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jillet,
jillet [ˈdʒɪlət]
n. A giddy or flighty girl. A jilt, a flirt.
gilp, jilp, jilt,
jilp [MN. dʒɪlp]
n. A small quantity of water spilt or splashed about. A small quantity of any liquid.
v. Of a liquid: to spurt, to jerk, to splash or spill as water from a vessel. To splash about or over through being set in motion.
jilt, jiltit, joult, jult,
jilt [dʒɪlt]
n. A jilt. A woman who jilts. A contemptuous term for a girl or young woman.
v. To jilt.
pt. pp. jiltit
chimp, chimpid, gim, gimp, gimpet, gimpit, gymp, jim, jimmy, jimp, jimpet, jimpit, jimplie, jimply,
jimp [dʒɪm(p), I.Ork. tʃɪm(p)]
adj. Of people: slender, small, graceful, neat, dainty. Of clothes: close-fitting. Of measure or quantity: scanty, scrimp, barely sufficient, sparing. Short of food, hungry.
adv. Also jimply Scarcely, hardly, barely, sparingly, scantily.
v. To curtail, restrict unduly, stunt, to make too narrow. To press by want of sufficient room. To restrict, keep in short supply, scrimp. To give short or bare measure. I.Ork. To eat overly daintily.
pt. pp. jimpit adj. On the short side, stunted.
jamp, jamped, jaump, jimp, jimp$t, jimper, jimpit, jimpt, jump, jump$t, jumpen, jumper, jumpet, jumpit, jumpt, juppen, juppm,
jimp [dʒɪmp, dʒʌmp]
v. To jump.
pt. jamp [dʒamp], jimpit, jimp't
pp. jumpen [dʒʌmpən]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
jimper: MN. The dolphin Delphinus delphis.
jimpy: Jumpy.
chyne, chynerin, chynin, dooble-jintit, dooble-jyntit, jeint, jeint, jeints, jeyn, jeyned, jeyner, jeynerin, jeynin, jeynt, jeynt, jeynts, jine, jine$t, jined, jiner, jinerie, jinerin, jinery, jinin, jint, jint, jintit, jints, jiyn, jiyned, jiyner, jiynerin, jiynin, jiynt, jiynt, jiynts, jyn, jyne, jyned, jyner, jynerie, jynerin, jynery, jynin, jynt, jynt, jyntit, jynts, rechyne, rejeyn, rejine, rejiyn, rejyn, rejyne,
jine [dʒəin]
n. A join.
v. To join.
pt. pp. jine't, jined
 
jint [ˈdʒəint]
n. A joint. pl. jints
adj. jintit Jointed.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dooble-jintit: Double-jointed.
jiner: A woodworker in general including the heavier sort of wood-working done by an Englsih carpenter.
jinerin: Joinery.
jiners: SW. The horsetail Equisetum arvense.
jinery: A jyner's trade or workshop.
jinin: Joining.
rejine: Rejoin.
crambo-jingle, gingel, gingell, gingle, jing, jingaring, jinga-ring, jinglan, jingle, jinglin, jingoring, jingo-ring, jinngle,
jing [dʒɪŋ]
n. A ringing sound.
v. To ring, jingle.
 
jingle [dʒɪŋl]
n. Noisy mirth, an instant, rhyme.
v. To jingle, rattle.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
crambo-jingle: Ready rhyming, doggerel.
jing-bang [-ˈbaŋ]: a considerable number, the whole lot.
jinglin: Jingling.
jingo-ring [ˈjɪŋəˈrɪŋ, ˈjɪŋgoˈrɪŋ]: A children's singing game.
siller jingles: S. The quaking-grass Briza media.
the hale jing-bang: the whole caboodle
jeengs, jing, jings,
jings [dʒɪŋz]
n. A mild expletive, (by) jingo!
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
like jing: As quick as lightning.
chink, jang, jank, jenk, jink, jinkie, jinkin, jinky, jynk,
jink [dʒɪŋk, dʒɛŋk, dʒəiŋk]
n. A jerk. A playful trick or frolic.
v. To turn quickly, dodge or move nimbly,
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
jinkie: Swift footed, MN. jaunty.
jinkin: Ducking and diving, chicaning.
janger, janker, jenker, jinker, jynker,
jinker [ˈdʒɪŋkər, ˈdʒɛŋkər, ˈdʒəiŋkər]
n. A heavy stone or iron framework laid on a new grave to frustrate attempts at stealing the corpse.

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