"Gean" Quotes from Famous Books
... cherry, both black and red, common in gardens, is in Scotland, never in England, termed gean (Fr. guigne), from ... — Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character • Edward Bannerman Ramsay
... yer steeple-house, Nicholas Stevens," said Matthew, "and mortify yer fatherly bosom for the good of the only soul the Almighty has gean to yer charge, and mind the auld saying, 'Nivver use the taws when a gloom will do ... — The Shadow of a Crime - A Cumbrian Romance • Hall Caine |