A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
(Jest,) Jeest, v.2 [e.m.E. ieast, iest(e (1526). Cf. geist Gest v.1] intr. To scoff, jeer, mock. —1662 Nicoll Diary 369.
[He] maid many of the memberis of Parliament to lagh and jeest
