ajee, adv. Sc. and dial.
(əˈdʒiː)
[a prep.1 of state + jee: see agee.]
Aside, off the straight line; hence (of a gate) ajar. Also fig.
| 1733 Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (ed. 9) I. 35 Let ne'er a new whim ding thy fancy a-jee. 1793 Burns Wks. IV. 98 Comena unless the back-yett be a-jee. 1816 Scott Old Mort. 257 His brain was a wee ajee, but he was a braw preacher for a' that. |