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Chaucer, _Gaudee_. Fr.

_To_ GOWFF, _v. a._ To strike, S.

_Ritson._

GOWINIS, _s. pl._ Gowns.

_Henrysone._

GOWK, GOUK, _s._ A fool, S.

_Ramsay._

Franc. _gouch_, stolidus, Germ. _gauch_.

~Gowkit~, ~Gauckit~, ~Guckit~, _part. adj._

1. Foolish, S.

_Lyndsay._

2. Light; applied to young women.

_Peblis Play._

~Gowkitlie~, _adv._ Foolishly.

_Maitland P._

GOWK, GOLK, _s._ The cuckoo, S. _gouckoo_, S. B. _gock_, Stirlings.

_Dunbar._

Su. G. _goek_, Isl. _gouk-r_, id.

~Gowk's errand~, A fool's errand, S.

_To hunt the gowk_, to go on a fool's errand.

_Ramsay._

~Gowk's-hose~, _s._ Canterbury bells, S.

~Gowk's-meat~, _s._ Wood sorrel, S.