180 Gorry^ or Gurrie. A large wicker flasket with a long handle on each side, and carried like a sedan chair. Gorseddan. A place of elevation, whence it has been said, the Druids pronounced their decrees. Gorsedd is Celtic Cornish for a seat of judgment. GOSS. A tall reed growing in marshy places, or in shallow ponds. The boys used to make arrows of the stems. Arundo phragmites. GoSS. A fuss, a perplexity. M.A.C. Goss. Moor, or wood (cos). Dr. Bannister. GosS-moor. Great (mawr) moor (cors)] or wood {cos) moor. Dr, Bannister. Gossawk. A lubber, a blundering fellow. "For loke how that a goshauke tyreth (feeds)." Chaucer. Gothhomm, or Gosshomm. An expression of contempt, as if to say, ^^ Go home," ^* Get away," "Get out, you fools. In Celtic Cornish Gothoam (Pryce), means fools. The word is curiously similar to gothhomm. Gowk^ or Gook. Somewhat like a Quaker's bonnet in shape, with a "curtain" behind. It is of large size. Worn by mine, clay-work, and country girls, or women. Gozzan, or Gossan. This is Celtic Cornish for rust, the rusty ochre of Iron. Also, the course, bed, broil, or back of a lode. Hence, " keenly gozzan/' i.e., a promising lode.
