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_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_ j.a.pE, _v. a._ To mock.
V. ~Jaip~.
_To_ JARG, _v. n._ 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.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
_To_ JAUK, _v. n._ To trifle, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _jack-a_, continuo agitare; or Teut. _gack-en_, ludere.
