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.

KEEK, KEIK, v. n. to look with a prying eye.

KEEK-BO, s. bo-peep.

KEEKING-GLASS, s. a mirror.

KEELIVINE, s. a blacklead pencil.

To KEKKIL, KEKIL, v. n. to cackle; to laugh aloud.

KELL, KULL, s. a dress for a woman’s head. A caul, the hinder-part of a woman’s cap.

KELPIE, WATER-KELPIE, s. the spirit of the waters, who, as is vulgarly believed, gives warning of those who are to be drowned within the precincts of his beat.  This is indicated by preternatural noises and lights.  He is supposed to appear in the form of a horse.  Many wonderful exploits are attributed to the kelpie.

KELT, s. a salmon that has just spawned; a foul fish that has not been in salt water.

KEMP, s. a champion.

KEMPIN, s. the act of striving on the harvest field.

To KEN, v. n. to know.

KENNED, part. pa. of to know.

KENSPECKLE, adj. having so remarkable an appearance as to be easily known.

KEP, KEPP, v. a. to intercept.

KICK, s. a novelty. Kickshaw, a new piece of finery.

KILL, s. a kiln.

KILT, s. a short petticoat extending from the belly to the knee, used by the Highlanders of Scotland instead of breeches.

To KILT, v. a. to tuck up.

KIMMER, s. a young woman.