Sc. [Of obscure origin: cf. JUNK sb.2 1 d, and Sc. dunt a piece or lump.] a. A lump or large piece, esp. of meat or bread; a chunk; also, a large quantity of a liquid. b. transf. A squat, chunky person.

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  a.  1715.  Ramsay, Christ’s Kirk Gr., II. xx. Twa good junts of beef, Wi’ hind and fore spoul of a sheep.

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1797.  A. Douglas, New Year’s Wish, Poems (1806), 67. A junt o’ beef, baith fat an’ fresh … in your pat.

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1824.  Mactaggart, Gallovid. Encycl., Junt, a large quantity of liquid of any kind … Gowdie, the cow, gives a junt of milk.

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  b.  1787.  W. Taylor, Sc. Poems, 26. Brave Jess, the fodgel junt, Did ha[u]d Dad’s hands.

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