jedge

English

Noun

jedge (plural jedges)

1. Pronunciation spelling of judge.
   • 1872, Edward Eggleston, The End Of The World:

     But he a'n't no singin'-master—not of I'm any jedge of turnips.

   • 1882, Louisa May Alcott, Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories:

     "I ain't no great of a jedge about anything but nat'ralness of books, and it really does seem as if some of your men and women was dreadful uncomfortable creaters.

   • 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:

     "De ole jedge has be'n a little onreg'lar sence de wah, suh […]"

   • 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."

2. (Scotland) A gauge or standard.

Verb

jedge (third-person singular simple present jedges, present participle jedging, simple past and past participle jedged)

1. Pronunciation spelling of judge.
   • 1913, Irvin S. Cobb, The Escape of Mr. Trimm‎^[1]:

     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.