jaud

Scots

Noun

jaud (plural jauds)

1. jade (bad-tempered or disreputable woman)
   • 1878, Mather, “My Auld Aunty Lizzie Was Famed for a Spinner”, in Whistle-Binkie: Or, the Piper of the Party:

     Then Lizzie wad coax her, as I've heard her tell,
     Wi' a lick o' sweet oil an' a feeze o' her hand,
     She soon brought the dorty jaud back to hersel'.