Gawsie
' Nhb.' ; gaussie, gausy, gawcy, gawsy Sc.
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' Nhb.' ; gaussie, gausy, gawcy, gawsy Sc. ; and in forms g?cySh.I. ; gairsie Sc. [g9'si.] Of persons : plump, portly, well-conditioned ; stately ; jolly, comely, gay ; of things : large, comfortable, pleasant ; also used advb.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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