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gorb, a. and n.|gɔːb|
[Of unknown origin; cf. gor1; also gorble v.1]
†A. adj. Greedy; voracious. Obs.
B. n. dial.
a. A greedy person;
b. A young bird. transf. An infant.
1635D. Dickson Pract. Wks. (1845) I. 76 The gluttonous or gorb city. 1824Carlyle Let. 12 Nov. in Froude Life (1882) I. xv. 256 Unhappy gorb! I have wished it farther than I need repeat at present. 1825–80Jamieson, Gorb, a young bird. Dumfr. 1880Antrim & Down Gloss., Gorb, a greedy person. |