Definition of "goodsire" []

• A grandfather. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Kind Gallows of Crieff. goodsire died, and where I hope he'll live to die himsell, if he's not shot or slashed in a creagh. ''"
• "'Ay; that is, with the law, or by the law; be strapped up on the KIND gallows of Crieff, [Footnote: See Note 16.] where his father died, and his goodsire died, and where I hope he'll live to die himsell, if he's not shot, or slashed, in a creagh.'"
• "KIND gallows of Crieff, [12] where his father died, and his goodsire died, and where I hope he'll live to die himself, if he's not shot, or slashed, in a creagh. '"