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E. _jot_, a point, a t.i.tle.
~Jotting~, _s._ A memorandum, S.
JOUCATTE, JOUCAT, _s._
1. A measure of liquids.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. Now used as synon. with _gill_, Loth.
E. _jugg_, Dan. _jugge_, urna.
JOUGS, _s. pl._
V. ~Juggs~.
JOUGS, _s. pl._ Bad liquors, S. B.
_To_ JOUK, JOWK, JOOK, _v. n._
1. To incline the body forwards with a quick motion, S.
_Douglas._
2. To bend in consequence of a stroke.
_Douglas._
3. To make obeisance.
_Knox._
4. To act deceitfully, S.
5. To yield to any present evil, by making the best of it, S.
_Ramsay._
Germ. _zuck-en_, to shrink or shrug, in order to ward off a blow.
~Jouk~, ~Juik~, _s._
1. An evasive motion, S.
_Douglas._
2. A bow, a genuflexion.
_G.o.dly Ball._
3. A slight curtsey, S. B.
_Ross._
4. A shelter of any kind, Perths.
5. A trick.
_Leg. St Androis._
~Jouking~, ~Jowking~, _s._
1. s.h.i.+fting.
_Doug._
2. Artful conduct, S.
~Joukry-pawkry~, _s._ Trick, juggling, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
_To_ JOUNDIE, JUNDIE, _v. a._ To jog with the elbow, S. _junnie_, S. B.
_Ross._
Sw. _skynd-a_, to hasten, to push forward.
~Joundie~, ~Jundie~, _s._ A push with the elbow, S.
_Ramsay._
JOURDAN, JORDAN, _s._ A chamberpot, S. O. E.
A. S. _gor_, stercus, _den_ cubile.
JOURNELLIE, _adv._ Daily.
_Lyndsay._
