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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1824
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JEEGETS, n.pl. Also jegets; shiegets. “Little sounding boards, pegs and wheels, in a piece of machinery, such as a mill” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 282).Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 282:
It [water] flowed down on the meikle wheel . . . the which set all the jegets in motion.
