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goose¹

A tailor's smoothing-iron. (So called from the resemblance of the handle to the shape of a goose's neck.)

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Gouffer

Gofer: A thin batter-cake on which a honeycomb pattern is stamped by the iron plates between which it is baked. [OED]

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gout¹

A specific constitutional disease occurring in paroxysms, usually hereditary and in male subjects; characterized by painful inflammation of the smaller joints, esp. that of the great toe, and the deposition of sodium urate in the form of chalk-stones; it often spreads to the larger joints and the internal organs. [OED]
Gout is often represented as a disease suffered by the rich and casued by overindulgence in food and alcohol especially port wine [CPB]

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go_to_pot¹

to be ruined or destroyed, to deteriorate, to go to pieces. [OED]

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gradely

Good, proper, right, thorough, complete, well, etc
[A Glossary of Lancashire Dialect http://www.dunkerley-tuson.co.uk/Pages/LancashireDialectGlossary.aspx]

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graft(1)

Work

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Grainger(1)

Richard Grainger (1797–1861) Town Clerk, of Newcastle who planned the redevelopment of the town centre.

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grain¹

A unit of weight (~65 milligrams) , nominally the weight of a grain of barley. Used by apothecaries when formulating medicines.

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gratuities

A gift or present (usually of money), often in return for favours or services, the amount depending on the inclination of the giver; in bad sense, a bribe. Now applied exclusively to such a gift made to a servant or inferior official; a ‘tip’.

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Synonyms - gratuity
graving dock(1)

An artificial basin excavated, built round with masonry, and fitted with flood-gates, into which ships are received for purposes of loading and unloading or for repair. [OED]

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Great_coat

Great coat : A long heavy overcoat (OED)

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Synonyms - Great_coats¹
green²

Inexperienced, naive, gullible

Greneuail

Gráinne Ní Mháille (c. 1530 – c. 1603), Irish queen and folk heroine

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gridiron
A cooking utensil formed of parallel bars of iron or other metal in a frame, usually supported on short legs, and used for broiling flesh or fish over a fire. OED.
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grig

A grasshopper or cricket [OED]

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groat¹

Four pence [OED]

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Groom¹

A servant who attends to horses [OED]

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gruel

A light, liquid food made by boiling oatmeal (or occasionally some other farinaceous substance) in water or milk [OED]

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grunstan

Grind stones [Dictionary of the Scots Language]

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Synonyms - grunstans
Guard²

The man who has the general charge and control of a railway train [OED] The term was inherited from the stage-coaching business.

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