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gawsy, a. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈgɔːsɪ|
Forms: 8 gawcie, 8–9 gaucie, -cy, 9 gausie, -sy, gawcy, -sey, -sie, 8– gawsy.
[Of unknown origin.]
Of persons: Well-dressed and jolly-looking. Of things: Large and handsome.
1720Ramsay Edinb.'s Salut. to Ld. Carnarvon iii, But since I have been fortune's sport, I look nae hauf sae gawsy. a1774Fergusson Poems (1814) II. 44 Pacing wi' a gawsy air In gude Braid Claith. 1785Burns Holy Fair xxiv, In comes a gaucie, gash Guidwife. 1786― Twa Dogs 35 His gawcie tail, wi' upward curl, Hung owre his hurdies wi' a swirl. a1810Tannahill Poems, Rab Roryson's Bonnet (1846) 116 A braw gawcier bonnet there never was seen. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xvi, Gawsie and grand he lookit, like ony queen in the land. Ibid. xxviii, Whilk is a dribble in comparison of our gawsie Scots pint. 1830Galt Lawrie T. i. ii. (1849) 4 A decent, gausy, conversible carlin. 1888Glasgow Even. Times 9 Aug. 2/5 Not so long ago it was quite orthodox to have a big gaucie midden in front of or near the house doors in Glasgow. 1894Crockett Raiders 393 He cam' steppin' sae gawsy across the dry stanes at Sandy's Ford. |