Jargonelle, subs. (venery).—The penis. For synonyms see Cream-*stick and Prick.
Jargoozle, verb. (common).—To
mislead; to lead astray; to
bamboozle (q.v.).
Jark, subs. (Old Cant.).—1. See quot.
It. tirella. Also jack.
1567. Harman, Caveat (1814), p. 65. A jarke, a seal.
1608. Dekker, Belman of London, in Wks (Grosart, iii, 102). Which license they (beggars) call a gybe, and the Seales to it, jarkes.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1724. E. Coles, Eng. Dict., s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1818. Scott, Heart of Midlothian, xxv. He knows my gybe [pass] as well as the jark [seal] of e'er a queer cuffin [justice of peace] in England.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
2. (common).—A watch. For synonyms see Ticker.
3. (Oxford University and general).—A safe-conduct pass; a jasker (q.v.),
1818. Scott, Heart of Midlothian, xxix. Stay, gentlemen, . . . this is a jark from Jim Radcliffe.
To jark it, verb. phr. (old).—To run away. For synonyms see Amputate and Skedaddle.—Bee (1823).
Jarkman, subs. (Old Cant).—A
begging-letter writer: a fabricator
of false characters, counterfeit-passes,
and certificates.
1567. Harman, Caveat, p. 60. For as much as these two names, a Iarkeman and a Patrico, bée in the old briefe of vacabonds, and set forth as two kyndes of euil doers, you shall vnderstande that a Iarkeman hathe his name of a Iarke, which is a seale in their Language, as one should make writinges and set seales for lycences and pasporte.
1608. Dekker, Belman of London, sig. C. 3, (ed. 1608). There [are] some in this Schoole of Beggers that practise writing and reading, and those are called jarkmen [old ed. jackmen]: yea, the jarkman is so cunning sometimes that he can speake Latine; which learning of his lifts him vp to aduancement for by that means he becomes Clarke of their Hall, and his office is to make counterfeit licenses, which are called gybes, and to which he puts Seales, and those are termed jarkes.
1622. Beaumont & Fletcher, Beggar's Bush, ii, 1. And then, what name or title e'er they bear, jarkman or Patrico.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1834. Ainsworth, Rookwood, iii, 5. No jarkman, be he high or low.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
Jarrehoe, subs. (Wellington College).—A
man-servant. Cf. Gyp
and Scout.
Jarvel, subs. (old).—A jacket.
Jarvey (or Jarvis), subs. (old: now
recognised).—1. A hackney
coachman.
1811. Lex. Bal., Jarvis, s.v.
1819. De Vaux, Memoirs, s.v. Jervis.
1823. Bee, Dict. of the Turf, s.v. Jarvy.
1835. Beuler, The Devil and the Hackney Coachman. 'Jarvie! jarvie!' 'Here I am your honor'.
1837. Carlyle, French Revolution, II, iv. 3. The glass coachman waits, and in what mood! A brother jarvie drives up; enters into conversation; is answered cheerfully in jarvie dialect etc.
1845. Disraeli, Sybil, V, vii. I pity them ere jarvies a sitting on their boxes all the night and waiting for the nobs what is dancing.
