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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. 1. A spear; a javelin.
  2. n. An iron crow or lever.

Wiktionary

  1. n. rare, obsolete A spear or dart.
  2. n. UK, Scotland, dialect An iron crow or lever.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. R. & Obs. A spear or dart.
  2. n. Scot. & North of Eng. An iron crow or lever.

Etymologies

  1. Old English gaveloc a dart, Anglo-Saxon gafeluc; compare Icelandic gaflok, Middle High German, Old French gavelot, glavelot, French javelot, Irish gabhla spear, Welsh gaflach fork, dart, English glave, gaff. (Wiktionary)

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  • “To "jilt," to throw or dash water on a person; "gellock" (gavelock), an iron lever or crowbar.”

    The Proverbs of Scotland

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  1. gaveloche
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  • hernesheir An earwig; also gelloch or golach. --Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841. May 18, 2011

  • fbharjo a spear or dart Jan 22, 2009

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