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- Leaky.
- To become leaky from shrinkage, owing to want of moisture, as a tub or barrel.
- To fade; wither.
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missanthropist commented on the word gizzen
To become dried, to become leaky through drought.
To gang gizzen: to break out into chinks from want of moisture; a term applied to casks. Also figuratively applied to toppers, when drink is withheld ;)
John Jamieson's Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1801
May 17, 2008
Gammerstang commented on the word gizzen
Gizzen
Definition: To grin audibly.
-C.Clough Robinson's Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorkshire, 1876
July 13, 2017
Gammerstang commented on the word gizzen
(verb) - (1) To grin audibly.
--C. Clough Robinson's Dialect of Mid-Yorkshire, 1876
(2) Gizzum, the mouth.
--Thomas Darlington's Folk-Speech of South Cheshire, 1887
January 16, 2018