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Goit vs Gost - What's the difference?

goit | gost |

As nouns the difference between goit and gost

is that goit is (uk|yorkshire|and|lancashire) a small artificial channel carrying water usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills or goit can be (informal|pejorative) a fool while gost is .

goit

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, Yorkshire, and, Lancashire) A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills.

    • Etymology 2

    Popularised by the television series . Possibly a shortening of (goitre) (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from (git).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal, pejorative) A fool.

    • gost

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ghost

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1600 , year_published=2004 , edition=reprint , author=Richard Hakluyt , title=Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Kessinger Publishing , isbn=9781419178733 , page=68 , passage= ... may non evylle gost entre ne come unto the place that it is inne.}}

    Related terms

    * geist

    References

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