Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume XXIV Part 50

IMMICK, _s._ an ant.

_To_ IMPLEMENT, _v. a._ to fulfil.

IN-BY, _adv._ the inner part of the house.

INCH, _s._ an island; a level plain.

INGAN, INGIN, _s._ onion.

INGLE, INGIL, _s._ fire.

INGLE-NOOK, _s._ the corner of the fireside.

INLYING, _s._ childbearing.

INTILL, _pret_. into; denoting entrance.

IRNE, AIRN, _s._ iron.

ISK! ISKIE! _interj_. a word used in calling a dog.

ITHER, _p.r.o.n_. other.

IZIE, IZBEL, _s._ Isabella.

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_To_ JAG, _v. a._ to job.

JANET, _s._ Jess.

JANTY, _adj._ cheerful.

j.a.p, JAWP, _s._ a spot of mud.

j.a.pIT, _adj._ bespattered with mud.

JAW, JAWE, _s._ a wave; coa.r.s.e raillery.

JEDDART, _s._ Jedburgh, a town of Roxburghs.h.i.+re.

JEDDART-JUSTICE, _s._ a legal trial after punishment has been inflicted on the accused.

_To_ JEE, _v. n._ to move to one side.

_To_ JELOUSE, _v. n._ to suspect.

JENNY, _s._ Jess.

JIFFIE, _s._ a moment.

JILLET, _s._ a giddy girl.

JIMP, _s._ neat, slender.

JINK, _v. n._ the act of one eluding another.

JO, JOE, _s._ a sweetheart.

JOCK, JOCKIE, _s._ John.

JOCKTELEG, _s._ a clasp knife; a folding knife.

_To_ JOGILL, _v. n._ to jog; to move from side to side.

JOG-TROT, _s._. to trot at a slow rate on horseback; anything done in a slow manner.

_To_ JOUK, _v. n._ to bend down the body with a quick motion so as either to elude the sight or a blow.

JOUKRY-PAWKRY, _s._ trickery; juggling.

JUGGS, JOUGS, JUGGES, _s. pl._ a kind of pillory, used on the Borders, whereby criminals were fastened to a post on the wall, with their necks enveloped in an iron collar.

JUPE, _s._ a kind of short mantle for a female.

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KAIL, KALE, _s._ common colewort.

KAIL-BROSE, _s._ raw meal placed in a basin with boiling broth poured over it, and then stirred all together.

KAIL-RUNT, _s._ stem of colewort.

KAIM, _s._ a comb.

KAR-HANDED, _adj._ left-handed.

KAY, KA, KAE, _s._ a jack-daw.

KAYME, KAME, _s._ honeycomb.

KEBBUCK, CABBACK, _s._ a cheese.

KEGIE, _adj._ cheerful.