An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 453
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 453
_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 ones 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.