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Glossary for Robert Burns's Works

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Jad
Jade; also a familiar term among country folks for a giddy young girl.
Jauk
To dally, to trifle.
Jauner
Talking, and not always to the purpose.
Jaup
A jerk of water, to jerk, as agitated water.
Jaw
Course raillery, to pour out, to shut, to jerk as water.
Jillet
A jilt, a giddy girl.
Jimp'
To jump; slender in the waist, handsome.
Jink
To dodge, to turn a corner; a sudden turning, a corner.
Jink an' diddle
Moving to music, motion of a fiddler's elbow; starting here and there with a tremulous movement.
Jinker
That turns quickly; a gay sprightly girl.
Jinkin'
Dodging; the quick motion of the bow of the fiddle.
Jirt
A jemissionemmission of water; to squirt.
Jocteleg
A kind of knife.
Jouk
To stoop, to bow the head; to conceal.
Jow, to jow
The swinging motion and pealing sound of a large bell.
Jundie
To jostle, a push with the elbow.

Source Book

The Poetical Works Of Robert Burns

by Robert Burns

Copyright 1910
Published by Ward, Lock, and Co., Ltd

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