gazb

Yola

Alternative forms

• gozb

Etymology

From Middle English gaspen, from Old Norse geispa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡazb/, /ɡɔzb/

Noun

gazb

1. dust, breath, fume, wind
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Come adh o' mee gazb.

     Come out of my breath.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88:

     Th' ball want a cowlee, the gazb maate all rize;

     The ball o'er shot the goal, the dust rose all about;

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 41