10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GILRAVAGER»
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The Chambers Dictionary
(Scot) n a boisterous girl or ( formerly) bo). gilravage. gillravage. galravage. or
gilravitch. gillravitch. galravitch gal-rav'ij. or ra\''. (Scttt) n a noisy frolic; riotous
rnern. making. vi to behave riotously. — n gilravager gilsonite Sec uintaite gilt1 MI
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In his devotion to his lawful spouse Charles was no Stuart ; his father, however (
as he says in the " Fortunes of Nigel "), " was nae gilravager among the lassies,"
while James VIII. and III. was a model of chastity, despite the amusingly contrary ...
I should have had my own thoughts of it, but our gracious master is auld, and was
nae great gilravager amang the queans even in his youth ; and he was
comforting her in his own way, and saying, "Ye needna greet about it, my bonny
woman, ...
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The King Over the Water
The idea of love-making made the hair stand on end ; and James himself, like
James VI., "was never a gilravager among the lasses." In the summer, when it did
not rain — and St. Medard was often unkind — every poor pretext was seized ...
Alice Shield, Andrew Lang, 1907
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The Works of Sir Walter Scott: The fortunes of Nigel
... the quality or rank of gentleman. ghittern, a guitar. gie, give. gien, given. giff-
gaff, nothing for nothing, tit for tat. gill, a female. gillie-white-foot, a running
footman. gilravager, a wanton fellow. gin, if. glaiks, glamour, tricks; gie the glaiks,
deceive, ...
... a guitar GiE, give ; giEn, given Oifk-gaff, mutual obligation, I will serve you if
you will serve me Gillie-whitefoot, a messenger, errand boy Gilravager, a wanton
fellow Gin, if Gip, a college servant at Cambridge Gibned, grinned Glaiks,
glamour, ...
we know Lord John was afflicted.” Perhaps the chemist was merely a
shopkeepiug ally of the linen draper? But, despite his skin disease, the Marquis
was what good King James calls "a great gilravager among the lassies," and in a
quarrel ...
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The Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: The fortunes of Nigel
I should have had my own thoughts of it, but our gracious master is auld, and was
nae great gilravager amang the queans even in his youth ; and he was
comforting her in his own way, and saying, "Ye needna greet about it, my bonny
woman, ...
... but our gracious master is auld, and was nae great gilravager amang the
queens even in his youth; and he was comforting her in his own way, and saying,
' Ye needna greet about it, my bonny woman, Glenvarlochides shall have fair
play; ...
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
... my family — Watty's was a walloping galravalch o' idiocety, and so cam o' t'."
The Entail, iii. 282. 3. Confusion, conjoined with destruction ; as that of a sow, &c.
destroying a garden, by rooting up the plants, Roxb. . Giluavacher, Gilravager, s.
