An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 439
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 439
JAW, JAWE, _s._
1. A wave, S.
_Douglas._
2. A flash of water, S.
3. Coa.r.s.e 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 a.s.sault with coa.r.s.e 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._
p.r.o.n. _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_.
_Mellvills MS._
YDANT, _adj._ Diligent.
V. ~Ithand~.