geigv.
/dʒiːɡ/, U.S. /dʒiɡ/, Scottish English /dʒiɡ/ Scottish and northern dialect.
intransitive. To creak, make a creaking noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > sound shrill [verb (intransitive)] > creak
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1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. vi. 62 Vnder the paysand and the hevy charge Gan grane or geig [v.r. grank] ful fast the jonit barge.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 239 Lick thy Loof and lay't to mine, dry Leather gigs [Ramsay 1737 has jeegs] ay.
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 90/1 Gike, or jike, to creak as wheels or doors do.
1808–25 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Geig, to make a creaking noise, as a door when the hinges need to be greased.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Jeyk, to creak like machinery requiring oil.
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