660 JAY JASMINE or capsule, and the corolla-lobes are much tica yields an elastic substance used as a shaft of hard wood and a long barbed imbricated. caoutchouc. head of iron or steel. Jasmine, Jasmin (jas’min), n. [Fr. jasmin; Jauk (jąk), v.i. (Perhaps connected with Javelin (javlin), v.t. To strike or wound Ar. and ultimately Pers. yasemin, jasmine. ] gawk, gawky.) To trifle; to spend one's with or as with a javelin. The popular name of the species of the genus time idiy. (Scotch.] A bolt (For now the storm was close about them) struck, Jasminum. They are elegant, branched, An' mind their labours wi' an eydent hand, Furrowing a giant oak, and javelining erect or climbing shrubs, with impari- An' ne'er, though out o' sight, to jauk or play. With darted spikes and splinters of the wood pinnate, trifoliolate, or simple leaves, and Burns. Tennyson (usually cymose) white or yellow flowers, Jaum (jäm), n. Same as Jamb. (Scotch.) Javelinier,t n. A soldier armed with a Jaumange (zho-manzh), n. [Fr. jaune, yel javelin. low, and manger, meat.] A variety of blanc The javeliniers foremost of all began the fight. mange; Dutch flummery. Holland Jauncet (jäns), v.i. (0.Fr. jancer. See Javelottier,t n. Same as Javelinier. “The JAUNT, V.1.) To ride hard; to harass or spearmen or javelottiers of the vaward.' fatigue a horse in riding; to ride or rove Holland. here and there. Jaw (ja), n. [O.E. chaw, that which chaws Spur-galled, and tired by jauncing Bolingbroke. or chews. With regard to the substitution Shak. of j for the O.E. ch comp. chorol, joul] jaunes, jaunis, jawnes, Fr. jaunisse, from teeth are fixed; the maxillary bones. Led slowly through the pass's jaws. Sir W. Scott. view of external objects and depression of Drop head foremost in the jazes Of darkness. Tennyson. spirits, the name is given to a feeling or emotion disordering the judgment, as jeal. Jaw (ja), v.i. To talk or gossip; also, to Common White Jasmine. ousy, envy, and the like. Jealousy, the scold; to clamour. [Vulgar. ) jaundice of the soul.' Dryden. Jaw (ja), v.t. To abuse by scolding; to use from some of which delicious perfumes are Jaundice (jąn'dis), v.t.pret. & pp. jaundiced; impertinent or impudent language towards. extracted There are about 100 species, ppr. jaundicing. "1. To affect with jaundice. Jaw Ga), n. (Probably imitative of sound of .) most of them Asiatic; some occur in south Hence-2. To affect with prejudice or envy. and a few in tropical Africa, while one is He beheld the evidence of wealth, and the envy of splashing of water. ] A wave; a considera native of Southern Europe. The Caroline wealth jaundiced his soul. Lord Lytton. able quantity of any liquid. (Scotch.) jasmine is Gelsemium nitidum. Often writ Jaw (ja), v.t. To pour out; to throw or dash Jauner (jąn'ér), n. Foolish talk. [Scotch.] ten Jessamine. out rapidly, and in considerable quantity, Jaunt (jant), v.i. (O. Fr. jancer, explained Jaspt (jasp), 12. Jasper. as a liquid. (Scotch.] by Cotgrave as to stir a horse in the stable, The floor of jasp and emeraude was dight. Spenser. Jaw-bone (ja'bon), n. The bone of the jaw to jaunt; comp. jaunce, which is another in which the teeth are fixed. Jaspachatet (jas' pa-kāt), n. (Fr. jaspa- form.] 1. To wander here and there; to Jaw-box (ja'boks) n. Same as Jau-hole. chate, L. and Gr. iaspachatēs.] Agate jas- make an excursion; to ramble.—2. To move [Scotch.) per. up and down in a jolting manner. Jaw-breaker (ja'brāk-ér), n. A hard or Jasper (jas'për), n. (Fr. jaspe, L. Gr. iaspis, Jaunt (jänt), n. 1. An excursion; a ramble; many-syllabled word; a word very hard to Ar. yasheb, Heb. yashpheh. ) An impure a short journey.-2.1 Up and down rough pronounce. (Slang. ) opaque coloured quartz, less hard than jolting movement.-Sen. Trip, tour, excur- Jawed (jad), a. 1. Denoting the appearance fint or even than common quartz, but sion, ramble. of the jaws.-2. Having jaws. Jawed like which gives fire with steel. It is entirely | Jaunt (jänt), n. (Fr. jante.] A felly of a a jetty.' Skelton. opaque, or sometimes feebly translucent at wheel. Jawfall (ja'fal), n. Depression of the jaw; the edges, and presents almost every vari. Jauntily (jän'ti-li), adv. Briskly; airily; hence, depression of spirits, as indicated by ety of colour. It is found in metamorphic gaily depression of the jaw. rocks, and often occurs in very large masses. Jauntiness (jän'ti-nes), n. The quality of Jaw-fallen (ja'faln), a. Depressed in spirits; It admits of an elegant polish, and is used being jaunty; airiness; sprightliness. dejected; chop-fallen. for vases, seals, snuff-boxes, &c. There are A certain stiffness in my limbs entirely destroyed Jaw-foot (ja'fyt), n. In zool. the foot of a several varieties, as red, brown, blackish, that jaunliness of air I was once master of. lobster near to its mouth. bluish, Egyptian. - Agate jasper is jasper in Addison. Jaw-hole (ja hõl), n. A place into which layers with chalcedony.- Porcelain jasper is Jaunting-car, Janty-car (fän'ting-kär, dirty water, &c., is thrown; a sink. [Scotch.) only baked clay. jän'ti-kär), n. A light car used in Ireland Jaw-lever (ja’lė-vėr), n. An instrument for Jasperated (jas'pér-āt-ed), a. Mixed with in which the passengers ride back to back opening the mouth of cattle in order to adjasper; containing particles of jasper; as, on folding-down seats placed at right angles minister medicine. jasperated agate. to the axle, the occupants having their feet Jawnt (jan), v.i. To yawn. 'Stop his jaunJaspery (jas'per-i), a. Having the qualities near the ground. There is generally a 'well' ing chaps.' Marston. See YAWN. of jasper; mixed with jasper. between the seats for receiving luggage, and Jaw-rope (ja'rõp), n. Naut. a rope attached Jaspidean, Jaspideous (jas-pid'ē-an, jas- a seat in front for the driver. to the jaws of a gaff to prevent it from compid'7-us), a. Like jasper; consisting of jas- Jaunty (jän'ti), a. Gay and easy in manner ing off the mast. per, or partaking of jasper. or actions; airy; sprightly; affecting ele- Jaw-tooth (ja'töth), n. A tooth in the back Jaspoid (jas'poid), a. [Fr. jaspe, jasper, gance; showy; finical; as, he walked along part of the jaw; a molar; a grinder. and Gr. eidos, resemblance.] Resembling with quite a jaunty air. Jaw-wedge (ja'wej), n. A wedge to tighten jasper. This sort of woman is a jaunty slattern, she hangs an axle-box in an axle-guard. Jasponyx (jas'po-niks), n. [L. iasponya, Gr. on her clothes, plays her head, and varies her pos- Jawy (ja'i), a. Relating to the jaws. iasponyx-iaspis, jasper, and onyx, a finger Spectator. nail, a precious stone.) The purest horn- Jaup (ap), n. [Comp. Sc. jaw.] A portion Jay jä), n (Fr. geai, o. Fr. and Picardy gai, Pr. gai, jai, Sp. gayo; of same origin coloured onyx, with beautiful green zones, of water dashed or splashed up. (Scotch.) composed of genuine matter of the finest Jaup (jap), v.i. To dash and rebound as jaspers. water; to make a noise like water agitated Jatamansi (ja-ta-man'si), n. The East In- in a close vessel. [Scotch.) dian name for the true spikenard, Nardo- Jaup (jap), v.t. To bespatter, as with water stachys Jatamansi. or mud. [Scotch.) Jateorhiza (jat-e-o-ri'za), n. [Gr. iatër, a Javanese (jav'an-ěz), a. Relating to Java. physician, and rhiza, a root.) A genus of Javanese (jav'an-ez), n. A native of, or the Menispermaceæ, closely allied to Cocculus: language of Java. Jarble, Jarvel. cian, and trophē, food.) A genus of woody fellow. These two javels cymes of small flowers, belonging to the nat. Should render up a reckoning of their travels Unto their master, Spenser order Euphorbiacea, for the most part inhabiting the tropical parts of America. Some Javelin (jav'lin), n. (Fr. javeline, It. giave- Common Jay (Garrulus glandarius). of the species are of some importance both lina, Sp. jabalina. The Romance forms as medicine and food. The seeds of J. are perhaps from 0. E. gavellock, a javelin as adjective gay, the name signifying the glauca yield an oil of a stimulating quality. or dart; the alternative Fr. form javelot, as gay or lively bird.) 1. A bird of the genus The seeds of J. Curca: (now Curcas pur- well as the It. giavelloto, and 0.F1. gavelote Garrulus, family Corvidæ or crows, but hargans) are purgative. The roots of J. Mani- support this conjecture. The root meaning ing the mandibles weaker than in the crows, hot yield the celebrated manioc of the ne- is probably in G. gabel or W.gafl, a fork.) A and terminating in a sudden and nearly groes, known by the name of cassava in the light spear thrown from the hand, in use equal curve. The tail is wedge-shaped, not West Indies, and tapioca of Brazil. (See in ancient warfare both by horse and foot. long, and the slender feathers of the foreMANIOC, CASSAVA, and TAPIOCA.) J. elas- It was about 51 feet long, and consisted of head can be erected like a crest. The com ture. JAYET 661 JERBOA mon jay(Garrulus glandarius) is a woodland Jee (je), v.i. or t. See GEE. Jellied (jel'lid), a. Brought to the conbird, and chooses the thickest shades of Jeel (jél), n. In the East Indies, a shallow sistence of jelly. woods, and though its chatter is often heard lake or morass. The kiss that sips it is very seldom seen. It occurs in almost Jeer (jēr), v.i. [Etymology uncertain. Per- The jellied philtre of her lips. Cleaveland. all parts of the British Islands where there haps from 0. Fr. girer, It. girare, L. gyrare, Jelloped (jel' lopt), a. In her. a term is cover for it. When taken young it is to turn in a circle. ] To utter severe sarcastic applied to the comb and gills of a cock easily tamed, becomes very docile, and may reflections; to scoff; to make a mock of some when of a tincture different from the body. be taught a number of tricks. It is capable person or thing; as, to jeer at one in sport. Written also Jowlopped. of articulating words. The blue jay is Gar- He with the Romans was esteemed so Jelly (jelli), n. [Fr, gelée, from geler, L. rulus cristatus, a native of North America, As silly jcering idiots are with kings. Shak. gelo, to freeze; so gelatine, congeal ] Anyand considerably smaller than the European Jeer (jēr), v. t. To treat with scoffs or deri- thing coagulated into a viscous or glutinous jay. The Canada jay (G. canadensis) is a sion; to make a mock of; to deride; to flout. state, as (a) the inspissated juice of fruit more northern American species. There Jeer (jer), n. A scoff; a taunt; a fiout; a jibe; boiled with sugar; (b) a transparent sizy are other species found in the north-west mockery; derision; ridicule with scorn. substance obtained from animal substances of America, Mexico, and the Himalaya Midas, exposed to all their jeers, by decoction. Mountains. -2.† A woman of loose charac- Had lost his art, and kept his ears. Swift. Oh, then, my best blood turn ter. To an infected jelly. Shak. Jeer (jër), n. Naut. same as Gear. Some jay of Italy, Whose mother was her painting, hath betrayed him. Jeerer (jēr'ér), n. One who jeers; a scoffer; Jellybag (jelli-bag), n. A bag through which Shak. a railer; a scorner; a mocker. jelly is distilled. Jayett (ja'et), n. Same as Jet. Jelly-fish (jel’li-fish), n. The popular name Jazel (jă zel), n. (Comp. Sp. azul, E. azure.) They are the jeerers, mocking, fouting Lacks, B fonson. used to designate the Medusidæ, Acalepha, A gem of an azure blue colour. Jeeringly (jēr'ing-li), adv. In a jeering Jemidar, Jemmadar (jem-i-dar', jem-ma or sea-nettles. See ACALEPHÆ, MEDUSIDÆ. Jazerant, Jazerine (ja'zėr-ant, jā'zėr-in), n. manner; with raillery; scornfully; conOne of the contrivances of the middle ages temptuously; in mockery. där'), n. [Per. and Hind. jama-dâr, the to supply the place of the heavier armour Jeffersonite (jef'fer-son-it), n. [After Jef keeper of a wardrobe, a musketeer, from of chain and plate. Like the brigandine ferson, third president of the United States.) jāma, garments, clothes.] A native officer work it was composed of small overlapping A variety of augite occurring in crystalline in the Anglo-Indian army having the rank pieces of steel, fastened by one edge upon masses, of a dark olive-green colour passing of lieutenant. canvas, which was covered with cloth, silk, into brown, found imbedded in franklinite Each sepoy regiment had a soubadar-major, who could act as colonel, a soubadar or captain, a jemor velvet, the gilt heads of the rivets that and garnet in New Jersey. madar or subaltern, and a complete staff of havil. secured the plates forming an ornament on Jegget t (jeg'et), 12. (Comp. Prov. E. jegge, dars and naicks, to each company. Fames Grant. the outside. It was used for cuisses, bras- a gigot, and gigot.) A kind of sausage. Jemminess (jem'mi-nes), N. Spruceness; sarts, and other portions of harness, but Jehovah (je-ho'va), n. A Scripture name neatness. (Colloq.) very generally in the fourteenth and fifteenth of the Supreme Being, the proper form of Jemmy (jem'mi), a. (Possibly for gemmy, centuries for jackets. which, according to most scholars, should but comp. gim and gimp.) Spruce; neat; Jealous (jel'us), a. (0. Fr. jalous, Fr. jaloux, be Yahveh or Yahweh. If, as is supposed, smart. (Colloq.) Prov. gelos, gilos, It. geloso, from L. L. zelo- this name is from the Hebrew substantiye 1. A short stout crowbar used by houserivalry. The word is therefore another form PERMANENT and SELF-EXISTING BEING. breakers for opening doors. -- 2. A baked of zealous.] 1. Uneasy through fear that Jehovist (je-ho'vist), n. 1. Among Biblical sheep's head. affection, good-will, interest, or the like, re- critics, one who maintains that the vowel She returned with a dish of sheep's heads, which garded as belonging to one's self, is or may points annexed to the word Jehovah in gave occasion to several pleasant witticisms, founded he transferred to another; pained by sus- Hebrew are the proper vowels of the word upon the singular coincidence of 'jommies' being picion of preference given to another; sus- and express the true pronunciation. The a cant name common to them and an ingenious picious in love; apprehensive of rivalry. Jehovists are opposed to the Adonists, who instrument much used in his profession. Dickens. To both these sisters have I sworn my love: hold that the points annexed to the word Jenite (yen'it), n. A different orthography Each jealous of the other, as the stung Jehovah are the vowels of the word Adonai. of Yenite (which see). Are of the adder. Shak. 2. The supposed author of the Jehovistic Jennet (jen'net), n. [See GENET.) A small 2. Solicitous to defend the honour of; con- portions of the Old Testament, especially of Spanish horse. Properly Genet. cerned for the character of; zealous. the Pentateuch. See ELOHIST. They were mounted a la gineta, that is, on the I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts. Jehovistic (je-ho-vist'ik), a. Pertaining to light jennet of Andalusia-a cross of the Arabian. Prescott. 1 Ki. xix. 1o. those passages in the Old Testament, espe3. Suspiciously vigilant; anxiously fearful; cially of the Pentateuch, in which the Jenneting (jen'net-ing), n. [See GENITING.) anxiously careful and concerned for some- Supreme Being is spoken of under the name A species of early apple. thing. Jehovah. See ELOHISTIC. Thy sole delight is, sitting still, I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: Jehu (jē'hū), n. (From Jehu, the son of With that cold dagger of thy bill 2 Cor. xi, 2, To fret the summer jenneting. Tennyson. Nimshi, 2 Ki. ix. 20.) A slang name for a 'Tis doing wrong creates such doubts as these, Renders us jealous and destroys our peace. coachman or one fo of driving Jenny (jen’ni), n. [ For ginny, from gin, short for engine, influenced by its resemWaller. A pious man ... may call a keen foxhunter a That you do love me, I am nothing jealous. Shak. Nimrod and Cowper's friend, Newton, would blance to a common female name. Comp. Jealoushood (jel' us - hyd), n. Jealousy. speak of a neighbour who was given to driving as Ginny-carriage.) A machine for spinning, Fenu. Macaulay. moved by water or steam, and used in Shak. Jealously (jelus-li), adv. With jealousy or Jeisticor, Justicoat (jēs'ti-kor, jus'ti-köt), manufactories. See under SPINNING. [Fr. juste au corps, fitting close to the Jenny-ass (jen'ni-as), n. suspicion; with suspicious fear, vigilance, or The female ass. body.) A jacket or waistcoat with sleeves. Jentling (jent'ling), n. caution. A fish of the genus Sir W. Scott. (Scotch.) Leuciscus, the blue chub, found in the Jealousness (jel'us-nes), n. The state of Danube. being jealous; suspicion ; suspicious vigil- | Jejune (jē - jūn'), a. (L. jejunus, fasting, hungry, empty, dry, barren.] 1. Scantily Jeofail (je-fal'), n. [Fr. j'ai failli, I have ance. Jealousy (jelus-i), n. [Fr. jalousie. See supplied with something; attenuated; poor. failed. ] In law, an oversight in pleading or JEALOUS. ] The quality or character of being In gross and turbid streams there might be con other proceeding at law, or the acknowledgjealous; that passion or peculiar uneasiness tained nutriment, and not in jejune or limpid water. ment of a mistake or oversight. --Statutes Sir T. Browne. of jeofail, the statutes of amendment wherewhich arises from the fear that a rival may 2. Devoid of interesting matter, or attrac- by slips and mistakes in legal proceedings roh us of the affection of one whom we love, tiveness of any kind, said especially of liter- are rectified under certain circumstances. or the suspicion that he has already done it; or the uneasiness which arises from the fear ary productions; bare; meagre; barren ; Jeopard (jep'ärd), v.t. (See JEOPARDY.! To unprofitable; as, a jejune narrative. that another does or will enjoy some ad put in danger; to expose to loss or injury; While the Greek was concise. almost to being to hazard. vantage which we desire for ourselves; sus- jejuone, the Englishman was diffuse, almost to being Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded picious fear or apprehension; suspicious prolix. Brougham, their lives unto the death in the high places of the caution or vigilance; earnest concern or Jejunely (jē-jūn'li), adv. In a jejune, field. Judg. v. 18. solicitude. empty, barren manner. Jeoparder (jep'ärd-ér), n. One who jeopards Fealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority. Jejuneness (je-jūn'nes), n. The quality or or puts to hazard. Shenstone. Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had condition of being jejune: (a) a deficiency Jeopardize (jep'àrd-iz), y.t. To expose to excellence to deserve our fondness. Rambler. of matter that can engage the attention and loss or injury; to jeopard. Jeames (jēmz), n. A colloquial generic gratify the mind; bareness; barrenness; That he should jeopardise his wilful head only for poverty; as, the jejuneness of style or nar- spite at me! 'Tis wonderful. name for a flunky or footman; a lackey: H. Taylor. from the commonness of the name James. rative." (0)| Attenuation; fineness ; thin- | Jeopardous (jep'ard-us), a. Exposed to That noble old race of footmen is well-nigh gone. danger; perilous; hazardous. Causes of fixation are, the even spreading of both ... Grand, tall, beautiful, melancholy, we still behold With Jeopardously (jep'ård-us-li), adv. them on levee days, with their nosegays and their parts, and the jejuneness or extreme comminution of risk or danger; hazardously. Bacon, buckles, their plush and their powder. But spirits. the race is doomed. The fatal decree has gone Jejunity (jē-jū'ni-ti), n. Jejuneness; brevity. Jeopardy (jep'ärd-i), n. (O. E. jupartie, from Fr. jeu parti; L.L. jocus partitus, an even forth, ... and eames with his cocked hat and Pray extend your Spartan jejunity to the length of chance. See JOKE and PART.] Exposure to long cane, are passing out of the world where they a competent letter. Bentley. once walked in glory. Thackeray. Jejunum (jē-jū'num), n. (L., from jejunus, death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger; peril. Jean (jän), n. [Probably from Genoa. Comp. hungry or empty.) In anat. the second They were filled with water and were in jeopardy. Luke viii. 23. Jane, a coin.) A twilled cotton cloth; jane. portion of the small intestine comprised Jeopardy (jep'ärd -i), v.t. pret. & pp. jeo-Satin-jean, a species of jean woven smooth between the duodenum and ileum; so and glossy, after the manner of satin. named because after death it is usually pardied; ppr. jeopardying. "To jeopardize. Jear (jër), n. Naut. same as Gear. found empty, or nearly so. See INTESTINE. (Rare.) She would have seen what her own crimes were, Jeat t (jet), n. Jet. Jelerang (jel'ér-ang), n. (Native name.] and how entirely her character was jeopardied. Jedge (jej), n. In Scotland, a gauge or stand- A species of squirrel (Sciurus jaranensis) Thackeray. ard. - Jedge and warrant, the authority found in Java, India, and Cochin-China. Jerboa (jér-bo'a), n. (Ar. yerbóa, yerbúa.) given by the dean of guild to rebuild or re- It is variable in colour, but commonly is A name common to all the members of the pair a ruinous tenement agreeably to a plan. dark-brown above and golden-yellow below. family of rodents Dipodidæ, but frequently n. ness. JEREED 662 JESUIT appropriated to the members of the typical Jerkin-head (jér'kin-hed), n. In arch, the Jesseraunt (jes'ér-ant), n. Same as Jazegenus Dipus. These singular little animals end of a roof when it is formed into a shape rant. are found in many parts of the Old Conti- intermediate between a gable and a hip, Jest (jest), n. (O. E. geste, from L. gestum, nent, as Barbary, Egypt, Syria, Siberia, &c., the gable rising about half something done, gesta, deeds done, feats, but seldom in great plenty. They resemble way to the ridge, so as to whence gestour, jestour, a person who enthe rat in size, but are sufficiently distin- have a truncated shape, tertained company by a recital of stories.) and the roof being 1. A joke; something ludicrous uttered and hipped or inclined meant only to excite laughter. backward from this A jest's prosperity lies in the ear level. Also termed of him that hears it, never in the tongue a Shread-head. Or him that makes it. Skak. Jerky (jerk'i), a. 2. The object of laughter or sport; a laughMoving or ad ing-stock. vancing by jerks Then let me be your jest; I deserve it. Shak. and starts. 3. A mask; masquerade; pageant. Jeronymite He promised us, in honour of our guest, (jer-on'ı-mit),n. To grace our banquet with some pompous jest. See HIERONY Old play. MITE. 4.7 A deed; an action; a gest. Jeropigia, Je I have a jest to execute that I cannot manage alone. Skak. rupigia (je-roEgyptian Jerboa (Dipus ægypticus). pi'ji-a, je-ru-pi' -In jest, for mere sport or diversion; not ji-a), n. See in truth and reality; not in earnest. guished by the shortness of the anterior GEROPIGIA Jerkin-head Roof, Bos- And given in earnest what I begged in jest. Shak. limbs and the length of the hinder extrem- Jerque, v.t. See combe, Hants. Jest (jest), v.i. 1. To make merriment by ities, and by the tail, which is covered at JERGUE. words or actions; to say something intended its extremities with long hairs growing in Jerquer (jerk'er), n. See JERGUER. to amuse or cause laughter; to talk jokingly; two rows. They seldom move otherwise Jersey (jer zi), n. [From the island so to joke. than by great leaps on their hind feet. They called.] 1. Fine yarn of wool.-2. The finest Jest not with a rude man, lest thy ancestors be dislive in burrows, and become torpid during of wool separated from the rest; combed graced. Eccius. viii, 4 the winter. There are several species, of wool. - 3. A kind of close-fitting woollen 2. To play a part in a mask. which the D. ægypticus is the most comshirt worn in rowing, &c. As gentle and as jocund as to jest mon. See DIPODIDÆ. Go I to fight. Shak, Jereed (je-rēd'), n. A wooden javelin, about square chest and sinewy arms-a close fitting jersey Jest (jest), v.t. 1. To utter in jest or sport 5 feet long, used in Persia and Turkey, and white trousers girt by a broad black belt. Lawrance. If jest is in you, let the jest be jested. Ruskin. especially in mock fights. Jerusalem Artichoke (jer-ū' sa-lem är-ti- 2. To apply a jest or joke to; to joke with; To witness many an active deed, chok), n. (In this name the word Jerusalem to rally. With sabre keen or blunt jereed. Byron. is a corruption of the Italian girasole, i.e. He jested his companion upon his gravity. Jeremiad, Jeremiade (je-rē-mi'ad), n. sunflower or turnsole. See GIRASOLE.) A G. P. R. James. [From Jeremiah, the prophet.] Lamenta- plant, a species of Helianthus tuberosus, be- Jest-book (jest'buk), n. A book containing tion; a tale of grief, sorrow, or complaint: longing to the nat, order Compositæ. It is a collection of jests, jokes, or funny anecused with a spice of ridicule or mockery. & well-known ulinary plant, its tubers dotes. He has prolonged his complaint into an endless affording a wholesome food, of a sweetish Jestee (jest'ē), n. The person on whom a jeremiad. Lamo. farinaceous nature, somewhat akin to the jest is passed. (Rare.] Jerfalcon (jér'fą-kn), n. Same as Gyrfalcon common potato. It is a native of Brazil, The mortgager and mortgagee differ, the one from (which see). and is cultivated in the same way as the the other, not more in length of purse, than the jester and jeste do in that of memory. Sterne Jergue, Jerque (jérg, jérk), v.t. (Probably potato. from It. cercare (pron. cher-), Fr. chercher, Jerusalem-pony (jer-ū'sa-lem-põ-ni), n. An Jester (jest'er), n. 1. A person given to jestto search.) In the custom-house, to search, ass. [Slang.) ing, sportive talk, and merry pranks. as a vessel, for unentered goods. The donkeys standing for sale (in Smithfield) are Festers do oft prove prophets. Shak. Jerguer, Jerquer (jergsér, jerk'ér), n. An ranged in a long line... Sometimes a party of two The skipping king he ambled up and down or three will be seen closely examining one of the With shallow jesters and rash barin wits. Skak. officer of the customs, who searches vessels Jerusalem ponies.' Mayhow. for unentered goods. 2. A buffoon; a Jericho-rose (jer'i-ko-roz), n. merry-andrew;a A name ap Jervin (jer'vin), n. [Sp. jerva, the poison of the Veratrum album.] A crystalline alkaplied to Anastatica hierochuntica, an east person formerly loid obtained from the root of Veratrum retained by perern plant belonging to the nat, order Crualbum, along with veratrine. song of rank to ciferæ. See ANASTATICA. Jerid (je-rēd'), n. Same as Jereed. Jess (jes), n. (O. Fr. ges, gest, get, &c., Pr.get, make sport for It. geto, L.L jactus, a jess, from L. jacio, them. Jerk (jérk), v.t. [Comp. Prov. E. girk, a rod, jactum, to throw.) 1. A short strap of leather fessional jesters, and also to beat, which latter sense jerk also or silk' tied round the legs of a hawk, to at least those had; 0. E. and Sc. yerk, a quick, smart lash which the leash or line tied round the fal of older times, or blow; yerk, to kick, as a horse; comp. coner's hand was attached. usually wore a also Icel. jarki, the outside of the foot.) Like a hawk which feeling herself freed motley or parti1. To thrust out; to thrust with a sudden From bells and jesses which did let her flight. coloured coat, effort; to give a sudden pull, twitch, thrust, Spenser breeches or push to; as, to jerk one under the ribs; 2. A ribbon that hangs down from a garland hose in one, and to jerk one with the elbow. -2. To throw or crown in falconry. with a quick smart motion; as, to jerk a a cap or cowl of Jessamine (jes'a-min), n. Same as Jasmine. gay colours furstone. The Azores send their jessamine.' Cowper. nished with bells Jerk (jerk), v.i. To make a sudden motion; Jessamyt (jes'a-mi), n. (A corruption of and asses' ears, to give a start; to move with a start or jessamine.) An old name for a dandy, from or crowned with starts. its being the habit of fops to wear a sprig a cock's comb. But, proud of being known, will jerk and greet. of jessamine in their button-hole. The jesters at the courts of Jerk (jerk), n. 1. A short sudden thrust, swear; I had proceeded by legs, faith, pox, plague, some sovereigns push, or twitch; a jolt; a striking against 'pon my life, 'pon my soul, 'rat it, and zookers, to were men of no something with a short quick motion; as, a zauns and the devil, and I now advanced to by Jove, small importjerk of the elbow. these interjections with a tremulous tone. . My ance, and often His jade gave him a jerk. B. Fonson. labour, however, was not without its reward; it recom. had much influClose at his heels a demagogue ascends, mended me to the notice of the ladies, and procured Jester. -Antiquarian Club. me the gentle appellation of Jessamy. ence with their And with a dextrous jerk soon twists him down. Corper. Hawkesworth, masters. The 2. A sudden spring; a start; a leap or bound. Jessant (jes'ant), ppr. [Perhaps a corrup last jester in this country regularly attached tion of issuant. See Is to the royal household seems to have been Lobsters use their tails as fins wherewith they comSUE.) In her. a term which Archie Armstrong, the jester of James I. monly swim backwards by jerks or springs, reaching and Charles I. ten yards at once. Grew. expresses shooting forth, Why, he is the prince's jester: a very dull fool Shak. Jerk (jérk), v. t. (Chilian charqui.] To cut shoot out.-Jessant de lis, Feste, the jester, my lord; a fool that the lady (beef) into long thin pieces, and dry in the Siak. Olivia's father took much delight in. applied to the head of a sun, as is done in S. America. See CHARQUI. leopard having a fleur-de Jestful (jest'ful), a. Jerker (jérk'ér), n. One who jerks; one who Given to jesting; full strikes with a quick smart blow. lis passing through it. of jokes. Jesting-beam (jest'ing-bēm), n. A beam Jerker (jérk'ér), n. A jerguer (which see). brass candlestick branched introduced for appearance, and not for use. I have heard tell that she's three parts slaver and into many sconces, hang- Jessant de lis. Jestingly (jest'ing-li), adv. In a jesting or one part pirate; and I wonder the custom - house jerkers don't seize her. jocose manner; not in earnest. Sala. ing down in the middle of a church or choir: so called from its re- Jesting-stock (jest'ing-stok), n. A laughJerkin (jér'kin), n. (Dim. of D. jurk, a semblance to the genealogical tree of Jesse, ing-stock; a butt of ridicule. frock.) A jacket; a short coat; a close the father of David, of which a picture used Jest-monger (jest'mung-ger), n. A habiwaistcoat. to be hung up in churches. -Jesse window, tual jester or retailer of jests. An old cloak makes a new jerkin. Shak. in arch, a window containing as its subject Some witlings and jest-monger's still remain Jerkin (jér'kin), n. [Contr. for jerfalcon.] a tree of Jesse, either painted on the glass For fools to laugh at. 7. Baillie. A kind of hawk, the male of the gyrfalcon. or carved on the mullions. Jesuate (jez’ū-át), n. See HIERONIMIAN. Jerkingly (jerk'ing-li), adv. In a jerking Jessed (jest), a. In her. having jesses on, Jesuit (jez'ü-it), n. 1. One of a religious manner; with or by jerks. as a hawk. order founded by Ignatius Loyola in the The pro and JESUIT 663 JEWS-EYE sixteenth century. The Jesuits form the Jet (jet), n. [Old forms jeat, jayet; Fr. jais, wharf whose side forms one of the cheeks most celebrated of all the Roman Catholic jayet; L. and Gr. gagatēs, from Gaga, a of a dock religious orders; they have ever since their town and river in Lycia in Asia, where it was Jeu d'esprit (zhụ des-prē). (Fr.) A wittiorigin been one of the main bulwarks of the obtained. It is called gagat in Anglo-Saxon cism; a play of wit. Church of Rome, and have exercised im- and in German.) A solid, dry, black, inflam- Jew (jū), n. (O. Fr. Juis; L. Judæus, from mense influence in the destinies of the mable fossil substance, harder than asphalt, Judæa, so named from Judah, the tribe Christian world. So formidable and dan- susceptible of a good polish, and glossy in which had the first and largest portion west gerous was their political influence supposed its fracture, which is conchoidal or undu- of the Jordan.) A Hebrew or Israelite. to be, even in Roman Catholic communities, lating. It is found in beds of lignite or Jew (jū), v. t. (From the character for sharpthat the troubles occasioned by their pre- brown coal and of cannel coal, being a ness in bargain-making popularly ascribed sence often ended in their expulsion. Thus, highly compact form of either. It is wrought to the Jews.) To overreach; to cheat; to though the order was founded only in 1536, into toys, buttons, and personal ornaments swindle. (Slang.! the Jesuits were driven from France in of various kinds. Jew-bush (jū' bush), n. A plant of the genus 1594, but recalled in 1605; they were ex- Jet (jet), n. (Fr. jet, It. getto, a throw, a Pedilanthus, the p. tithymaloides, belongpelled from England in 1604, from Venice cast; Fr. jet d'eau, It. getto d'acqua, a foun- ing to the nat. order Euphorbiacere. It in 1606, from France in 1764, from Spain in tain, a water-spout; L jactus, a throwing, grows in the West Indies, and is used in 1767, and from Naples in 1768. In 1773 the from jacio, to throw.) 1. A shooting forth decoction, as antisyphilitic, and in cases of order was nominally (and as was supposed or spouting; a sudden rush, as of water from suppression of the menses. It is also called finally) suppressed by Pope Clement XIV. a pipe or flame from an orifice; as, the water Milk-plant but it was revived in 1814. They have since rushed out with a sudden jet. -- 2. That Jewel ( jū'el), n. (O. Fr. jouel, joiel, joel been expelled from various countries. The which so issues or streams; as, a strong jet (Fr. joyau), Pr. joyell, joell, It. giojello, a vody is divided into four classes : (1) Pro- of water; a jet of blood.-3. A channel or jewel, from L.L jocale, a jewel, from L. fessed, who, having passed through all pre- tube for introducing melted metal into a jocare, to jest, jocus, a jest. There seems paratory stages, which commonly extend mould.-4. Reach or range; drift; scope. hardly sufficient reason for deriving it with over ten or twelve years, or even a longer The true jet of the argument was to be drawn from Diez from a L.L. gaudiale, a thing to cause period, have solemnly taken the vows, in- precedent. Wyndham. joy, from L. gaudium, joy, gaudeo, to recluding obedience to the pope: (2) Coadju-Jet (jet), v.i. pret. & pp. jetted; ppr. jetting. joice. ) 1. A personal ornament in which tors, spiritual and temporal; the former, (Fr. jeter, to throw, from L jactare, freq. precious stones form a principal part.-2. A who have completed their studies and been of jacio, to throw. See the noun.] 1. To precious stone. - 3. Anything of exceeding admitted to holy orders, being designed to shoot forward; to shoot out; to project; to value or eminent excellence; anything espeassist the professed in preaching, teaching, jut; to intrude.-2. To strut; to stalk; to cially dear: often used as a term of endear&c.; the latter being lay brothers, to whom assume a haughty, pompous, or ostentatious ment; as, a jewel of a man. menial offices are committed : (3) Scholascarriage. If solid happiness we prize, tics, who have passed through the novitiate, How he jets under his advanced plumes! Shak. Within our breasts this jawel lies, are engaged for a long series of years either And they are fools who roam. Cotion. in pursuing their own studies or in teaching 3.1 To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. Wiseman. in the various schools of the order: (4) NoJet (jet), v.t. pret. & pp. jetted; ppr. jetting. Jewel (jū'el), v. t. pret. & pp. jewelled; ppr. jewelling. 1. To dress or adorn with jewels. vices, who are engaged for two years exTo emit; to spout forth. 2. To fit or provide with a jewel; as, to clusively in spiritual exercises, prayer, me A dozen angry models jetted steam. Tennyson, jewel that part of the works of a watch in ditation, ascetic reading, or ascetic exer- Jet-black (jet'blak), a. Of the deepest which a pivot turns.-3. To deck or adorn cises, and generally in a course of disciplin- black, the colour of jet. as with jewels. ary studies. — 2. (From the Jesuits being Jet d'eau (zhā do), n. (Fr., a jet of water, The long gray tufts, generally reputed to use art and intrigue a fountain.) A stream of water spouting Which the goats love, are jeweird thick with dew. Matt. Arnold in promoting or accomplishing their pur- from a fountain or pipe, especially from one Jewel-block (jū'el-blok), n. Naut. one of poses.) A crafty person; an intriguer. which is arranged to throw water upward, Jesuit (jez'ū-it), v... To conform to the prin two small blocks suspended from the exand is put in a public place for ornament. tremities of a yard-arm to lead the studdingciples of the Jesuits; to make a Jesuit of. Jetsam, Jetson (jet'sam, jet'sun), n. (Fr. sail halyards through. Jesuitess (jez'ü-it-es), n. One of an order of jeter, to throw. Comp. plotsam, flotson.) Jewel-case (jú'el-kās), n. A case for holdnuns established on the principles of the In law and com. (a) the throwing of goods ing ornaments and jewels. Jesuits, but suppressed by Urban VIII. in overboard in order to lighten a ship in a Jewel-house, Jewel-office (jū'el - hous, 1630. tempest for her preservation. (6) The goods jū'el-of-fis), n. The place where the royal Jesuitic, Jesuitical (jez-ū-it'ik, jez-ü-it'ik- thus thrown away. ornaments are deposited. al), a. 1. Pertaining to the Jesuits or their Fetsam, is where goods are cast into the sea, and Jeweller (jü'el-ér), n. One who makes or principles and arts.-2. Designing; cunning; there sink and remain under water; flotsam, is where deceitful; prevaricating. deals in jewels and other ornaments. they continue swimming; ligan, is where they are sunk in the sea, but tied to a cork or buoy. Jewellery (jú'el-er-i), n. Same as Jewelry. Though for fashion's sake called a parliament, yet Blackstone, Jewel-like (jū'el-lik), a. Brilliant as a by, a jesuitical sleight not acknowledged, though called so. Milton. jewel. Jetteaut (jet'to), n. (Fr. jet d'eau.) A jet or My dearest wife was like this maid, and such a one Jesuitically (jez-ū-it'ik-al-li), adv. fountain of water; a jet d'eau. Addison. My daughter might have been; ... her eyes as jewel. jesuitical manner; craftily. like, Jettee (jet'tē), n. Same as Jetty (which see). And cased as richly. Shak. What does the Girondin Lasource see good to do, Jettee (jet'tē), n. The fibre of Marsdenia but rise, and jesuitically question and insinuate at tenacissima, a small climbing plant of the Jewelly (jū'el-li), a. Like a jewel; brilliant; great length, whether a main accomplice of Dumou. fine. De Quincey. Jewel-office. See JEWEL-HOUSE. 1. The trade or occumarkable for their great elasticity, which Jewelry (jū'el-ri), n. As our English papists are commonly most jesuit- they are supposed to owe in some measure pation of a jeweller.--2. Jewels in general. ish, so our English Jesuits are more furious than to the presence of caoutchouc. Jewel-weed (jū'el-wēd), n. A North Ameritheir fellows. Bp. Hall. can name for Impatiens fulva and I. palJesuitism (jez'ū-it-izm), n. 1. The arts, prin lida. a spruce fellow ciples, and practices of the Jesuits.--2. Cun Jettiness (jet'ti-nes), n. Quality of being Jewerie, I n. Jewry (which see). Chaucer. ning; deceit; hypocrisy; prevarication; de- jetty; blackness. Jewess (jū'es), n. A Hebrew woman. ceptive practices to effect a purpose. Jettison (jet'ti-son), n. See JETSAM. Jewise, t n. (Norm. juise, from L. judicium, Jesuitocracy (jez'ü-it-ok"ra-si), n. (E.Jesuit, Jetton (jet'ton), n. (Fr.) A piece of brass, judgment.] Judgment; punishment. Chauand Gr. krateo, to govern.) Government by or other metal, with a stamp, formerly used cer. Jesuits; the whole body of Jesuits in a as a counter in playing cards. Jewish (jū'ish), a. Pertaining to the Jews country. Jetty (jet'ti), v.i. To jut. or Hebrews; Israelitish. Jesuitry (jez'ū-it-ri), n. The principles and An out-butting or jettie of a house that jetties out Jewishly (jū'ish-li), adv. In the manner of practices of the Jesuits; cunning; deceit; farther than any other part of the house. Florio. the Jews. hypocrisy. Carlyle. The condition Jesuits'-bark (jez'ū-its-bärk), n. Peruvian Jetty (jet'ti), n. [0.Fr. jettée, Fr. jetée, Jewishness (jū’ish-nes), n. of being Jewish; the manners, customs, or See bark; the bark of certain species of Cin- JET.) 1. A projecting portion of a building; Jewismt (jūlizm), n. rites of the Jews. chona. It is so called because it was first especially a portion that projects so as to The religious system introduced into Europe by the Jesuits. overhang the wall below, as the upper of the Jews; Judaism. Jesuits'- drops (jez'ü-its-drops), n. pl. Friar's-balsam (which see). stories of timber houses, bay-windows, &c. These superstitions fetch'd from Paganism or Jew Milion. Jesuits'-nut (jez'ú-its-nut), n. 2. A projection of stone, brick, wood, or A name sometimes given to the fruit of Trapa na other material (but generally formed of Jewry (jū’ri), n. Judæa; also, a city quarter tans, which contains a farinaceous edible piles), affording a convenient place for land inhabited by Jews, whence the name of a ing from and discharging vessels or boats, street in London. The sepulchre in stubkernel resembling that of the chestnut. or simply intended as a protection from the born Jewry.' Shak. Jesuits'-powder (jez'ū-its-pou-dér), n. Powviolence of the waves; also, a pier of stone There was in Acy, in a great citee, dered cinchona-bark. Amonges Cristen folk a Fewerye, Chancer or other material projecting from the bank Jesus (jē'zus), n. (Gr. lēsous; Heb. Jehosuah or Joshua, he shall save.) The Son of of a stream obliquely to its course, employed Jews'-ear (jūz'ēr), n. The popular name of either to direct à current on an obstruction afungus, Hirneola (Exidia) Auricula-Judæ, God; the Saviour of men. In the New Testo be removed, as a bed of sand or gravel, bearing some resemblance to the human tament the name lësous, Jesus, is frequently or to deflect it from the bank which it tends ear. conjoined with Christos, the Anointed, to undermine or otherwise injure. Written Jews'-eye, Jewess'-eye (jūz-i, jū'es-l), n. Christ. The form Jesu was frequently used also sometimes Jutty. (A term which arose from the custom of in the oblique cases, or with the optative Jetty (jet'ti), a. and imperative moods, or in simple excla Made of jet, or black as torturing Jews with the view of extorting jet. money.) Anything very precious or valumations. All the floods able. Many a time hath banish'd Norfolk fought In which the full-formed maids of Afric lave There will come a Christian by Thomson. Skak. Jesu preserve thee! welcome, Bolingbroke. Shak. Jettyhead (jet'ti-hed), n. A projecting part (The proper reading here is Jewes, that is, Have mercy, Jesu!-Soft! I did but dream. Shak. at the outer end of a wharf; the front of a Jew's (pron, in two syllables). ] In a ism. JEWS'-FRANKINCENSE 664 JOB а Jews'-frankincense (juz'frangk-in-sens), n. as the changing of the course may render it Filts ruled the state, and statesmen farces writ. A resin obtained from the plant Styrax necessary. Pope. officinale. Jibe (jīb), v.t. Same as Gibe. 2. A name of contempt for a woman. Jews'-harp (jūz’härp), n. An instrument of Jibe jib), v.i. Same as Jib (which see). Jült (jilt), v.t. To encourage and then frusmusic, which, placed between the teeth and Jlblet-check, Jiblet-cheek (jib'let-chek, trate the hopes of, as a lover; to trick in by means of a thin bent metal tongue or jib'let-chēk), n. See GIBLET-CHECK. love; to give hopes to and then reject. spring struck by the finger, gives a sound Jiboya (ji-boi'a), n. An American serpent Jult (jilt), v.i. To play the jilt; to practise which is increased by the breath, varied in of the largest kind. Goldsmith. deception in love and discard lovers; to flirt. pitch by the cavity of the mouth. Called Jickajog, Jigjog (jik'a-jog, jigʻjog), n. (A Jimcrack (jim'krak), n. Same as Gimcrack. also Jews'-trump, and often simply Trump. cant word from jog.] A shake; a push; a Jimmer (jim'ér), n. A gimbal (which see). Jews'-mallow (jūz'mal-lo), n. A name ap jolting motion. Jimmy (jim'mi), n. Same as Jemmy. plied to two plants, species of Corchorus Jimp (jimp), a. (A form of gimp.) 1. Neat; He would have made you such a jickajog i' the (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), belonging booths, you should ha' thought an earthquake had handsome, gimp; elegant of shape. Thy to the nat, order Tiliaceae. The leaves are been i' the fair. B. Jonson. waist sae jimp, thy limbs sae clean.' Burns. used in Egypt and Syria as a pot-herb. Jiffy (jif'fi), n. (Prov. E. jifile, to be restless; Jimp (jimp), adv. Barely; scarcely; jimply. 2. Short; scanty. [Scotch.) Jews-pitch (jūz'pich), n. See ASPHALT. jib, to turn suddenly.] A moment; an inJews-stone (jūz'ston), n. The clavated fossil [Scotch.) stant; as, I shall be with you in a jiffy. spine of a very large egg-shaped echinus. It She had been married to Sir Richard jimp four is a regular figure, oblong and rounded, Jig (jig), n. (Probably from 0. Fr.gique, gige, Jimply (jimpli), adv. 1. In a jimp or neat (Colloq.) months. Sir W. Scott. about inch in length and inch in diam a stringed instrument, and really the same eter. Its colour is a pale dusky gray, with a word as gig (which see).] 1. A quick light manner; neatly.--2. Barely; scarcely; hardly. tinge of dusky red. [Scotch.) 3. dance. -2. A light quick tune or air in Jimps (jímps), n. Jews'-trump (jūz'trump), n. See JEWS’ A kind of easy stays. HARP. 6, 8, 8, or time, to be found in the Jimpy jimpi), a Neat; jimp: [Scotch.) Jezebel (je'ze-bel), n. [From Jezebel, the Jimpy (jimp'i), adv. Tightly; neatly. infamous wife of Ahab, king of Israel.] An sonatas or suites of Corelli, Handel, and (SO h.) impudent, daring, vicious woman. other composers till towards the middle of Jimson (jim’son), n. In the United States, But when she knew my pain, the eighteenth century. The Irish jig played the popular name of the plant Datura StraSaw my first wish her favour to obtain, to the dance is a lively tune of two or three monium. See DATURA. And ask her hand-no sooner was it ask'd, sections written in g time.—3. Formerly a Jina, n. and a. See JAIN. Than she, the lovely Jezebel, unmasked. Crabbe. kind of ballad or entertainment in rhyme, Jingle (jing gi), v. i pret."& pp. jingled; ppr. Jingal, Jingall (jin-gal), n. See GINGAL. Jezid (je'zid), n. One of a sect of religionists dwelling in the mountainous country near partly sung and partly recited. jingling. [Probably imitative. Comp. tinkle, Mosul in Asiatic Turkey, who are said to A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme unite the ancient Manichean belief of that Praised and applauded. Beaumont G. klingeln.) To sound with a tinkling metallic sound; to clink, as money, chains, district with the doctrines of Mohammedan- 4. A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. or bells. 'Jingling chains.' Shak. ism and Zendism. And therefore came it that the fleering Scots, Jingle (jing/gl), v.t. To cause to give a tinkJheel (jēl), n. In India, the name given to a To England's high disgrace, have made this jig. ling metallic sound, as a little bell or as large pool or sheet of standing water filled Old play. pieces of metal. with rank vegetation. Jig (jig), v.i. pret. & pp. jigged; ppr. jigging. Jlb (jib), n. (Perhaps, as Wedgwood thinks, 16 dance a jig; to move with a light jolting Jingle (jing gl), n. 1. A rattling or clinking The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. Pope. connected with D. gijpen, to turn suddenly: motion. a word used with regard to sails; the mean- Jig (jig), v.t. 1. [With regard to this mean sound, as little ells or pieces of metaling being, the sail that turns from side to ing compare JIG, n. 4.] To trick or cheat; to 2. Something that jingles; a little bell or side of itself.] 1. The foremost sail of a ship, impose upon; to delude. Ford.-2. In min- rattle. — 3. Correspondence of sound in being a large stay-sail extended from the ing, to dress or sort, as ores, by shaking in rhymes, especially when the verses have outer end of the jib-boom toward the fore- a jigger. few poetical claims. - 4. A covered twotopmast-head. In sloops it is on the bow. | Jigger (jig'èr), n. 1. One who or that which wheeled public car used in Cork.-5. pl. St. sprit, and extends towards the lower mast- jigs; specifically, in mining, a man who Anthony's fire. head.-2. The projecting beam or arm of a cleans ores by means of a wire-bottom sieve; Jingo (jing'go), n. [From the Basque Jingo, crane from which the pulleys and weights also, a wire-bottom sieve or griddle by which God, according to some authorities; a corare suspended. See CRANE, 2. ores are separated, the heavier substances ruption of St. Gingoulph according to Jib (jib), v.t. Same as Jibe. passing through to the lower part of the others.) 1. An expletive used as a mild Jib (jib), v.i. pret. & pp. jibbed; ppr. jibbing. sieve, which is moved up and down in water, oath. --2. A member of the party who advo[Perhaps connected with the noun jäb the lighter remaining in the upper part. - cated that Britain should actively support (which see). Wedgwood adduces also the 2. Naut. a machine consisting of a rope the Turks in the Turco-Russian war of 18770. Fr. regibber, regimber, to start, to kick about 5 feet long, with a block at one end 78; hence, one clamorous for war. From or wince, and Prov. E. jibby, a gay, frisky and a sheave at the other, used to hold on the words of a song then popular. girl.] To pull against the bit, as a horse; the cable when it is heaved into the ship We don't want to fight, but by jinge if we do, to move restively sidewards or backwards. the revolution of the windlass. — 3. A potter's We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money, too. Written also Jibe. wheel, by which earthenware vessels are Jibber (jib'ér), n. One who jibs; a horse shaped by a rapid motion.-4. A small square [In this sense it takes the plural Jingoes ] that jibs. sail on a mast and boom at the stern of a Jingo (jing'go), a. Belonging or relating Jib-boom (jib böm), n. A spar which is run boat. to the Jingoes; as, the jingo policy; jingo out from the extremity of the bowsprit, Jigger (jig'er), n. [From chigre.] The com bluster. See the noun. mon name of the chigoe or chigre (Pulex Jink (jingk), v.t. [Perhaps from chink, the penetrans), a flea which penetrates the feet original meaning being to escape by a chink of persons in the West Indies and in South or narrow opening.) To elude; to cheat; to America. See CHIGOE. trick. Jiggish (jig'ish), a. Of or pertaining to re Jink (jingk), v.i. To elude a person by morsembling, or suitable to a jig. 'A certain ing nimbly; to dodge. - To jink in, to enter jiggish noise to which I dance. Spectator. any place suddenly, unexpectedly, and clanJiggle (jigʻgl), v.i. [Freq. from jig.) To prac destinely. Scotch.) tise affected or awkward motions; to wriggle. Could not ye have let us ken an ye had wussed till Jiggumbob (jigʻum-bob), n. A trinket or hae been present at the ceremony? My lord couldna jimcrack. (Slang. ) tak' it weel your coining and jünking in, in that fashion. Sur W. Scott. He rifled all his pokes and fobs Jink (jingk), n. A quick illusory turn; the Of gimcracks, whims, and jiggumbobs. Hudibras. act of eluding another. (Scotch.)- High Jigjog (jigʻjog), n. [Reduplication of jog.] jinks. See under HIGH. A jolting motion; a jog; a push. Jinnee (jin'nē), n. pl. Jinn (jin). In MohamJigjog (jig'jog), a. Having or pertaining to medan myth, one of a race of genii, angels, a jolting motion. or demons, fabled to be descended from Jigmaker (jigʻmāk-ér), n. 1. One who makes Jan, and to have been created some thouor plays jigs. —2. A ballad maker. sands of years before Adam. They are Petrarch was a dunce, Dante a jig-maker. Ford. governed by a race of kings named Suley man, one of whom built the pyramids, and Stem of Ship. Jigpin (jigʻpin), n. A pin used by miners to a, Bowsprit. their chief residence is the mountain Kaf. 6. Jib-boom. ç, Flying jib-boom. hold the turn-beams and prevent them from d, Sprit-sail yard. e, Martingale. Flying jib. Arabic writers state that the jinn are aerial 8. Jib. h, Fore top-mast staysail. 1, Fore staysail. turning. Jill (jil), n. animals, with transparent bodies, which can A young woman; a sweetheart. assume various forms. See GILL. and which serves as a continuation of it. Jippo (jip'po), n. [Fr. jupe. See JUPON.) Beyond this is sometimes extended the Jill (jil), n. (A form of gill.] A cup of metal. A waistcoat or kind of stays for females. Shak, flying jib-boom. Jirkinet (jirskin-et), n. [Dim. of jerkin) A Jib-door (jib'dor), n. In arch. a door with Jillet (jilet), n. A giddy girl; a gill-flirt. sort of boddice or substitute for stays, withits surface in the same plane as the wall in [Scotch.) out whalebone, worn by females. (Scotch.) which it occurs. Jib-doors are intended to A fillet brak' his heart at last. Burns. Jis (jis), n. See GIS. be concealed, and therefore have no archi- Jill-flirt (jil'flért), n. A light wanton wo- Jo, Joe (jo), n. pl. Joes (joz). (A form of joy, traves or finishings round them; the deals man. Written also Gill-flirt. probably derived directly from the Fr. joie, and footbase are carried across them, and Jult (jilt), n. (Contr. from jillet, a dim. of joy.) A sweetheart; a darling. “John Antheir surface is pannelled, painted, or pa- jill, a young woman; in Sc. jillet means a derson, my jo, John.' Burns. (Scotch.) pered like the rest of the wall. giddy girl. ] 1. A woman who gives her Joar (jöʻär), n. Same as Jowar. Jibe (jīb), v.t. (See JIB, n.) Naut. to shift, lover hopes and capriciously disappoints Job (job), n. (A form of Prov. E. gob, a lump, as a fore-and-aft sail, as the wind changes, him; a woman who trifles with her lover; a a portion, hence 'to work by the gob,' to from one side of the vessel to the other, or flirt; a coquette, work hy the piece. Comp. also Prov. E job |