goit.
A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills.
Meaning & usage
A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills.
We use watter as goes daan t'goit yonder for t'grinnelstuns.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), from Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), Dutch goot (“gutter”), Middle Low German gote (“ditch”). More at gote.
A fool.
Where this word comes from
Popularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git.
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