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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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JABART, n. Also jaabard, jabbard. [′tʃɑbərt(d)]

1. Any animal in a weak or debilitated state (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.; Cai. 1907 County of Cai. (Horne) 75, jaabard, Cai. 1959).Mry. 1813 W. Leslie Agric. Mry. 459:
Jabart, a starved horse, overworked and unfit for service.

2. Fig.: “a lean cod or other large fish” (Cai. 1907 D. B. Nicolson in County of Cai. 75, jaabard, Cai. 1959); “fish out of season, as a haddock in January” (Mry. 1813 W. Leslie Agric. Mry. 459). Also contemptuously of a person.Cai. 1949:
An auld thrawn jabbard.