† gaurev.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To stare, gape, gaze in wonder or astonishment.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder, be amazed [verb (intransitive)] > gaze in wonder
gaurec1374
starea1375
gape1377
to stare like a stuck pig1702
gawp1728
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 1108 (1157) And seide hir, caste it now a-wey a-non, Þat folk may sen, and gauren on vs tweye.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ix. iii. 199 a For very shame I did mine eyen close For them yt gaured and cast on me their sight.
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Giiv I was your mayster..And nowe on me ye gaure and sporne.
2. To shout or cry (cf. gape v. 1c).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)]
remeeOE
ropeOE
gredec1000
epec1175
yeiec1175
ascry1352
to cry out1382
to lift (up) a cry, one's voice1382
cryc1384
outcryc1390
yawlc1400
openc1425
bursta1450
yelp?c1450
escry1483
assurd1523
to break forth1526
gaure1530
to call out?1532
exclaim1570
reclaim1611
voice1627
blathe1640
to set up one's pipes1671
bawze1677
sing1813
Great-Scott1902
yip1907
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 561/2 I gaure, I krye, je hue. Howe he gaureth after his hauke: comment il hue apres son oyseau.
Derivatives
ˈgauring adj.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > staring or gazing
gloringa1400
staring1483
glowering?a1513
gazing1553
gauring1558
gawish1567
gazeful1595
gawking1817
gazy1883
whole-eyed1911
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. sig. R.jv With fifty garing heads [L. quinquaginta atris hiatibus] a monstrous dragon stands vpright.
gauring-stock n. a gazing-stock.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > thing gazed or stared at
gaze1542
gazing1548
gauring-stock1559
eyemark1595
gape-seed1699
stare1753
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates York xxi As a gawring Stocke he sent it [the duke's head] to the Queen.
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. lxxv. 252 b Thou art a notable garyng stocke for al men.
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