An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 441

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 441

JEMMIES, _s. pl._ A species of woollen cloth, Aberd.


JENEPERE, _s._ Juniper.


_K. Quair._


JEOPERD, _s._ A battle.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


~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.


_Kings 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._