JOIST—Agistment. See Jiste.
JUD—An ugly push. He catcht mi sec a jud i’ t’ ee wi’ his gurt hard elbow.
JUMP—When a blacksmith wants ta shorten an’ thicken owt he jumps it, an’ when a cricket bo’ hits ye on t’ thumb end and sends it up tweea er three inch it’s jumped. A chap gahs ta t’ toon an’ co’s back wi’ his nooas stuck up, nacken like rotten sticks—he’s jumped up. Miss. We’ll jump that sum, it’s a hard ’un. Ah war fair jumpen mad wi’ t’ tic. Ther’s tweea er three mair macks o’ jumps, but that’s eniuf, an’ eniuf’s plenty.
JUMPER—A drill for blasting purposes. A Welshman tells mi ’at it’s what they co’ them teea. Yance Ah ass’d an auld chap what yan was, and he said “a kurn jumper.” That wad be a up an’ doon kurn, Ah reckon, an’ ye hev ’t ta nowt.
JYSELIN—It means the swaymish gait of a young chap ’at hardly knows hoo ta hod hissel amang fooak. Many a yan jysles a bit when they’re oot o’ ther element ’at gahs streck as a seeve amang t’ nags an’ t’ kye.
KAIL-POT—An iron pan. But makkin broth is co’ed boilen t’ pot.
KATE-AN’-DAVID—Tweea ’at’s varra thick.
KATIN-AN’-SIAVIN—Scriapin a bit tagidder, an’ takken care on ’t. That’s katin-an’-siavin.
KELTEREN—Stuff ’at’s lowse an’ scrowen aboot amang yan’s feet’s said ta be kelteren aboot. Hoo can yan git on wi’ yan’s wark wi’ seea mich streea kelteren aboot wharivver yan puts yan’s feet doon!
KEDGE—Kedge an’ kite mud ha been yan, as nar as Ah can tell ye. It’s t’ wiam again.