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.
Jug, v.2 As jugging vbl. n. [f. Jug n. 1] tr. To verify as to capacity by means of a standard ‘jug’. —1669 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 232.
[Thomas Law, weaver in Melrose, fined] for his opposeing of the jugging of the stopes and engadgeing to bring ane jug out of Jedbrugh brunt and sealled by the deane of gild, quherin he succumbed
