Sc. Also 7 jae. [See JAW sb.2]
1. intr. To rush in waves; to dash or pour; to splash; to surge.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, V. Prol. 53. Bot my propyne coym fra the pres fuit hait, Vnforlatit, not iawyn fra tun to tun.
a. 1800[?]. Sir Roland, 91, in Child, Ballads, I. (1857), 345. For now the water jawes owre my head, And it gurgles in my mouth.
2. trans. To pour or dash (water) in waves; to throw or dash (liquid) in quantity.
c. 1680. R. Law, Mem. (1818), 177. When it [the elephant] drinks … it jaes in the water in it’s mouth as from a great spout.
1725. Ramsay, Gentle Sheph., I. i. Tempest may cease to jaw the rowan flood.
1787. Burns, American War, i. Then up they gat the maskin-pat, And in the sea did jaw, man.
Hence Jawing ppl. a.
c. 1800[?]. Lass of Lochroyan, 43, in Scott, Minstr. Scot. Bord. The stately tower … Whilk stood aboon the jawing wave.
