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English
Noun
jedge (plural jedges)
- Pronunciation spelling of judge.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter VII, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:"Heap of it, sir," replied the overseer, taking off his cap. "It was that fine yaller lady there that made most of it. She's the one that's a-fomintin' trouble right along. She's a quiet lookin' gal, but she ain't. It's all right what the jedge says to me, but I'm goin' to have a little settlement with this fine lady myself, this time."
- (Scotland) A gauge or standard.
Verb
jedge (third-person singular simple present jedges, present participle jedging, simple past and past participle jedged)
- Pronunciation spelling of judge.
1913, Irvin S. Cobb, The Escape of Mr. Trimm:There ain't nobody reported missin' in this county as we know of, either; so I jedge a verdict of a unknown person dead from unknown causes would be about the correct thing.