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Fr. _joye_, _joie_; _mon joie_, my darling.

JOCKEY-COAT, _s._ A great coat, S.

JOCKY-LANDY, _s._ A lighted stick, wisp, or any thing blazing, foolishly given as a plaything to children, S. B.

_Jack-a-lent_, E.

JOCKTELEG, _s._ A folding knife, S.

_Burns._

From _Jacques de Liege_, the name of a celebrated cutler.

_To_ JOGILL, _v. a._ To jog, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _schockel-en_, vacillare.

JOG-TROT, _s._

1. Slow motion on horseback, S.; corr. _dog-trot_.

2. A particular mode of operation to which one pertinaciously adheres, S.

JOHN'S (St) NUTT, two nuts growing together in one husk; the possession of which is supposed to secure against witchcraft; Dumfr., Perths.

_Legend St Androis._

JOHNSTON'S (St) RIBBAND.

V. ~Ribband~.

IOYALL, _adj._ Causing delight.

_Burel._

JOYEUSITY, _s._ Jollity.

_Knox._

Fr. _joyeusete_.

JOINT, _s._ A word out of joint, one that is improper in any respect, S.

_To_ JOIS, JOYS, IOS, _v. a._ To enjoy.

_Douglas._

JONETTE, _s._ Apparently, marsh marigold.

Fr. _jaulnette_, id.

_K. Quair._

JORDELOO, a cry which servants in the higher stories in Edinburgh were wont to give, after ten at night, when they threw their dirty water, &c.

from the windows; also used to denote the contents of the vessel.

JORNEYE, JORNAY, JOWRNe, _s._

1. Day's work.

_Wyntown._

2. Battle, fight.

_Douglas._

3. Single combat.

_Wyntown._

4. Warlike expedition.

_Wallace._

Fr. _journee_, a day's work; also, a battle, from _jour_, a day.

JOT, _s._ A job, S. B.

_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._

_To_ JOT, _v. a._ To take short notes, S.

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