JACK, n. A small bowl thrown out for a mark to the

bowlers.

JACK, n. Black-jack, used for drawing beer into.

JACKALEGS, n. A pocket-knife, much prized by boys. When a boy has a tumble from a horse, he is tauntingly reproached with having got off to "take up t' jackalegs."

The word is supposed to be derived from Jacques de
Liège, the name of a famous cutler in that city.
See Jam. v. jocteleg. Car.

JACKANAPES, n. An impertinent boy, a coxcomb.

"How every jackanapes can strut,

Such coxcombs there are plenty;

But at the last in the prison shut,

So Mock-beggar Hall stands empty."

Mock-beggar's Hall, a ballad written in the beginning of the 17th century.

See Jackanape, Shaks. Merry Wives of Windsor, i, 4, ii, 3; Jackanapes, Shaks. Merry Wives of Windsor, iv, 4; All's Well that Ends Well, iii, 5; Henry V, v, 2; Cymbeline, ii, 1.

JACKET, n. A short coat. The word sometimes denotes a waistcoat. FR. jaquette.

JACK-PLAIN, n. The first plain used in smoothing wood. JAG, The word is used by some old writers as a noun and verb it is not so used now, the participle passive only being used.

JAGGED, p. pa. Applied to edges, uneven, or denticulated irregularly.

JAISTERING, p. pr. Swaggering.

JAM, n. The side post of a door. FR. jambe.
JANNOCK, n. Used to denote behaviour that is all fair and

straightforward. Car. (2).

JANTY, a. Smart, showy.

"What though they dress so fine and janty.”

Warton, Oxf. Newsm. Verses (1760).

JARBLE, v. To wet. It is a custom with boys to turn up

their trousers at the ankles, to prevent them from being
jarbelled by the wet grass.
W, and C., Will.

JASEY, n. A sort of yarn of wool and lint; an article not much used now. The word is corrupted from jarsey or jersey.

"This lass she doth in Yorkshire live,

There in a town called Forset,

Her mind to labour she doth give,

She can knit silk or worsted.

Sometimes she will upon me smile,

And sometimes she is sullen,

As she doth sit, and stockings knit,

Of jarsey and of woollen."

The Merry Carelesse Lover-Evans's Old Ballads, i, 179 (Ed. 1810).

JAUP, v. To shake any liquid. It is used as a verb neuter

"But they garr'd the Featherstons haud their jaw."

JEE, interj. See Gee.

JEEST, n. A joist, a beam.

Scott's P. W. ii, 88.

JENNETON, n. A species of apple soon ripe. The derivation of the word from the apple being ripe and fit to be eaten in June seems very improbable. A more probable derivation is from the old French, genitin, a kind of grape. See John. v. geniting. "In July come early pears and plumbs in fruit, genitings and codlins."

Bacon.

JIBE, v. To mock, to deride.
JIFFY, n. A moment of time. Ak., Bar., Car.
JIG, n. A light careless dance. ITAL. giga. FR. gigue.
JILL, n. A small measure, equal to half a pint. Car.
JIMMERS, n. Hinges. H., W. and C.

"The things of this world hang together by very weak
and slender jimmers."-Letter of Dr. Hen. More,
1680. Life, &c., of Dr. More, by Ward, p. 156.
See Jimmers in Car. Gimmers in For.

JIMMY, a. Smart, spruce.

Car.

JIMP'D IN, Applied to a female whose dress is tight round the waist.

"And wha will lace my middle jimp ?"

Old Ballad.

JINGLE, v. To make a noise, as by shaking together pieces of silver coin.

JINNY-HOWLET, n. An owl.

JINNY-SPINNER, n. A fly, with several long and slender legs. Car.

JOGGLE, v. To shake, as if a schoolboy touches the elbow of his neighbour when writing. TEUT. schochelen. Car.

JOGGLY, adv. Unsteady. Car.

JOLLY, a. Applied to a person who is comely and somewhat fat.

JOSEPH, n. The name of a female riding-habit, which ceased to be worn in the early part of this century.

"Olivia would be drawn as an Amazon, sitting upon a

bank of flowers, drest in a green joseph, richly laced with gold, and a whip in her hand.”—Goldsmith, Vicar of Wakefield, chap. xvi.

Car.

"And now my straggling locks adjusted,
And faithful joseph brush'd and dusted,
I sought, but could not find, alas!

Some consolation in the glass."

Mrs. Grant's Poems.

JOWL, n. The under part of the jaw, extending from the ear to the chin.

KAID (pronounced k’yad), n. A sheep louse. Jam.

KAIL-POT, n. A large metal pot used for boiling vegetables or meat. Jam., Car.

KAME (pronounced k'yam), n. A comb.

KAME, v. To comb.

"O wha will kame my yellow hair

With a new-made silver kame ?"

Minst., S. B.

A. S. camb. DAN., DUT. kam. See Car. v. kaam. KATTY-KEYS, n. pl. The pods containing the seed of the ash-tree.

KE, Quoth: "a spode (spade) ke quoth Peter Myers."
KEIGH, n. A key. See Keie, Kay, in Car.
KELK, n. A small species of hemlock.
KELK, n. A blow. Car., W. and C.
KELTER, n. A cant term for money.
KEN, v. (1). To see at a distance, to
(2). To know. GERM. kennen.

(1).

See Jam., Car. descry, to discern. Car., W. and C.

"The shepherd's swayne you cannot well ken,
But it be by his pride, from other men."

Spencer, Shep. Cal. Sept.

(2). "FAL.

PIST.

Which of you know Ford of this town?
I ken the wight."

Shaks., Merry Wives of Windsor, act i, s. 3.

"'Tis he, I ken the manner of his gait."

Shaks., Troilus and Cresida, act iv, s. 5.

The word is also frequently used as a verb neuter.

"Now plain I ken whence love his rise begun."

"For weel I ken I'll ne'er return."

Gay, Pastorals.

Scott, P. W., ii, 224.

"Ken ye whare cleekie Murray's gane?"

Jac. Relics.

The word has not now the old meanings of "to teach,"
"to make known,"
," "to direct," nor is it ever used
as a noun in the sense of "view," "reach of sight,"
as it is found in Shaks. 2 Hen. IV, iv, 1; Cym-
beline, iii, 6; also in Milton's P. L., and in Dryden.
n. Knowledge of, as, "it is not within my
ken." "He is grown out of my kenning."
See Car. v. kenning.

KEN,
KENNING,

KEND,

KENT, S

v. Pret. of Ken. Both forms are used for the See Jam.

pret., and also the p. pa.

KEN-SPECKLED, a. Having a singular appearance, so as to be easily recognised and distinguished from others. See Ken-speckle in Jam.