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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Jaw, v. Also: ja. P.p. jawyn. [Also in later dial.: cf. Jaw n. and Jalling-stane. If the form jall is original, cf. the suggestions made under Jow v., of which this may orig. be a variant.] tr. To pour or dash (liquid) in copious spurts or splashes. — 1513 Doug. v. Prol. 53.
My propyne come … Onforlatit, not jawyn fra tun to tun, In fresch sapour new from the berry run 1684 Law Memor. 177.
[An elephant with its trunk] jaes in the water in its mouth as from a great spout a 1706 Sempill P. 46/19.
Wha'll jaw ale on my drouthy tongue?