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IMMICK, _s._ an ant.
_To_ IMPLEMENT, _v. a._ to fulfil.
IN-BY, _adv._ the inner part of the house.
INCH, _s._ an island; a level plain.
INGAN, INGIN, _s._ onion.
INGLE, INGIL, _s._ fire.
INGLE-NOOK, _s._ the corner of the fireside.
INLYING, _s._ childbearing.
INTILL, _pret_. into; denoting entrance.
IRNE, AIRN, _s._ iron.
ISK! ISKIE! _interj_. a word used in calling a dog.
ITHER, _p.r.o.n_. other.
IZIE, IZBEL, _s._ Isabella.
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_To_ JAG, _v. a._ to job.
JANET, _s._ Jess.
JANTY, _adj._ cheerful.
j.a.p, JAWP, _s._ a spot of mud.
j.a.pIT, _adj._ bespattered with mud.
JAW, JAWE, _s._ a wave; coa.r.s.e raillery.
JEDDART, _s._ Jedburgh, a town of Roxburghs.h.i.+re.
JEDDART-JUSTICE, _s._ a legal trial after punishment has been inflicted on the accused.
_To_ JEE, _v. n._ to move to one side.
_To_ JELOUSE, _v. n._ to suspect.
JENNY, _s._ Jess.
JIFFIE, _s._ a moment.
JILLET, _s._ a giddy girl.
JIMP, _s._ neat, slender.
JINK, _v. n._ the act of one eluding another.
JO, JOE, _s._ a sweetheart.
JOCK, JOCKIE, _s._ John.
JOCKTELEG, _s._ a clasp knife; a folding knife.
_To_ JOGILL, _v. n._ to jog; to move from side to side.
JOG-TROT, _s._. to trot at a slow rate on horseback; anything done in a slow manner.
_To_ JOUK, _v. n._ to bend down the body with a quick motion so as either to elude the sight or a blow.
JOUKRY-PAWKRY, _s._ trickery; juggling.
JUGGS, JOUGS, JUGGES, _s. pl._ a kind of pillory, used on the Borders, whereby criminals were fastened to a post on the wall, with their necks enveloped in an iron collar.
JUPE, _s._ a kind of short mantle for a female.
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KAIL, KALE, _s._ common colewort.
KAIL-BROSE, _s._ raw meal placed in a basin with boiling broth poured over it, and then stirred all together.
KAIL-RUNT, _s._ stem of colewort.
KAIM, _s._ a comb.
KAR-HANDED, _adj._ left-handed.
KAY, KA, KAE, _s._ a jack-daw.
KAYME, KAME, _s._ honeycomb.
KEBBUCK, CABBACK, _s._ a cheese.
KEGIE, _adj._ cheerful.
