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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1768, 1868-2000
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JUIST, adv. Also joost; juest, jeust (Ork.), jöst (Sh.); jist, jeest, je(i)st; jis (Hdg. 1876 J. Teenan Song and Satire 27); joust (Dmf. 1830 R. Broun Mem. Curl. Mab. 72); see Duist for other forms. [I. and m.Sc. dʒøst, dʒyst, dʒɪst; ne.Sc. + dʒist; Kcd., Gall. + dʒust. For the phonetics, cf. Judge, Justice, Jupe, n.1, Jute.]
Sc. forms and usages of Eng. just: really, quite, absolutely, simply; differing from Eng. in implying no less than, as opposed to no more than, a specified degree, and very freq., esp. in ne.Sc., following and not preceding the word it modifies. Hence used as an emphatic asseverative: indeed, truly; and in phrs. juist (that) (na), freq. in answers: quite, quite so, exactly, precisely.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 17:
They were a' just like to eat their thumb That he wi' her sae far ben should a come.Ags. 1868 G. Webster Strathbrachan II. 351:
"Justna, justna", said the hostess, "Nae doubt ye've a grand up-pitting."Lnl. 1880 T. Orrock Fortha's Lyrics 30:
"Weel-a-weel, I'll jist say yer no coming, then, Danny." "Jist that, Joseph."Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 215:
This is a true story, for I've heard 'm tell't mysel', oh! fifty 'ear sin' feckly, juist.Abd. 1892 Innes Review (Spring 1956) 23:
I took a drammie that time, for I was geeled jist.m.Sc. 1893 A. S. Swan Homespun v.:
"I suppose he'll jist stap in to your fireside, Marget?" "Jist that."Ayr. 1895 H. Ochiltree Redburn ix.:
"She's gi'en the hoose a bit redd up. Things were back a wee, inside, ye ken." "Juist that na."s.Sc. 1901 N.E.D.:
You did not take it. I did just.Bch. 1949 W. R. Melvin Poems 99:
Yon Navy boykee that's gunner aboord My boat is nae eese ava', jist.Highl. 1971 Allan Campbell McLean The Year of the Stranger (1987) 2:
If I had not been smart in ducking, the blow he struck at my head would have felled me senseless. 'I was drying myself just,' I added hastily. wm.Sc. 1978 Christine Marion Fraser Rhanna (1979) 157:
Shelagh wakened from a very satisfying nap and gave vent to her pent up 'winds'. 'Terrible just,' she consoled herself ... wm.Sc. 1985 Liz Lochhead Tartuffe 3:
Can you no learn to shut your cheeky face?
You're jist a servin' lass, it's no your place ... Edb. 1990 James Allan Ford in Joy Hendry Chapman 59 44:
" ... The difference is that you're growing up and, wherever you are, growing is learning, just." m.Sc. 1990 Douglas Lipton in Hamish Whyte and Janice Galloway New Writing Scotland 8: The Day I Met the Queen Mother 57:
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Aye. D'they no' jeest Sc. 1991 T. S. Law in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 33:
whuin monie coals were gy nearhaun
the surface o the grallocht grun,
the maist o colliers' hames were haundie
til pitheid, juist abuin the cundie Abd. 1991 David Ogston in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 117:
There wisna juist a lot o room
In the wee seat. My knees
Wis a bit scuffy for clearance
An I hid naebody tae spik till. Dundee 1996 Matthew Fitt Pure Radge 8:
the fuhl-back's skinned
the defence is left haunless
juist the keeper
ainlie the keeper em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 16:
'Have you got a job at the moment, Andrew?' Hardie asked.
'She jist asked me that.'
