jalouse

present singular third person jalouses · participle present jalousing · participle past jaloused · past jaloused

1. ScotlandtransitiveTo suspect.

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   Now the mention of the Skerburnfoot brought back to him only the thought of Ailie, and not of the witch wife, her mother. So he jaloused no ill, for at the best he was slow in the uptake. […] 'Ford!' cried John, in scorn. 'There'll be nae ford for you the nicht unless it was the ford o' the river Jordan. The burns are up and bigger than man ever saw them. It'll be a Beltane's E'en that a' folk will remember. They tell me that Gled valley is like a loch, and that there's an awesome heap o' folk drouned in the hills. Gin ye were ower the Mire, what about crossin' the Caulds and the Sker?' says he, for he jaloused he was going to Gledsmuir.

   1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

2. archaictransitiveTo be jealous of.

   When my two sisters (these two bitches, O Commander of the Faithful!) saw me by the side of my young lover they jaloused me on his account and were wroth and plotted mischief against me.

   1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 18