, Street, fig. at the gate; near to, close to death |
| Gate vb. |
To go, To walk |
| Gateshodel n. |
Crossways |
| Gather vb |
Collect, Assemble, Draw together, Amass, Pull close, Fold in, or under by sewing. 2. To gather as a festering sore. |
| Gather n. |
The Gather (The pluck), that is the heart lungs, lights(lungs) of an animal |
| Gather ground vb. |
To gain ground |
| Gather head vb. |
To acquire strength |
| Gather in vb. |
Make narrow(er) |
| Gather out vb. |
Select, Pick |
| Gather over vb. |
To recruit |
| Gather up vb. |
Pick up, Summon one’s thoughts, strength, accumulate |
| Gatherer n. |
Collector (of tolls, taxes), Compiler; Miser (of wealth) |
| Gathering-ground n. |
Headwaters of a stream or ea |
| Gathering thread n. |
Milinery work |
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