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 ALMONDBURT AND HUDDERSFIELD. 71 Jannook, adj. genuine; honest; Btraightforward. 'That's not Jannock '=* That's not fair.' Jannoek, sb. Bay says this word means ' oat-bread made into large loayes.* I have met with one aged man, and only one, who seems to know this £EU}t; but hannock has a smiilar meaning. Javel, vb, to wrangle, or quarrel Spenser uses the same word for a worthless fellow. Jealous, adj, afraid, or suspicious. * Ai!m Jealous he's not baan to carry on long,' i, e, * I fear he is not going on long with his business.' Jogging) pt. joining at dinner, &c. from another's stores. JegB, th. shares. ' To go Jegs ' = to go shares. Jammers. See Oemmen. Jenny broach (pronounced ^tnny braich), used for the hand jenny to spin from. In form like a pencil pointed at both ends, and thicker towards the bottom. fThe old meaning of broach was a point, or pointed pin.—Yf. W. S.J Jerry, ab. the common name of a machine for finishing doth, by wluch all the rough portions are remoyed. Jezebel, sb. a term of reproach curiously used even for a man. F. said to M. H. the constable, ' Au'll mak' thee do thy duty, tha old Jexebdf' Jiste (pronounced yatM^), vb. to 'agist,' or feed cattle for hire : used chiefly in the participle fisting. An animal so fed is a jister (jauster). rUltimately from Latin jacere. It originally meant to find cattle a lodging, or lying-down place. — W. W. §.] Jobby, sb. a beam or jamb. John it, or Jotl it, an expression used by some as an oatL Johnny ringo (pronounced ring-go) ^ the name of a children's game, thus played. One kneels down, and the rest, boys and girls, one or both, stand round in a ring. One of the players goes round the ling and says, ' Johnny, Johnny ringo.^ The centre player calls out, The outsider says, Whaul they're all done/ and as he takes them one by one from the ring they hida Johnny Bingo at length gets up to look for his sheep ; when he finds them they run about * baaing,' and he catches them, and reckons to cut
 * Dont stale all my feiun sheep.'
 * Nobbut one by one