▪ I. galt Obs. exc. dial.
Also 5 galte, 7 gawt, gaute, gault.
[a. ON. gǫlt-r str., galte wk. masc., boar; cf. OHG. galza, gelza sow (MHG. galze, gelze, mod.G. gelze; related to gilt n.).]
A boar or hog.
| ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1101 Greesse growene as a galte, fulle grylych he lukez! a 1400–50 Alexander 4743 Vmquile he groned as a galt with gryzely latis. a 1500 Colkelbie Sow i. 160 Mony long tuthit bore, And mony galt, come befoir. 1552 Huloet, Galt, or yonge hogge..porcetra. 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 142 Libbers have..nothinge for the gautes, for they will geld them as fast as they can take them upp. 1673 Yorksh. Dial. 8 (E.D.S. No. 76) Me draugh's for th' Gilts and Gaults i' th' Sty. 1684 Ibid. 83 Than thou may sarra Gawts and Gilts with Draffe. 1895 Lakeland & Iceland Gloss., Galt, a male pig. |
▪ II. galt
see gault, Geol.