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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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JUMMLE, v., n. Also jummel, jum(m)il; jamil, jamle (Cai. 1869 M. Maclennan Peasant Life 240); jaumle (Sc. 1911 S.D.D.). Sc. forms of Eng. jumble. Sc. v. usages, obs. earlier in Eng.:

I. v. 1. tr. and intr. To agitate; to shake (a liquid) so as to render it thick or turbid, to churn (Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 254). Gen.Sc.; to foul water (Sc. 1825 Jam.).Sc. 1743 R. Maxwell Select Trans. 292:
Jumble the Bottle. They will be as fine as Dantzick Waters.Sc. a.1826 Friar in the Well in Child Ballads No. 276 B. xiii.:
As for your money, there is no much matter To make you pay more for jumbling our water.Sh. 1900 Shetland News (26 May):
Is yon mylk no kirn'd yet, Sibbie? foo lang is doo gaein' ta jumble into it?Lnk. 1919 G. Rae Clyde and Tweed 2:
But tremblin' waits by the jummlin' sea, For the brekin' o' the day.

2. intr. To make a churning, clunking or gen. confused noise (Sh. 1959).Rnf. 1804 A. Wilson Poems (1844) 248:
The lone bells jumbling through the sounding wood.Slk. 1807 Hogg Shepherd's Guide 41:
This is easily discovered by putting both hands to its belly, and working them with a quick vibration, when, if it be the Water Braxy it will jumble.Rnf. 1835 D. Webster Rhymes 12:
That she sang to a tune o' her ain — But it jumilt and jamilt.

II. n. A solution of liquorice and water made in a bottle by children (Ayr. 1920).