A contraction of Gaid-heals (hidden rovers). The inhabitants of Scotland who maintained their ground in the Highlands against the Celts.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.