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gie

American  
[gee] / gi /

verb (used with or without object)

Chiefly Scot.
gied, gied, gien, gieing
  1. give.


gie British  
/ ɡiː /

verb

  1. a Scot word for give

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"The most important factor is that the financial statements of big companies that have borrowed money offshore are not true," says economist Kwik Kian Gie.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gie me Rob, I'll seek nae mair, The rantin dog, the daddie o't.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Gie 's a grup o' yer honest han'."

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various

What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a' that!

From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various

Gie it me, and go no more to Maggie’s house—you nor your baby cousin Rab.

From Seven Frozen Sailors by Fenn, George Manville

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