Sc. and north. dial. [Goes with JAUP v.] The splash of water against any surface, or one of the drops or spurts of water which this scatters on adjacent bodies; a spot of water or wet mud splashed upon the clothes from wet or muddy ground, etc.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, V. iii. 44. Weill far from thens standis a roche in the see,… Quhilk, sumtyme with the boldnand wallis quhite, Is by the iawp of fludis coverit quyte. Ibid., VIII. i. 136. I am God Tibris,… Quhilk,… with mony iaup and iaw Bettis thir brayis, schawand the bankis down.
1786. Burns, Brigs of Ayr, 126. Then down ye’ll hurl,… And dash the gumlie jaups up to the pouring skies!
1880. Antrim & Down Gloss., Japs, splashes or sparks of water or mud.
1893. Northumbld. Gloss., Jaup, a splash or smut of mud or dirt of any kind adhering to any article. A spurt of water.
b. (See quots.)
1811. Willan, W. Riding Gloss. (E. D. S.), Jop, the sound of water agitated in a narrow or irregular vessel.
1877. N. W. Linc. Gloss., Jaup, the sound produced by liquid shaken in a half-empty cask.
