Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GANT, n.2 Also gaunt. The gannet or solan goose, Sula bassana (Fif. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 244; Ayr. 1928, gaunt; Abd., Fif. 1954). Also in Eng. dial. Also ¶gan (Ags. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 144).
[The monosyllabic forms gant(e), gaunt(e), are found in Eng. 15th–18th cent., phs. from O.Fr. gante.]
