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