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w_, light from the fire, flame from the hearth. _I rede ye_, I advise ye, I warn ye. _I'se_, I shall or will. _Ither_, other, one another. J. _Jad_, jade; also a familiar term among country folks for a giddy young girl. _Jauk_, to dally, to trifle. _Jaukin'_, trifling, dallying. _Jauner_, talking, and not always to the purpose. _Jaup_, a jerk of water; to jerk, as agitated water. _Jaw_, coarse raillery, to pour out, to shut, to jerk as water. _Jillet_, a jilt, a giddy girl. _Jimp_, to jump, slender in the waist, handsome. _Jink_, to dodge, to turn a corner; a sudden turning, a corner. _Jink an' diddle_, moving to music, motion of a fiddler's elbow. Starting here and there with a tremulous movement. _Jinker_, that turns quickly, a gay sprightly girl. _Jinkin'_, dodging, the quick motion of the bow on the fiddle. _Jirt_, a jerk, the emission of water, to squirt. _Jocteleg_, a kind of knife. _Jouk_, to stoop, to bow the head, to conceal. _Jow_, to _jow_, a verb, which includes both the swinging motion and pealing sound of a large bell; also the undulation of water. _Jundie_, to justle, a push with the elbow. K. _Kae_, a daw. _Kail_, colewort, a kind of broth. _Kailrunt_, the stem of colewort. _Kain_, fowls, &c., paid as rent by a farmer. _Kebars_, rafters. _Kebbuck_, a cheese. _Keckle_, joyous cry; to cackle as a hen. _Keek_, a keek, to peep. _Kelpies_, a sort of mischievous water-spirit, said to haunt fords and ferries at night, especially in storms. _Ken_, to know; _ken'd_ or _ken't_, knew. _Kennin_, a small matter. _Ket-Ketty_, matted, a fleece of wool. _Kiaught_, carking, anxiety, to be in a flutter. _Kilt_, to truss up the clothes. _Kimmer_, a young girl, a gossip. _Kin'_, kindred. _Kin'_, kind. _King's-hood_, a certain part of the entrails of an ox. _Kintra_, _kintrie_, country. _Kirn_, the harvest supper, a churn. _Kirsen_, to christen, to baptize. _Kist_, a shop-counter. _Kitchen_, anything that eats with bread, to serve for soup, gravy. _Kittle_, to tickle, ticklish. _Kittling_, a young cat. The ace of diamonds is called among rustics the kittlin's e'e. _Knaggie_, like knags, or points of rocks. _Knappin-hammer_, a hammer for breaking stones; _knap_, to strike or break. _Knurlin_, crooked but strong, knotty.
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