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jerk, Jerkit, jirk, jirkie, jirkit, jirky,
jirk [dʒɪrk]
n. A jerk An instant. A smart blow. A trick.
v. To walk smartly and jauntily, dodge about.
pt. pp. jirkit
n. A jerk An instant. A smart blow. A trick.
v. To walk smartly and jauntily, dodge about.
pt. pp. jirkit
jirky
adj. Jerky.
adj. Jerky.
jivle, jivvle,
jivle [MN. ˈdʒɪvl]
n. A bare, uncomfortable apartment. A cell-like place.
n. A bare, uncomfortable apartment. A cell-like place.
gissan, gizzen, jizzen,
jizzen [ˈdʒɪzn]
n. A child-bed.
v. To lie in, be confined.
n. A child-bed.
v. To lie in, be confined.
jo, jo$, joe, joes,
jo [dʒoː]
n. A sweetheart, a lover, usually male but sometimes applied to women.
n. A sweetheart, a lover, usually male but sometimes applied to women.
Compounds and phrases etc.
penny jo: A prostitute.
See joy also.
chob, chobbie, jab, jabber, jaub, jawb, joab, joaber, job, jobber, jobby, job-trot, Joewb jobbie,
job [ˈdʒɔb, ˈdʒob, NN.b. tʃɔb]
n. A job, a piece of work. The act of fornication.
dim. jobbie. col. A turd.
v. To have illicit sexual intercourse.
n. A job, a piece of work. The act of fornication.
dim. jobbie. col. A turd.
v. To have illicit sexual intercourse.
Compounds and phrases etc.
jobber: A jobber, a small trader.
job-trot: A slow, monotonous or easy going pace. The settled routine or way of doing things.
scuttery jobbie: A messy or trifling job.
job-trot: A slow, monotonous or easy going pace. The settled routine or way of doing things.
scuttery jobbie: A messy or trifling job.
jacktelecg, jocktaleg, jockteleg, jocteleg,
jockteleg [ˈdʒoktəlɛg]
n. A clasp knife.
n. A clasp knife.
jecove, jocko, joco, jocose, jocosous, jocosus, jocovous, jokus, jokus,
joco [dʒəˈkoː]
adj. Jovial, merry, cheerful, pleased with oneself.
adj. Jovial, merry, cheerful, pleased with oneself.
Compounds and phrases etc.
jocosous [dʒəˈkoːsəs]: Jovial, merry, cheerful, pleased with oneself. Jocosely, jovially, cheerfully.
black_jock, blackjock, black-jock, chekkie, Ewan, Iain, Ian, Jaick, Jaickie, Jaik, Jaikie, jake, jeck, jeckedybeet, jeckee, Jecky, Jhone, Joack, Joak, Joan, Jock, Jockey, Jockie, jockie, jocktibeet, jocktie, Jocky, John, John$s_Mass, John$s_Mass, John$smas, Johndag, Johndie, Johnie, Johnie, Johnnie, Johnnie, Johnny, Johnsmas, Johnsmas-girs, Johnsmas-girse, Johnsmass, Joke, Jokie, Jone, Jowky,
John [dʒon]
also Ian [ˈiən] from the Gaelic Iain, Jock [ˈdʒok], Jaik [dʒek, dʒɛk] dim. jaikie
n. The personal name John. Jock and Jaik may also be forms of the personal name Jack.
dim. Jockie, Jaikie
also Ian [ˈiən] from the Gaelic Iain, Jock [ˈdʒok], Jaik [dʒek, dʒɛk] dim. jaikie
n. The personal name John. Jock and Jaik may also be forms of the personal name Jack.
dim. Jockie, Jaikie
jaik
n. A large tin mug, a drinking vessel.
n. A large tin mug, a drinking vessel.
jock
n. A generic term for a man, the knave in card games. A large tin mug.
dim. Johnnie, Jockie A countryman.
n. A generic term for a man, the knave in card games. A large tin mug.
dim. Johnnie, Jockie A countryman.
Compounds and phrases etc.
black jock: NN.b. The blackbird Turdus merula.
Jock and Jennie: NEC. The lungwort Pulmonaria officinalis.
jocktibeet, dim. jocktie: NN.b. The stonechat Saxicola rubicola, wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe or whinchat Pratincola rubetra.
Johnnie Mainland: I. The fatherlasher Myoxocephalus scorpius
Johnsmas: St John the Baptists day, 24th June. Midsummer Day.
Jock and Jennie: NEC. The lungwort Pulmonaria officinalis.
jocktibeet, dim. jocktie: NN.b. The stonechat Saxicola rubicola, wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe or whinchat Pratincola rubetra.
Johnnie Mainland: I. The fatherlasher Myoxocephalus scorpius
Johnsmas: St John the Baptists day, 24th June. Midsummer Day.
Johner, Johnshaven,
Johnshaven [ˈdʒonzheːvən]
pn. Johnshaven (Aberdeenshire).
Locally Johner.
pn. Johnshaven (Aberdeenshire).
Locally Johner.
John_o$_Groats_buckie, John_o_Groats, John_o_Groats_buckie, Johnny_Groats, Johny_Groats, Jonnie_Groats, The_Groats,
John o Groats [dʒon ə grots]
pn. John O' Groats (Caithness).
pn. John O' Groats (Caithness).
Compounds and phrases etc.
John o Groats buckie, Johnnie Groatie: The cowrie shell Cypraea Europaea.