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

To JOW, v. n.
1. To move from side to side; to jow on, to jog on, S.
2. To toll, S.
Burns.

To Jow, v. a. To move, S. B.
Shirrefs.
2. To toll a large bell by the motion of its tongue.
Gl. Sibb.
3. To ring.
Knox.

Jow, s. A single stroke in tolling, S.
Percy.

JOW, s. A juggler.
Dunbar.

Fr. jou-er, to play.

JOW-JOWRDANE-HEDED, adj.
V. [Jourdan].
Dunbar.

IOWIS, s. pl. Jaws.
Douglas.

Fr. joue, the cheek.

To JOWK, v. n. To play tricks.
Houlate.

To IRK, v. n. To tire.
Wallace.