A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500, 1600-1660
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Jak, Jake, v. Also jakking vbl. n. and jacking ppl. a. [Of obscure origin. in the mod. dial. as jauk.] intr. To idle, dawdle, spend time idly. Also vbl. n. and ppl. a. —a1500 Prestis of Peblis 20.
With thaim self quhat thai wald tell or crak, Umquhile sadly, vmquhile jangle and jak 1600-1610 Melvill 435.
Nocht [to] stand at the durre geiffing in peapers of petitiones, and skarslie when they haid iaked on manie dayes, gott sa mikle as a fear answer1659 Johnston Diary (1940) 113.1660 Ib. 178. —1627 Misc. Hist. Soc. I. 96.
During quhilk tyme I am … putt to ane bak rowme to be ane idill onwaiter, quhilk is … contrair to my nature, for I love not jakking nor idilsett 1659 Hay Diary 183.
This was but ane idle, jacking day
