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._

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