▪ I. guisard, n.2 Chiefly Sc.
(ˈgaɪzəd)
Forms: 7 guyz-, gyzard, 7–9 gysart, 8 guisart, gysard, 9 guizard, -art, 8– guisard.
[f. guise v. + -ard.]
One who goes about in a fantastic guise or dress; a masquerader, a mummer. See also guiser.
| 1626 Presbyt. Rec. Lanark in Annals Lesmahagow (1864) 149 W{supm} Weir pyper to the gysarts of Lesmohego. 1696 in Maidment Sc. Pasquils (1868) 307 Thou would terrify the Souterkines, More than a gyzard in black sheep skines. 1755 R. Forbes Ajax' Sp., Jrnl. fr. Lond. 28 The third was an auld wizen'd, haave coloured carlen, a sad gysard indeed, an' as baul' as ony ettercap. 1770 Dalrymple in Bannatyne Poems Notes 286 The exhibitions of gysarts are still known in Scotland, being the same with the Christmas mommery of the English. 1805 J. Nicol Poems I. 29 (Jam.) Whan gloamin gray comes frae the east, Through a' the gysarts venture; In sarks an' paper helmets drest. 1854 Keddie Phemie Millar III. 191 It is not Christmas to be looking out for guisards. 1869 Mrs. Gordon Life Sir D. Brewster xii. 182 Apparitions of tall bearded guisards into quiet families. 1893 Northumbld. Gloss., Guizard, Guizart, Guizer, a masquerader, a mummer. |
Hence ˈguisard v. intr., to act as a guisard, to masquerade. (Only in vbl. n.)
| 1815 Scott Guy M. xxxvi, They hae taen Yule before it comes and gaun a-guisarding. |
▪ II. guisard
obs. form of gizzard.