An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 439 : JAW, JAWE, _s._ 1. A wave, S. _Douglas._ 2. A flash of water, S. 3. Coa.r.s.e raillery

JAW, JAWE, _s._

1. A wave, S.

_Douglas._

2. A flash of water, S.

3. Coa.r.s.e raillery, petulant language, S.

_Burns._

4. Loquacity, S.

_To_ ~Jaw~, _v. n._

1. To dash, S.

_Minst. Bord._

2. _v. a._ To spirt, S.

_Ramsay._

3. To a.s.sault with coa.r.s.e raillery, S.

_A. Douglas._

_To_ JAWNER, _v. n._ To talk foolishly, Clydes.

_Falls of Clyde._

JAWP, JAUP, JALP, _s._

1. A flash, a dash of water.

_Douglas._

2. A spot of mud or dirty water, S.

3. Dregs, S. A.

_J. Nicol._

p.r.o.n. _jalp_, both in the North and South of S.; in the West _jawpe_.

Isl. _gialf-ur_, a hissing or roaring wave; _gialfr-a_, _gialp-a_, obstrepere, allidere, applied to the das.h.i.+ng of waves; Belg. _zwalp_, a flash of water.

_To_ ~Jawp~, _v. n._ To dash and rebound as water, S.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Jawp~, ~Jalp~, _v. a._ To bespatter with mud, S.

_Kelly._

JAWTHERS, _s. pl._ Idle, frivolous discourse, S.

Isl. _gialfra_, incondita loqui.

YBET, _part. pa._ Supplied.

_Pal. Hon._

A. S. _gebette_, emendatus.

ICHONE, YCHONE, Each one.

_Doug._

YCORN, _part. pa._ Selected.

_Sir Trist._

A. S. _gecoren_, selectus; _ge-cur-an_, Su. G. _kora_, eligere.

ICKER, _s._ An ear of corn.

V. ~Echer~.

ICTERICK, _adj._ Of or belonging to jaundice.

Fr. _icterique_.

_Mellvill's MS._

YDANT, _adj._ Diligent.

V. ~Ithand~.