gazb

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Alternative forms

gozb

Etymology

From Middle English gaspen, from Old Norse geispa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡazb/, /ɡɔzb/

Noun

gazb

dust, breath, fume, wind
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
  Come adh o' mee gazb.
  Come out of my breath.
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88:
  Th' ball want a cowlee, the gazb maate all rize;
  The ball o'er shot the goal, the dust rose all about;

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 41

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