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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1820-1835, 1896
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GILDEE, GUILDEE, n. Also ¶giley. The whiting pout or bib, Gadus luscus (Cld. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 V. 536; Arg.3 1954). [gɪl′di:]Bte. 1820 J. Blair Hist. Bute (1880) 24:
Those fish which chiefly abound in the seas here are . . . gildee.Arg. c.1835 Flory Loynachan vi. in Colville (1909) 116:
And the Gleshan, and Guildee, They love to plouder through the loch.Arg. 1896 N. Munro Lost Pibroch 223–4:
Wandering about the Cadger's Quay or the gutting-stools, where she would be looking for a dropped giley or a hake from the nets.
