Note 708 — Chapter II · SUMMARY.
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A contemptuous term of reproach derived from the word javel or jifell, jail, and literally meaning jail-birds.—Glossary appended to Knox’s History of the Reformation, edited by D. Laing, Esq.
Reading edition
A contemptuous term of reproach derived from the word javel or jifell, jail, and literally meaning jail-birds.—Glossary appended to Knox’s History of the Reformation, edited by D. Laing, Esq.