† gaigv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To chap, crack (earth). Only in passive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > crack, split, or fissure
to-slita1250
rivea1400
slatterc1400
chapc1460
chip1508
gaig1584
spleet1585
split1595
chink1599
chawn1602
slent1605
slat1607
sliver1608
speld1616
crevice1624
checka1642
chicka1642
crack1664
splice1664
sleave-
1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. B Let Readers think they fele the burning heat, And graithly see the earth, for lacke of weit, With withering drouth and Sunne so gaigged all.
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