An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Sw. gaa, to budge; also to turn round; Isl. gag-ast, in obliquum ferri.

To JEEG, v. n.
1. To creak, S.
Ramsay.
2. To jeeg at, to work so as to make a creaking noise, S.

Isl. jag-a, eadem oberrare chorda; or gigia, a fiddle.

JEEGLER, s. An unfledged bird, Loth.

JELLY, adj.
1. Upright, worthy, S. B.
Shirrefs.
2. Excellent in its kind, Moray.
Popular Ball.

Su. G. gill, able; also denoting the moral qualities.

JELLILY, adv. Merrily, Moray; jollily, E.
Popular Ball.

JILLET, s. A giddy girl, S. perhaps corr. from E. jilt.
Burns.

JEMMIES, s. pl. A species of woollen cloth, Aberd.

JENEPERE, s. Juniper.
K. Quair.