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▪ I. gizzen, a. Sc.|gɪz(ə)n|
[a. ON. gisenn (Sw. gisten, dial. gissen) leaky, app. from a root *gī̆s- to gape, cf. Icel. gis-tenntr (Sw. dial. gis-tändt) having wide-set teeth.]
Of casks, etc.: Leaky (through heat, or for want of moisture). to gang gizzen (see quot.). Also fig.
1790Shirrefs Poems Gloss., Gizzen, gizzen'd, rent with heat, dry. 1804W. Tarras Poems 134 Nir lat's gang gizzen, fy for shame Wi' drouthy tusk! 1825–80Jamieson s.v., To gang gizzen, to break out into chinks from want of moisture; a term applied to casks.
▪ II. gizzen, gizen, v. north. and Sc.|gɪz(ə)n, gaɪz(ə)n|
Forms: 8 gysen, geyzen, guizen, 9 geysan, geisen, gisen, -an, gizen, gyzen, 8–9 gizzen.
[a. ON. gisna (Sw. gistna): see prec.]
intr. To become dry and leaky, as an empty barrel. Also fig. of persons.
1721Ramsay Poems Gloss., Gysened, when the wood of any vessel is shrunk with dryness. a1774Fergusson Poems (1807) 225 My kirnstaff now stands gizzened at the door. a1816Song, Handsome Katie in Pocket Encycl. Songs I. 167 Now winter comes..And nips wi' frost the gizzen'd gowan. 1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xii. 270 A wee outspoken sour crabbit gizzened anatomy of an old woman. 1863Janet Hamilton Poems 87 A wee bit drap Was a' that e'er gade owre my weasan—E'en noo my gab begins to geysan. 1871W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xlix. (1873) 268 Yet when one is ‘gizzen't’ for want of news some shift must be made. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Gyze, Gyzen, to warp, to twist, by the sun or wind. 1893Northumbld. Gloss., Gizen, An empty cask lying in the sun becomes gizened—that is, dry and shrunken. |