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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.
_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._
