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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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FORJESKIT, ppl.adj. Also -et; -jaskit (Sh.); forejeskit  Exhausted, worn out, broken down (Sh., ne.Sc., Ags., Fif., m.Lth., Peb. 1953; Ayr. 2000s).Lnk. c.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 97:
The lads swore I should not go with them, for I was a forjesket like fellow.Ayr. 1786 Burns 2nd Ep. to J. Lapraik ii.:
Forjeskit sair, with weary legs.Ags. 1815 G. Beattie Poems (1882) 182:
The fiend, forjeskit, tried to 'scape.Fif. 1823 W. Tennant Card. Beaton 114:
Here hae we travelt up to this town, . . . nae little forjeskit.Abd. 1887 Bon-Accord (14 May) 9:
I've been awful forjaskit gaun aboot fae ae market till anither.Kcb. 1897 T. Murray Poems 43:
Batty followed, sair forjeskit, Scarce could wield his draggled tail.m.Sc. 1917 J. Buchan Poems 53:
But luve's the fire that keeps him gaun, Ilk puir forjaskit weariet man.Slk. 1985 Walter Elliot Clash-ma-clavers 15:
Twas on the back road tae the Holm
He felt he had tae stap
An, fair forjaskit, he lay doun
Tae tak a roadside nap. m.Sc. 1986 Ian A. Bowman in Joy Hendry Chapman 43-4 165:
Your minnie, forejeskit, tousie, white as the blossom
o the new-sprung gean ablow:
your ainsel, newborn life kythin in my airms. Abd. 1991 W. S. Milne in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 159:
Them forjeskit bodies nitteran,
whicht an drainit, esh-like stude;
at Charon's tongue teeth estert chitteran.