Jannic, C, a Lancashire word, signifying fair or honest.
“Thoo hes ower mickle jaw to be _jannic_.”
Said to a voluble Auctioneer.
Jink, S, to escape suddenly, a rapid evasion.
“Our billie’s gi’en us a’ the _jink_,
An’ owre the sea.”
_Burns._
Job-jurnal, C, a toy on the principle of a humming top, but made with a
shouldered stick passed through a perforated nut-shell and an apple, or
failing that, a potato stuck upon the lower end, to be spun by pulling
a string wrapped upon the shaft within the shell. In Furness this name
is applied to the pig-nut, which in central Cumberland is called a
_yowie-yorlin_, and in Dumfriesshire a _hornick_.
Joggle, C, to shake sharply, or violently.
“He dreàv us ower rwoads ’at varra nār _joggled_ us to bits.”
Said by an old lady at Loweswater.
Jook, S, to shrink, or dip the head to elude observation or missile.
“It’s past _jooking_ when the heid’s off.”—Proverb.