adv. Sc. and dial. [A prep.1 of state + JEE: see AGEE.] Aside, off the straight line; hence (of a gate) ajar. Also fig.
1733. Ramsay, Tea-Table Misc. (ed. 9), I. 35. Let ne’er a new whim ding thy fancy a-jee.
1793. Burns, Wks., IV. 98. Comena unless the back-yett be a-jee.
1816. Scott, Old Mort., 257. His brain was a wee ajee, but he was a braw preacher for a’ that.
