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I jalouse, my Lord Monteagle, ye're saying ae word for my Lord Northumberland and twa for yoursel '.

—It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot

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A dialectal (Scotch) form of jealous. They jaloused the opening of our letters at Fairport. Scott, Antiquary, xliv.

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J'accuserai les vents et cette mer jalouse — Laperouse
'The loons might jalouse our being overfriendly thegither.' — A Modern Telemachus
Aziz are not seafaring; and gin the morn they jalouse what we have done, we have the start of them. — A Modern Telemachus
"I jalouse it's neither siller nor the Kirk o 'Scotland that's fashing him. — The Proverbs of Scotland
Malgré la mer jalouse et les récifs, — Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"

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