jeen.
Scottish.
‘A move, motion’ (Jamieson 1880). on the jee: off the straight, ajee adv. and adj.
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the world > movement > [noun] > a movement
charec1325
stirring1340
mudge1808
move1827
jee1829
shift1831
the world > space > relative position > inclination > obliquely [phrase] > askew
on or upon wry1423
clean cam (kam)1579
out of straight1678
on the jee1893
1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 25 560 You canna gie your head a jie to the ae side, without [etc.].
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxiii. 276 To set you on the jee.
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jeev.
/dʒiː/, U.S. /dʒi/, Scottish English /dʒi/ Scottish.
1. intransitive. To move, to stir; to move to one side; to move to and fro (quot. 1727).
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the world > movement > move [verb (intransitive)]
stira1000
icchec1175
wag?c1225
movea1325
routa1325
to-wawea1375
removea1400
sway?a1400
trotc1430
ayrec1440
quinch1511
walk1533
twitch1542
shift1595
jee1727
to get around1849
1727 A. Ramsay Bessy Bell & Mary Gray iv Our fancies jee between you twae, Ye are sic bonny lasses.
1728 A. Ramsay Vision xxii Ay jieand, and flieand, Round lyk a wedder-cock.
1778 A. Ross Helenore (ed. 2) 67 She never jeed [1768 budg'd], till he was out o' sight.
1896 J. Lumsden Poems 123 A gloom fell owre the hame when Willie jeed awa.
2. transitive. To cause to move, to move; to move aside, shift, or displace slightly.
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the world > movement > cause to move [verb (transitive)]
stira1023
icchec1175
wawc1290
movea1382
remble1579
rouse1582
agitate1592
act1597
to put in (also into, to) motion1597
activate1624
actuate1641
animate1646
ferment1667
to feague away1671
to carry about1680
excite1694
jee1722
bestir1813
emotion1831
to set on1855
send1864
motion1929
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > slightly
jee1722
1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iv. 34 Wha with Havins jees his Bonnet.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) ‘Ye're no able to jee it;’ You cannot move it.
1838 J. Struthers Poet. Tales 81 A lassie..Staw up our stair Syne jee't the door.
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jeeadv.int.
(a) The verb-stem used adverbially or as an exclamation: see jee v. 1 (Scottish). (b) = gee int.1 a word of command to a horse.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > riding a horse (or other animal) [interjection] > urge on a horse
gee-ho1731
jee1786
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations
oeOE
heya1225
ouc1300
we13..
hac1320
how1377
how now?c1380
vaha1382
ha a!c1386
ha ha!c1386
hoa1400
ohoa1400
yowc1440
yoa1475
heh1475
hey ho?c1475
huffc1485
wemaya1500
whewa1500
wow1513
huffa?1520
gup?1528
ist1540
whow1542
hougha1556
whoo1570
good-now1578
ooh1602
phew1604
highday1606
huh1608
whoo-whoop1611
sessaa1616
tara1672
hegh1723
hip1735
waugha1766
whoofa1766
jee1786
goody1796
yaw1797
hech1808
whoo-ee1811
whizz1812
yah1812
soh1815
sirs1816
how1817
quep1822
soho1825
ow1834
ouch1838
pfui1838
suz1844
shoo1845
yoop1847
upsadaisy1862
houp-la1870
hooch1871
nu1892
ouff1898
upsy1903
oo-er1909
ooh-wee1910
eina1913
oops1921
whoopsie1923
whoops-a-daisy1925
hot-cha-cha1929
upsadaisy1929
walla1929
hotcha1931
hi-de-ho1936
po po po1936
ho-de-ho1941
oh, oh1944
oopsy1956
chingas1984
bambi2007
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 104 When click! the string the snick did draw; And jee! the door gaed to the wa'.
1880 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) Jee, jee-up, a call to a horse to move.
1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 136 Only the creak of the gibbets Or waggoner's jee.
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