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J corresponds to Germ. Belg. sch, Su. G. Isl. sk. Y, as prefixed to verbs, participles and verbal nouns, is merely the vestige of A. S. ge, corresponding to Moes. G. ga. Ie is a termination used for forming diminutives.

JA, s. The jay.
Bannatyne Poems.

JABB, s. A net for catching the fry of coal-fish.
Stat. Acc.

JABBIT, adj. Fatigued, jaded.
Gl. Shirr.

JABBLE, s. Soup, Aberd.
Shirrefs.

JACINCTYNE, s. Hyacinth.
Douglas.

Fr. jacynthe, id.

JACKSTIO, s. Jack-pudding.
Polwart.

Su. G. stoja, tumultuari; Isl. stygg-r, insolens.

To JAG, v. a.
1. To job, S.
Watson.
2. To pierce.
Douglas.

Germ. zack, cuspis; zeichnen, to prick.

JAG, s. Jack, or hunter, fashion of boots.

Teut. jagh-en, agitare feras.

Ritson.

JAGGET, s. A full sack dangling at every motion.

To JAIP, JAPE, v. a. To mock.
Doug.

A. S. gabb-an, Su. G. gabb-a, irridere.

Jaip, Jape, s.
1. A mock.
Douglas.
2. A deception.
Douglas.

Jaiper, Japer, s. A buffoon.
Gl. Sibb.

JAY-PYET, s. A jay, Ang. Perths.

To JAK, v. n. To spend time idly, S. jauk, q. v.
Priests Peblis.

Jaukin, s. Dallying, S.
Burns.

JAKMEN, s. pl. Retainers kept by a landholder, for fighting in his quarrels.
Maitland Poems.

Fr. jaque, a short coat of mail worn by them.

JAM, s. A projection, S.
Stat. Acc.

Fr. jambe, a corbel.

To JAMPH, v. a.
1. To mock, S.
Ross.
2. To shuffle, S.
Ross.
3. To act the part of a male jilt.
Id.
4. To trifle, S.

Su. G. skymf-a, to scoff, schimpf-en, id. Su. G. skaemta tiden, tempus fallere.

Jampher, s. A scoffer, S.
Ross.

Teut. schamper, derisor.

JANGEALAR, s. A juggler.
Dunbar.

To JANGIL, JANGLE, v. n. To prattle.

Fr. jangl-er, id.

Complaynt S.

Janglour, s. A prater.
Bannatyne P.

Fr. jangleur, id.

To JANK, v. n.
1. To trifle, Loth.
Cleland.

Isl. kiaenk-a, arridere, might seem allied.

2. To jank off, to run off, Loth.

JANKIT, part. adj. Fatigued, jaded, Loth.

JANTY, adj. Cheerful, Fife.
A. Douglas.

Su. G. gant-as, to sport like children.

To JAPE, v. a. To mock.
V. Jaip.

To JARG, v. n.
1. To make a sharp shrill noise, to creak, Bord.
Douglas.
2. To flinch.
Mellvill's MS.

Su. G. jerg-a, eadem oberrare chorda.

To Jargle, v. n. To produce reiterated shrill sounds, Bord.

A dimin. from Jarg, or from O. Fr. jergouill-er, to mumble, to mutter.

Jargolyne, s. Chattering.
Complaynt S.

To JARR, v. n. To make a harsh and grating noise; E. jar.
Douglas.

To JARR, v. n. To stir with a staff in water.

Alem. girr-en, turbare.

Douglas.

JASP, s. Jasper.

Fr. id.

Henrysone.

JAUDIE, s.
1. The stomach of a hog, Roxb.
2. A pudding of oat-meal and hogs' lard, with onions and pepper, inclosed in a sow's stomach, Loth. S. A.
Gl. Sibb.

C. B. gwaedogen, omasum, a fat tripe; Arm. guadec, a pudding; guadegen kig minset, a haggis.

JAVEL.
V. Jevel.

JAUELLOUR, JEVELLOUR, s. A jailor.
Bellenden.

To JAUK, v. n. To trifle, S.
Burns.

Isl. jack-a, continuo agitare; or Teut. gack-en, ludere.

JAW, JAWE, s.
1. A wave, S.
Douglas.
2. A flash of water, S.
3. Coarse raillery, petulant language, S.
Burns.
4. Loquacity, S.

To Jaw, v. n.
1. To dash, S.
Minst. Bord.
2. v. a. To spirt, S.
Ramsay.
3. To assault with coarse raillery, S.
A. Douglas.

To JAWNER, v. n. To talk foolishly, Clydes.
Falls of Clyde.

JAWP, JAUP, JALP, s.
1. A flash, a dash of water.
Douglas.
2. A spot of mud or dirty water, S.
3. Dregs, S. A.
J. Nicol.
Pron. jalp, both in the North and South of S.; in the West jawpe.

Isl. gialf-ur, a hissing or roaring wave; gialfr-a, gialp-a, obstrepere, allidere, applied to the dashing of waves; Belg. zwalp, a flash of water.

To Jawp, v. n. To dash and rebound as water, S.
Douglas.

To Jawp, Jalp, v. a. To bespatter with mud, S.
Kelly.

JAWTHERS, s. pl. Idle, frivolous discourse, S.

Isl. gialfra, incondita loqui.

YBET, part. pa. Supplied.
Pal. Hon.

A. S. gebette, emendatus.

ICHONE, YCHONE, Each one.
Doug.

YCORN, part. pa. Selected.
Sir Trist.

A. S. gecoren, selectus; ge-cur-an, Su. G. kora, eligere.

ICKER, s. An ear of corn.
V. Echer.

ICTERICK, adj. Of or belonging to jaundice.

Fr. icterique.

Mellvill's MS.

YDANT, adj. Diligent.
V. Ithand.

YDY, s. An eddy, a pool.
Houlate.

Isl. ida, vortex aquae, id-a, more fluentis aquae circumcursito.

IDLESET, s. The state of being idle, S.

Q. set or placed idle.

R. Bruce.

YDILTETH, s. Idleness.
K. Ja. VI.

A. S. idel tid, tempus vacuum.

YDRAW, part. pa. Drawn; metaph. advanced.
Douglas.

To JEALOUSE, v. a. To suspect, S.
Wodrow.

JEBAT, s. A gibbet.
Bellenden.

JEDDART JUSTICE, A legal trial after the infliction of punishment, S.
Minstrelsy Border.

Jedburgh staff, A kind of spear, for making which the artificers of Jedburgh were formerly celebrated.
Spalding.

JEDGE, s. A gauge.
Acts. Ja. VI.

O. Fr. jauger, to gage.

To JEE, v. n.
1. To move, to stir, S.
Ross.
2. To move to one side, S. Gee, E.

Sw. gaa, to budge; also to turn round; Isl. gag-ast, in obliquum ferri.

To JEEG, v. n.
1. To creak, S.
Ramsay.
2. To jeeg at, to work so as to make a creaking noise, S.

Isl. jag-a, eadem oberrare chorda; or gigia, a fiddle.

JEEGLER, s. An unfledged bird, Loth.

JELLY, adj.
1. Upright, worthy, S. B.
Shirrefs.
2. Excellent in its kind, Moray.
Popular Ball.

Su. G. gill, able; also denoting the moral qualities.

JELLILY, adv. Merrily, Moray; jollily, E.
Popular Ball.

JILLET, s. A giddy girl, S. perhaps corr. from E. jilt.
Burns.

JEMMIES, s. pl. A species of woollen cloth, Aberd.

JENEPERE, s. Juniper.
K. Quair.

JEOPERD, s. A battle.
Bellenden.

Jeoparty trot, s.
1. A quick motion between running and walking, Dumfr.
2. A contemptuous designation, perhaps as equivalent to coward, poltroon, Dumf.

IER-OE, s. A great grandchild, S. O.
Burns.

Ir. iar, after, and ua, a grandchild.

JEROFFLERIS, GERAFLOURIS, s. pl. Gilliflowers.
King's Quair.

Teut. gheroffel, Lat. caryophylla, id.

JESP, s. A gap in the woof, S.

JEVE, s. A shove with the elbow, S.

Germ. scheib-en, Su. G. skufw-a, propellere.

To Jevel, v. a. To joggle, Ang.

To JEVEL, v. n. To move obliquely, Loth.

JEVEL, JEFWELL, JAVELL, s. A contemptuous term; meaning unknown.
Chr. Kirk.

YFERE, adv. In company.
V. Fere.

JIFFIE, s. A moment, Loth. Jiffin, S. A.
Gl. Sibb.

JIMP, s. Thin slips of leather, put between the outer and inner soles of a shoe, S.

Isl. skaemt-a, brevem reddere; so short as to be of no proper use.

To JIMP, v. n. To leap, S.

JYMP, s. A quirk.
V. Gymp, s.

JIMP, adj.
1. Neat, slender, S.
Minstrelsy Border.
2. Scanty, S.
V. Gymp, adj.

JIMPS, s. pl. A kind of easy stays, S. Jumps, E.

Jimpey, s. The same with Jimps.
Pop. Ball.

JINGLE, s. The smooth water at the back of a stone in a river, Ang.

To JINK, v. n. To elude a person who is trying to lay hold of one, S. jenk, S. B.
Burns.
2. To cheat, to trick, S.
P. Buch. Dial.
3. To make a quick turn.
Burns.
4. To escape, to avoid, S.
Ferguson.
5. To spend time idly, S. A.
J. Nicol.

Su. G. swink-a, subterfugia quaerere, Germ. schwink-en, celeriter movere.

Jink, s. The act of eluding another, S.
Burns.

Jinker, s.
1. A gay sprightly girl.
Ramsay.
2. A horse quick in its motions.
Burns.

To JIRBLE, v. n. To spill liquids, Fife.

JIRGLE, s. Any small quantity of liquor left in the bottom of a glass, or that has been emptied from one vessel to another, S.

To Jirgle, v. n. To empty any small quantity of liquor from one vessel to another, S.

To JIRK, v. a.
V. Chirk.

JIRT, s. Expl. "jerk."
Burns.

JISP, s. A flaw, fracture, or small orifice, S.

Isl. geisp-a, hisco, geispe, q. a chink.

JIZZEN-BED, GIZZEN, s. Child-bed.
To lie in jizzen, to be on the straw, S. B.
Forbes.

O. Fr. gesine, lying in child-bed; gesir, to be in child-bed; L. B. gesina, puerperium.

IK, IC, pron. I.

A. S. ic.

Barbour.

IC, conj. Also.
Barbour.

A. S. ic-an, to add.

ILD, v. imp. Would not.
Wyntown.
Ill they, will they, S. B.

Isl. ill-a, controvertere.

ILK, ILKA, adj. pron. Each, every; ilk-ane, every one, S.
Barbour.

A. S. aelc, elc, omnis, singulus.

ILK, ILKE, adj. The same.
Douglas.

A. S. ylc, ylca, id. Of that ilk, of the same; denoting that he, who is thus designed, has a title the same with his surname.

Bellenden.

Ilkaday, s. A lawful day, as distinguished from that which is appropriated to Christian worship, S. from ilk, every, and day.
Falls of Clyde.
Ilkadays claise, the clothes worn on ordinary days, by the working classes, as distinguished from those reserved for Sabbath. S.

ILL, s.
1. The evil, or fatal effects ascribed to the influence of witchcraft, S.
2. Disease, malady.
Barbour.

ILL-BEST, adj. The best of those who are bad, S.
Baillie.

ILL-DEEDIE, adj. Mischievous, S.
Burns.

ILL-EASED, adj. Reduced to a state of inconvenience, S.

ILL-GAINSHON'D, adj. Mischievous.
V. Gaishon.

ILL-GAITED, adj. Having bad habits, S.

To ILL-HEAR, v. a. To chide, to scold S. B.

ILL-LESS, adj.
1. Inoffensive, S.
2. Without evil design.
Spalding.

ILL-MUGGENT, adj. Evil-disposed, S. B.
Poems Buchan Dial.

Germ. mog-en, moog-en, to incline.

ILL-PRATTIE, adj. Mischievous, S. B.
V. Prat.

ILL-SAR'D, adj. Ill-savoured.

ILL-SCRAPIT, adj. Rude, S.
Forbes.

ILL-WILLIE, ILL-WILLIT, adj.
1. Ill-natured, envious, S.
Kelly.
2. Niggardly, S.
Ferguson.
5. Reluctant, S. B.
Popular Ball.

Isl. illvilie, malevolentia.

YMAGE, s. Homage.
Wallace.

YMAGERIS, s. pl. Images.
Bellenden.

Fr. imager, -ere, belonging to images.

IMBASSET, s. L. inbasset. Ambassador.
Wallace.

IMMER GOOSE, The greater ducker, Orkn.
Sibbald.
Barry.

Immer, id. Norw. Dan. &c.

IMMICK, s. An ant, S. apparently corr. from E. emmet.

IMMIS, adj. Variable.
V. Emmis.

To YMP, v. a. To ingraff.
Henrysone.

A. S. imp-an, Su. G. ymp-a, id. E. imp.

IMPERTINENT, adj. Uncivil, indiscreet, S.
Baillie.

To IMPESCHE, v. a. To hinder.

Fr. empescher, id.

G. Buchanan.

To IMPYRE, v. n. To bear sway.
Lyndsay.

To IMPLEMENT, v. a. To fulfil, S.
Law Case.

YMPNE, s. A hymn.
Douglas.

To IMPONE, v. a. To impose.
Lyndsay.

To IMPRIEVE, v. a. To disprove; also to impeach; a forensic term.
Acts Sedt.

Lat. improb-are, to disallow.

IMPRESTABLE, adj. What cannot be performed.
Wodrow.

Lat. in neg. and praest-are, to perform.

IN, prep. Into.

Moes. G. A. S. in, id.

Wallace.

IN, a termination denoting the feminine gender; as in Germ. and Su. G.

IN, INNYS, s.
1. A dwelling, A. S.

Su. G. Isl. inne, id.

Barbour.
Inns, in vulgar language, S. a house of entertainment.
2. The tents of an army on the field.
Barbour.

IN ANE, adv.
1. Together.
Douglas.
2. Without cessation, always.
Id.
3. Anon, quickly.
Houlate.

A. S. on an, simul, continuo; Teut. aeneen, id.

INAMITIE, s. Enmity.
Knox.

INBEARING, part. Embracing every opportunity of ingratiating one's self, S.

INBY, adv.
1. Nearer to any object, S.
Ross.
2. In the inner part of a house, S.

To INBRING, v. a. To import.
Acts Ja. II.

To INCALL, v. a. To invoke.
R. Bruce.

INCH, INCHE, s. An island, S.
Bellenden.

C. B. ynis, Ir. innshe, Gael. insh, id.

INCOME, s. Any bodily infirmity, not apparently proceeding from an external cause, S.

INCOMIN, part. pr. Ensuing, S.

INCONTINENT, adv. Forthwith, Fr.

INCOUNTREY, s. The interior of a country.
Spotswood.

IND, for in prep.
Bannatyne P.

INDILLING.
V. Eldnyng.
Dunbar.

INDING, adj. Unworthy.
Bellenden.

Fr. indigne, id.

INDRAUGHT, s. A strong current.

Su. G. indrag-a, to draw in.

St. Acc.

INDULT, s. A papal indulgence, Fr. id.
Bellenden.

INEFFECTIONAT, adj. Candid; from in neg. and affectionate, q. without partial attachment.
Crosraguell.

INFAL, s. A hostile attack.
Wodrow.

Teut. in-val, illapsus.

INFANGTHEFE, s.
1. A thief apprehended by a baron within his own territory.
Skene.

A. S. infangenthef, a thief taken within.

2. The privilege conferred on a landholder of trying a thief taken within his territory.
V. Fang.

INFAR, INFARE, s.
1. An entertainment given by the possessor, on newly entering a house.
Barbour.
2. The entertainment made for the reception of a bride in the bridegroom's house, S.
Spalding.

A. S. infaere, ingress.

INFIELD, adj.
1. Applied to land receiving manure, and still kept under crop, S.
Statist. Acc.
2. To corn growing on this land, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

Infield, s. Land continually cropped, S.
Statist. Acc.

INFORTUNE, s. Misfortune.
Lyndsay.

INGAN, s. Onion, S.
Ramsay.

INGER, s. Expl. as signifying a gleaner, Loth.

O. Teut. inghe, angustus; ingher, exactio.

Ingher's pock, a quantity of all kinds of grain dried in a pot, and ground into meal, Loth.

INGYNE, ENGYNE, ENGENIE, s.
1. Ingenuity, genius, S.
Douglas.
2. Disposition.
Pitscottie.
3. Mind in general.
Pitscottie.
4. Scientific knowledge.
Douglas.

O. Fr. engin, engien, esprit, volontÉ, genie, Roquef.

To INGYRE, INGIRE, v. a. To introduce one's self into any situation, by artful methods.
Douglas.

Lat. in and gyr-o, q. to wind one's self into favour.

INGLE, INGIL, s. Fire, S. A. Bor.

Gael. aingeal, Lat. ignis.

Doug.

Ingle-nook, s. The corner of the fireside, S.
Ferguson.

To INHABLE, v. a. To render unfit.
R. Bruce.

L. B. inhabil-itare, incapacem declarare.

INHADDIN, adj. Applied to fuel which must be constantly held in, or supplied, to the fire, S. B.

Inhaddin, s. Frugality, S. B. q. holding in.

INIQUE, adj. Unjust, Fr.
Balnaues.

INKIRLIE.
V. Enkerly.

To INLAKE, v. a. To want.
Pitscottie.

To Inlake, v. n.
1. To be deficient, S.
Maitland P.

In and Teut. laeck-en, diminuere; diminui.

2. To die, S.
Journ. Lond.

Inlaik, Inlake, Inlacking, s.
1. Deficiency, of whatever kind, S.
Pitscottie.
2. Death, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

INLYING, s. Childbearing, S.

INMEATS, s. pl. Those parts of the intestines used for food, S.

Sw. inmaete, intestines.

To INN, v. a. To bring in corn from the field, S.

O. E. Teut. inn-en, colligere.

INNERLY, adj. Affectionate, compassionate, S. A.

Sw. innerlig, id. from inner, interior.

INNYS, s.
V. In.

INOBEDIENT, adj. Disobedient, Fr.
Lyndsay.

Inobedient, s. A disobedient person.
Lyndsay.

Inobedience, s. Disobedience.
Lyndsay.

INNOUTH, adv. Within.
V. Inwith.

YNOM, pret. Took.
Wallace.

A. S. genom, id.

INORE, s. Perh. honour.
Sir Gawan.

O. Fr. enor, id.

INORME, adj. Atrocious.
Chr. S. P.

To INPUT, v. a. To put in.
Spalding.

INPUT, s.
1. Share in a contribution, S.
2. Balance, in change of money, S.
3. Aid, metaph.
Ross.

To IN-RIN, v. a. To incur.
Acts Ja. II.

INSCALES, s. pl. Racks at the lower end of a cruive.
Law Case.

INSICHT, s.
1. Furniture of a house.
Burr. Lawes.
2. The implements of husbandry on a farm.
Bellenden.
3. Means of subsistence.
Bellenden.

A. S. insaete hus, casa, casula.

Insight, adj. In relation to household furniture.
Spalding.
2. As to agricultural implements.
Id.

To INSYLE, v. a. To infold.
V. Syle.
Douglas.

INSPRAICH, s. Furniture of a house, Loth.
V. Spraichrie.
Leg. St. Androis.

INSPRENT, pret. v. Sprung in.
V. Sprent.

INSTRUMENT, s.A written document, given in proof of any deed of a court, or transaction of an individual in that court, S.
1. To ask an instrument, or instruments; to demand a legal document with respect to a deed.
G. Buchanan.
2. To take instrument or instruments, to throw down money to the clerk of a court, as claiming the benefit of a deed, or as confirming a protest against it; used improperly, S.
Spalding.

L. B. instrumentum, a document.

To INSWAKK, v. a. To throw in.
V. Swak.
Douglas.

To INTAKE, v. a. To take a fortified place.
Baillie.

Sw. intag-a, to take a town.

INTAKE, s.
1. The bringing in of the crop, S.
2. A contraction, in sewing, S.
3. That portion of running water which is taken off from the principal stream, S.
Law Case.
4. A fraud, a swindling trick, S.
5. A swindler, Aberd.

To INTEND, v. n. To direct one's course.

L. B. intend-ere, id.

Lyndsay.

To INTEND, v. a. To prosecute legally, a forensic term.
Acts Sed.

L. B. intend-ere, judicio contendere.

To INTENT, v. a. Same as the preceding v.

L. B. intent-are, id.

Wodrow.

To INTERCOMMUNE, v. n. To have any intercourse with one denounced a rebel.
Wodrow.

Intercommuner, Intercommoner, s.
1. One who holds such intercourse.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. One who treats between parties at variance.
Baillie.

INTERKAT, adj. Intricate.
Henrysone.

To INTERMELL, v. n. To intermingle.
V. Mell.

To INTERPELL, v. a. To importune, Lat.
R. Bruce.

To INSIST, v. n. To continue in a discourse, S.
Minstrelsy Border.

To INTERTRIK, v. a. To censure.
Douglas.

Fr. entre and triquer, to cull out.

INSUCKEN, s.
V. Sucken.

INTEST, Perhaps, troubled.
Houlate.

O. Fr. entest-er, to trouble.

INTHRANG, pret. Pressed into.
V. Thring.
Dunbar.

INTILL, prep.
1. In, S.
Barbour.
2. Into, as denoting entrance, S.

To INTROMIT, v. n. To intermeddle with goods that belonged to one deceased, S.
Erskine.

L. B. intromitt-ere, id.

Intromission, s. The act of intermeddling in this way, S.
Erskine.

Intromitter, Intrometter, s. One who intermeddles, as defined above, S.
L. Hailes.

To INTRUSS, v. a. To intrude.
Henrysone.

Fr. intrus, intruse, intruded.

INVAIRD, L. Invairt, inwardly.
Houlate.

To INVAIRD, INWARD, v. a. To put inward.
Gl. Sibb.

INUASIBIL, adj. Invading.
Douglas.

INVICTAND, part. pa. Carrying.
Douglas.

L. B. invect-are; or perh. infecting.

INUNTMENT, s. Ointment.
Doug.

Lat. inungo.

INWITH, INNOUTH, adv. Within, S.
V. Outwith.
Bellenden.

Sw. inuti, within.

Inwith, adj. Inclining downwards, S.
Ross.

To INYET, v. a. To infuse.
V. Yet.
Douglas.

JO, JOE, s.
1. A sweetheart, S.
Ramsay.
2. Expressing affection, and some degree of familiarity, S.
Lyndsay.

Fr. joye, joie; mon joie, my darling.

JOCKEY-COAT, s. A great coat, S.

JOCKY-LANDY, s. A lighted stick, wisp, or any thing blazing, foolishly given as a plaything to children, S. B.

Jack-a-lent, E.

JOCKTELEG, s. A folding knife, S.
Burns.

From Jacques de Liege, the name of a celebrated cutler.

To JOGILL, v. a. To jog, S.
Douglas.

Teut. schockel-en, vacillare.

JOG-TROT, s.
1. Slow motion on horseback, S.; corr. dog-trot.
2. A particular mode of operation to which one pertinaciously adheres, S.

JOHN'S (St) NUTT, two nuts growing together in one husk; the possession of which is supposed to secure against witchcraft; Dumfr., Perths.
Legend St Androis.

JOHNSTON'S (St) RIBBAND.
V. Ribband.

IOYALL, adj. Causing delight.
Burel.

JOYEUSITY, s. Jollity.
Knox.

Fr. joyeusetÉ.

JOINT, s. A word out of joint, one that is improper in any respect, S.

To JOIS, JOYS, IOS, v. a. To enjoy.
Douglas.

JONETTE, s. Apparently, marsh marigold.

Fr. jaulnette, id.

K. Quair.

JORDELOO, a cry which servants in the higher stories in Edinburgh were wont to give, after ten at night, when they threw their dirty water, &c. from the windows; also used to denote the contents of the vessel.

JORNEYE, JORNAY, JOWRNÉ, s.
1. Day's work.
Wyntown.
2. Battle, fight.
Douglas.
3. Single combat.
Wyntown.
4. Warlike expedition.
Wallace.

Fr. journÉe, a day's work; also, a battle, from jour, a day.

JOT, s. A job, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.

To JOT, v. a. To take short notes, S.

E. jot, a point, a title.

Jotting, s. A memorandum, S.

JOUCATTE, JOUCAT, s.
1. A measure of liquids.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. Now used as synon. with gill, Loth.

E. jugg, Dan. jugge, urna.

JOUGS, s. pl.
V. Juggs.

JOUGS, s. pl. Bad liquors, S. B.

To JOUK, JOWK, JOOK, v. n.
1. To incline the body forwards with a quick motion, S.
Douglas.
2. To bend in consequence of a stroke.
Douglas.
3. To make obeisance.
Knox.
4. To act deceitfully, S.
5. To yield to any present evil, by making the best of it, S.
Ramsay.

Germ. zuck-en, to shrink or shrug, in order to ward off a blow.

Jouk, Juik, s.
1. An evasive motion, S.
Douglas.
2. A bow, a genuflexion.
Godly Ball.
3. A slight curtsey, S. B.
Ross.
4. A shelter of any kind, Perths.
5. A trick.
Leg. St Androis.

Jouking, Jowking, s.
1. Shifting.
Doug.
2. Artful conduct, S.

Joukry-pawkry, s. Trick, juggling, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.

To JOUNDIE, JUNDIE, v. a. To jog with the elbow, S. junnie, S. B.
Ross.

Sw. skynd-a, to hasten, to push forward.

Joundie, Jundie, s. A push with the elbow, S.
Ramsay.

JOURDAN, JORDAN, s. A chamberpot, S. O. E.

A. S. gor, stercus, den cubile.

JOURNELLIE, adv. Daily.
Lyndsay.

To JOW, v. n.
1. To move from side to side; to jow on, to jog on, S.
2. To toll, S.
Burns.

To Jow, v. a. To move, S. B.
Shirrefs.
2. To toll a large bell by the motion of its tongue.
Gl. Sibb.
3. To ring.
Knox.

Jow, s. A single stroke in tolling, S.
Percy.

JOW, s. A juggler.
Dunbar.

Fr. jou-er, to play.

JOW-JOWRDANE-HEDED, adj.
V. Jourdan.
Dunbar.

IOWIS, s. pl. Jaws.
Douglas.

Fr. joue, the cheek.

To JOWK, v. n. To play tricks.
Houlate.

To IRK, v. n. To tire.
Wallace.

Irk, adj. Indolent.
V. Ergh.
Henrysone.

A. S. earg, piger.

YRLE, s. A dwarf.
Kennedy.

IRNE, YRN, AIRN, s.
1. Iron; ern, S.
Douglas.
2. In pl. fetters, S.
3. New aff the airns, recently come from finishing one's studies, S.

Isl. iarn, Su. G. iern, id.

IRRESPONSAL, adj. Insolvent.
Rutherford.

IRRITANT, adj. Rendering null.
Acts Sedt.

L. B. irritare, irritum facere.

IRUS, IROWS, adj. Angry.
Wyntown.

Lat. ira, anger.

Irusly, adv. Angrily.
Barbour.

IS, term. The mark of the genitive sing., as manis, of man; in A. S. es.

To ISCH, ISCHE, v. n. To issue.

O. Fr. yss-ir, id.

Barbour.

To Ische, v. a. To cause to issue.

Isl. ys-a, expellere.

Acts Ja. V.

IschÉ, s. Issue.
Douglas.

ISE,
1. I shall.
Ross.
2. I am, West of S. q. I is.

ISECHOKILL, s. An icicle, S. ice-shogle, S. A.
Douglas.

A. S. ice-gicel, Belg. yskegel, id.

ISILLIS, pl. Embers.
V. Eizel.

ISK, ISKIE, interj. The word used in calling a dog, S.
Ramsay.

Fr. icy, hither; or Teut. aes, aesken, a dog.

ITHAND, YTHEN, YTHAND, adj.
1. Busy, diligent; S. eident.
Doug.
2. Steady, uniform.
Barbour.
3. Constant, continual.
Bellenden.

Su. G. Isl. idin, laborious, industrious; idne, labour, industry; from id, work.

Ithandly, Ythanly, Ithinglie, adv.
1. Busily, diligently; S. eidentlie.
Doug.
2. Without interruption.
Barbour.

YTHRANGIN, pret. v. Thrust upwards.
V. Thring, v. a.

JUCAT, s. A measure.
V. Joucate.

JUFFLER, s. Shuffler.
Dunbar.

JUGGS, JOUGS, JOGGES, s. pl. A kind of pillory; the criminal being fastened to a wall or post, by an iron collar which surrounds his neck, S.

Lat. jug-um, a yoke.

Stat. Acc.

IVIGAR, s. The Sea Urchin.
Sibb.

JUM, adj. Reserved, not affable, S.

JUNCTLY, JUNTLY, adv. Compactly.
Wallace.

JUNDIE, s. A push.
V. Joundie.

To JUNE, v. a. To join.
Bellenden.

JUNT, s. A large piece of any thing, S., perhaps q. a joint.
Ramsay.

JUPE, s.
1. A kind of short mantle for a woman, S.
2. A wide or great coat, S.
Gl. Sibb.
3. A bed-gown, Clydes.
4. Jupes, pl. a piece of flannel, used instead of stays, Ang.

Fr. jupe, a long coat.

JUPPERTY, JEPERTY, s.
1. A warlike enterprise.
Barbour.
2. A battle, or conflict.
Wyntown.

Fr. jeu parti, any thing uncertain.

JUPSIE, adj. Big-headed, dull, and of a slothful appearance, Orkn.

JUSTICOAT, s. A waistcoat with sleeves, S. B.

Fr. just-au-corps, a close coat.

To JUSTIFIE, v. a. To punish with death.
Complaynt S.

L. B. justificare, meritis poenis afficere.

Justifying, s. Subjection to capital punishment.
Pitscottie.

JUSTRY, s.
1. Justice.
Wallace.
2. The justice eyre.
Wyntown.

To JUTE, v. a. To tipple, S.

Su. G. giut-a, A. S. geot-an, fundere.

Jute, Joot, s. Sour or dead liquor, S.

Belg. jucht, slight beer.

Ramsay.

Juttie, s. A tippler, Ang.

To Juttle, v. n. To tipple, S.

JUTE, s. A term of reproach applied to a woman, a jade, Clydes.

JUXTER, s. A juggler; q. joukster.
V. Jouk, v.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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