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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†CIRCUMJACK, v.

1. “To agree to, or correspond with” (w.Lth. 1825 Jam.2).

2. To lie close, fit tightly.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 133:
The Clerk's [breeches] . . . cannilie, unto his thies, Did circumjack and clap!

[O.Sc. has circumjacent, lying around or near, 1585, from which the above is derived. For first meaning cf. also Abd. Jeck.]

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