A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Jug, v.1 Also: jwgin vbl. n. [Appar. chiefly or only Sc and occurring earlier than Jug n. 2, from which it might be thought to derive. (Cf. also Juggis n.)] intr. To tope, tipple, drink. —a1538 Abell Chron. 64 b.
He gaif him to drinkin and jwgin & wanton plais 1596 Dalr. I. 290/4.
Culenie … gaue him selfe … to banket, jug, and drink 1681 Wm. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (Lond., 1681) s.v. Jug.]
[Be jugging or jogging: Aut bibe, aut abi
