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J. This letter has been added to the English Alphabet in modern days; the letter I being written formerly in words where j is now used. It seems to have had the sound of y, in many words, as it still has in the German. The English sound of this letter may be expressed by dzh, or edzh, a compound sound coinciding exactly with that of g, in genius; the French j with the articulation d preceding it. It is the tenth letter of the English Alphabet.

Jabber

JAB'BER, verb intransitive To talk rapidly or indistinctly; to chatter; to prate.

JAB'BER, noun Rapid talk with indistinct utterance of words.

Jabberer

JAB'BERER, noun One that talks rapidly, indistinctly or unintelligibly.

Jabbering

JAB'BERING, participle present tense Prating; talking rapidly and confusedly.

Jabberment

JAB'BERMENT, noun Idle prate.

Jabiru

JAB'IRU, noun An aquatic fowl of the crane kind.

The jabiru is the Mycteria Americana. It resembles the stork.

Jacamar

JAC'AMAR, noun A kind of fowls arranged by Linne under the genus Alcedo; but their toes are differently placed, and their food consists of insects. They are about the size of a lark. Numerous species are described.

The Jacamars are arranged in a separate genus, Galbula, and along with the woodpeckers in the order of climbers.

Jacent

JA'CENT, adjective [Latin jacens, jaceo, to lie.] Lying at length.

Jacinth

JA'CINTH, noun [a different orthography of Hyacinth.]

1. A genus of plants. [See Hyacinth.]

2. A species of pellucid gems. [See Hyacinth.] Revelation 21:20.

Jack

JACK, noun

1. A nickname or diminutive of John, used as a general term of contempt for any saucy of paltry fellow.

2. The name of an instrument that supplies the place of a boy; an instrument to pull off boots.

3. An engine to turn a spit; as a kitchen jack; a smoke jack

4. A young pike.

5. A coat of mail.

6. A pitcher of waxed leather.

7. A small bowl thrown out for a mark to the bowlers.

8. Part of a musical instrument called a virginal.

9. The male of certain animals, as of the ass.

10. A horse or wooden frame on which wood or timer is sawed.

11. In sea-language, a flag, ensign or colors, displayed from a staff on the end of a bow-sprit.

12. In Yorkshire, half a pint. A quarter of a pint.

JACK of all trades, a person who can turn his hand to any king of business.

JACK by the hedge, a plant of the genus Erysimum, that grown under hedges.

JACK in a box, a plant of the genus Hernandia.

1. A large wooden male screw, turning in a female one.

JACK with a lantern, an ignis fatuus, a meteor that appears in low moist lands.

JACK of the clock-house, a little man that strikes the quarters in a clock.

Jackal

JACK'AL, noun An animal of the genus Canis, resembling a dog and a fox; a native of Asia and Africa. It preys on poultry and other small animals. It is the Canis aureus of Linne.

Jackalent

JACK'ALENT, noun [Jack in lent, a poor starved fellow.]

A simple sheepish fellow.

Jackanapes

JACK'ANAPES, noun [jack and ape.] A monkey, an ape.

1. A coxcomb; an impertinent fellow.

A young upstart jackanapes

Jackass

JACK'ASS, noun The male of the ass.

JACK'-BLOCK, noun A block attached to the top-gallant-tie of a ship, to sway up or to strike the yard.

Jackboots

JACK'BOOTS, noun Boots that serve as armor for the legs.

Jackdaw

JACK'DAW, noun [jack and daw.] A fowl of the genus Corvus, thievish and mischievous to the farmer.

Jacket

JACK'ET, noun A short close garment worn by males, extending downwards to the hips; a short coat.

Jacketed

JACK'ETED, adjective Wearing a jacket.

Jackflag

JACK'FLAG, noun A flag hoisted at the sprit-sail top-mast-head.

Jackpudding

JACK'PUDDING, noun [jack and pudding.] A merry Andrew; a buffoon; a zany.

Jacksmith

JACK'SMITH, noun A smith who makes jacks for the chimney.

Jacobin

JAC'OBIN, noun [So named from the place of meeting, which was the monastery of the monks called Jacobines.]

The Jacobins, in France, during the late revolution, were a society of violent revolutionists, who held secret meetings in which measures were concerted to direct the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence, a jacobin is the member of a club, or other person, who opposes government in a secret and unlawful manner or by violent means; a turbulent demagogue.

Jacobine

JAC'OBINE, noun A monk of the order of Dominicans.

1. A pigeon with a high tuft.

Jacobinic

JACOBIN'IC

JACOBIN'ICAL, adjective Resembling the Jacobins of France; turbulent; discontented with government; holding democratic principles.

Jacobinical

JACOBIN'ICAL, a. Resembling the Jacobins of France; turbulent; discontented with government; holding democratic principles.

Jacobinism

JAC'OBINISM, noun Jacobinic principles; unreasonable or violent opposition to legitimate government; an attempt to overthrow or change government by secret cabals or irregular means; popular turbulence.

Jacobinize

JAC'OBINIZE, verb transitive To taint with Jacobinism.

Jacobite

JAC'OBITE, noun [from Jacobus, James.] A partizan or adherent of James II, king of England, after he abdicated the throne, and of his descendants; of course, an opposer of the revolution in 1688, in favor of William and Mary.

1. One of a sect of christians in Syria and Mesopotamia, who hold that Jesus Christ had but one nature.

JAC'OBITE, adjective Pertaining to the partizans of James II.

Jacobitism

JAC'OBITISM, noun The principles of the partizans of James II.

Jacobs-Ladder

JACOB'S-LADDER, noun A plant of the genus Polemonium.

Jacobs-Staff

JACOB'S-ST'AFF, noun A pilgrim's staff.

1. A staff concealing a dagger.

2. A cross staff; a kind of astrolabe.

Jacobus

JAC'OBUS, noun [Jacobus, James.] A gold coin, value twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.

Jaconet

JACONET', noun A kind of coarse muslin.

Jactancy

JAC'TANCY, noun [Latin jactantia.] A boasting. [Not used.]

Jactitation

JAC'TITATION, noun [Latin jactito, jacto. It ought rather to be jactation, Latin jactatio.]

1. A tossing of the body; restlessness.

2. A term in the canon law for a false pretension to marriage; vain boasting.

Jaculate

JAC'ULATE, verb transitive [Latin jaculor.] To dart.

Jaculation

JACULA'TION, noun The action of darting, throwing or lanching, as missive weapons.

Jaculator

JAC'ULATOR, noun The shooting fish, a species of Chaetodon.

Jaculatory

JAC'ULATORY, adjective Darting or throwing out suddenly, or suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences. [See Ejaculatory.]

Jade

JADE, noun

1. A mean or poor horse; a tired horse; a worthless nag.

Tired as a jade in overloaden cart.

2. A mean woman; a word of contempt, noting sometimes age, but generally vice.

She shines the first of battered jades.

3. A young woman; in irony or slight contempt.

JADE, noun A mineral called also nephrite or nephritic stone, remarkable for its hardness and tenacity, of a color more or less green, and of a resinous or oily aspect when polished. It is fusible into a glass or enamel. Cleveland divides jade into three subspecies, nephrite, saussurite, and axestone. It is found in detached masses or inhering in rocks.

JADE, verb transitive To tire; to fatigue; to weary with hard service; as, to jade a horse.

1. To weary with attention or study; to tire.

The mind once jaded by an attempt above its power, is very hardly brought to exert its force again.

2. To harass; to crush.

3. To tire or wear out in mean offices; as a jaded groom.

4. To ride; to rule with tyranny.

I do not now fool myself, to let imagination jade me.

JADE, verb intransitive To become weary; to lose spirit; to sink.

They are promising in the beginning, but they fail and jade and tire in the prosecution.

Jaded

JA'DED, participle passive Tired; wearied; fatigued; harassed.

Jadery

JA'DERY, noun The tricks of a jade.

Jading

JA'DING, participle present tense Tiring; wearying; harassing.

Jadish

JA'DISH, adjective Vitious; bad, like a jade.

1. Unchaste.

Jag

JAG, noun A small load.

Jagg

JAGG, verb transitive To notch; to cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw.

JAGG'

JAG , noun A tooth of a saw; a denticulation. In botany, a cleft or division.

Jagged

JAG'GED, participle passive Notched; uneven.

1. Having notches or teeth; cleft; divided; laciniate; as jagged leaves.

Jaggedness

JAG'GEDNESS, noun The state of being denticulated; unevenness.

Jagging

JAG'GING, participle present tense Notching; cutting into teeth; dividing.

Jaggy

JAG'GY, adjective Set with teeth; denticulated; uneven.

Jaguar

JAGUAR', noun The American tiger, or once of Brasil, belonging to the genus Felis.

Jah

JAH, noun Jehovah.

Jail

JAIL, noun A prison; a building or place for the confinement of persons arrested for debt or for crime, and held in the custody of the sheriff.

Jailbird

JA'ILBIRD, noun A prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.

Jailer

JA'ILER, noun The keeper of a prison.

Jailfever

JA'ILFEVER, noun A contagious and fatal fever generated in jails and other places crowded with people.

Jakes

JAKES, noun [Latin jacio, to throw.] A house of office or back-house; a privy.

Jalap

JAL'AP, noun The root of a plant, a species of Convolvulus. It is brought in thin transverse slices, and also whole, of an oval shape, hard, solid and heavy. It has little or no taste or smell, but is much used in powder as a cathartic.

Jam

JAM, noun A conserve of fruits boiled with sugar and water.

1. A kind of frock for children.

JAM, verb transitive

1. To press; to crowd; to wedge in.

2. In England, to tread hard or make firm by treading, as land by cattle.

JAM

Jamb

JAMB, noun Among the lead miners of Mendip, a thick bed of stone which hinders them when pursuing the veins of ore.

JAMB, noun jam. In architecture, a supporter; the side-piece or post of a door; the side-piece of a fireplace.

Jambee

JAMBEE', noun A name formerly given to a fashionable cane.

Jambeux

JAM'BEUX, noun [supra.] Armor for the legs.

Jane

JANE, noun A coin of Genoa.

1. A kind of fustian.

Jangle

JAN'GLE, verb intransitive To quarrel in words; to altercate; to bicker; to wrangle.

JAN'GLE, verb transitive To cause to sound untunably or discordantly.

--E'er monkish rhymes

Had jangl'd their fantastic chimes.

Jangler

JAN'GLER, noun A wrangling, noisy fellow.

Jangling

JAN'GLING, participle present tense Wrangling; quarreling; sounding discordantly.

JAN'GLING, noun A noisy dispute; a wrangling.

Janitor

JAN'ITOR, noun [Latin] A door-keeper; a porter.

Janizarian

JANIZA'RIAN, noun Pertaining to the Janizaries, or their government.

Janizary

JAN'IZARY, noun A soldier of the Turkish foot guards. The Janizaries were a body of infantry, and reputed the grand Seignor's guards. They became turbulent, and rising in arms against the Sultan, were attacked, defeated and destroyed in Constantinople, in June 1826.

Jannock

JAN'NOCK, noun Oat-bread. [Local.]

Jansenism

JAN'SENISM, noun The doctrine of Jansen in regard to free will and grace.

Jansenist

JAN'SENIST, noun A follower of Jansen, bishop of Ypres, in Flanders.

Jant

J'ANT, verb intransitive To ramble here and there; to make an excursion.

J'ANT, noun An excursion; a ramble; a short journey.

Jantily

J'ANTILY, adverb [from janty.] Briskly; airily; gayly.

Jantiness

J'ANTINESS, noun Airiness; flutter; briskness.

Janty

J'ANTY, adjective Airy, showy; fluttering; finical.

January

JAN'UARY. noun [Latin januarius; Latin geno, to beget, Eng. to begin.]

The first month of the year, according to the present computation. At the foundation of Rome, March was considered the first month. january and February were introduced by Numa Pompilius.

Japan

JAPAN', noun [from the country in Asia, so called.]

This name is given to work varnished and figured in the manner practiced by the natives of japan

Japan-Earth

JAPAN-EARTH, noun Catechu, a combination of gummy and resinous matter, obtained from the juice of a species of palm tree.

JAPAN-EARTH or catechu, is obtained by decoction and evaporation from a species of Mimosa. It consists chiefly of tannin combined with a peculiar species of extractive.

JAPAN', verb transitive To varnish in the manner of the Japanese.

1. To black and gloss, as in blacking shoes or boots.

Japanese

JAPANE'SE, adjective Pertaining to Japan or its inhabitants.

JAPANE'SE, noun A native of Japan; or the language of the inhabitants.

Japanned

JAPAN'NED, participle passive Varnished in a particular manner.

Japanner

JAPAN'NER, noun One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art.

1. A shoe-blacker.

Japanning

JAPAN'NING, participle present tense Varnishing in the manner of the Japanese; giving a glossy black surface.

JAPAN'NING, noun The art of varnishing and drawing figures on wood or other material, in the manner practiced by the Japanese.

Jape

JAPE, verb intransitive To jest.

JAPE, verb transitive To cheat.

JAPE, noun A jest; a trick.

Japer

JA'PER, noun A jester.

Japhetic

JAPHET'IC, adjective Pertaining to Japheth, the eldest son of Noah; as the japhetic nations, which people the North of Asia and all Europe; japhetic languages.

Japu

JAP'U, noun A bird of Brazil that suspends its nest.

Jar

J'AR, verb intransitive To strike together with a short rattle or tremulous sound; to strike untunably or harshly; to strike discordantly; as a jarring sound.

A string may jar in the best master's hand.

1. To clash; to interfere; to act in opposition; to be inconsistent.

For orders and degrees

Jar not with liberty, but well consist.

2. To quarrel; to dispute; to clash in words.

3. To vibrate regularly; to repeat the same sound.

J'AR, verb transitive To shake; to cause to tremble; to cause a short tremulous motion in a thing.

J'AR, noun A rattling vibration of sound; a shake; as a trembling jar

1. A harsh sound; discord.

2. Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate.

And yet his peace is but continual jar

3. The state of a door half open, or ready to move and strike the post.

4. Repetition of the noise made by the pendulum of a clock.

J'AR, noun A vessel with a large belly and broad mouth, made of earth or glass; as a jar of honey.

We say, an electrical battery of nine jars.

1. A certain measure; as a jar of oil.

Jararaca

JARARACA, noun A species of serpent in America, seldom exceeding 18 inches in length, having prominent veins on its head, and of a dusky brownish color, variegated with red and black spots. It is very poisonous.

Jarble

J'ARBLE

JARDES, noun Callous tumors on the legs of a horse, below the bend of the ham on the outside.

Jargle

J'ARGLE, verb intransitive To emit a harsh or shrill sound. [Not in use.]

Jargon

J'ARGON, noun

1. Confused, unintelligible talk or language; gabble; gibberish; cant.

All jargon of the schools.

2. A mineral, usually of a gray or greenish white color, in small irregular grains, or crystallized in quadrangular prisms surmounted with pyramids, or in octahedrons consisting of double quadrangular prisms. [See Zircon.]

Jargonelle

JARGONELLE, noun jargonel'. A species of pear.

Jargonic

JARGON'IC, adjective Pertaining to the mineral jargon.

Jarred

J'ARRED, participle passive [from jar.] Shaken.

Jarring

J'ARRING, participle present tense Shaking; making a harsh sound; discordant.

J'ARRING, noun A shaking; discord; dispute; collision.

Jashawk

JAS'HAWK, noun A young hawk.

Jasmin

JAS'MIN

JAS'MINE, noun [It is sometimes written in English jessamine.]

A plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing beautiful flowers. There are several species. The common white jasmin is a climbing shrub, rising on supports 15 or 20 feet high. The name is also given to several plants of different genera; as the Arabian jasmin of the genus Nyctanthes; the bastard jasmin of the genus Cestrum, and also of the genus Lycium; the Persian jasmin of the genus Syringa; the red jasmin of the genus Plumeria; the scarlet and yellow jasmin of the genus Bignonia, etc.

Jasmine

JAS'MINE, n. [It is sometimes written in English jessamine.]

A plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing beautiful flowers. There are several species. The common white jasmin is a climbing shrub, rising on supports 15 or 20 feet high. The name is also given to several plants of different genera; as the Arabian Jasmin, of the genus Nyctanthes; the bastard Jasmin, of the genus Cestrum, and also of the genus Lycium; the Persian Jasmin, of the genus Syringa; the red Jasmin, of the genus Plumeria; the scarlet and yellow Jasmin, of the genus Bignonia, &c.

Jaspachate

JAS'PACHATE, noun A name anciently given to some varieties of agate jasper.

Jasper

J'ASPER, noun [Latin iaspis.] A mineral of the siliceous kind, and of several varieties. It is less hard than flint or even than common quartz, but gives fire with steel. It is entirely opake, or sometimes feebly translucent at the edges, and it presents almost every variety of color. Its varieties are common jasper striped jasper Egyptian jasper etc. It admits of an elegant polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff-boxes, etc.

Jasper is a subspecies of rhomboidal quartz, of five kinds, Egyptian, striped, porcelain, common, and agate jasper

Jasperated

J'ASPERATED, adjective Mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as a jasperated agate.

Jaspidean

JASPIDE'AN, adjective Like jasper; consisting of jasper, or partaking of jasper.

Jasponyx

J'ASPONYX, noun The purest horn-colored onyx, with beautiful green zones, composed of genuine matter of the finest jaspers.

Jaunce

JAUNCE, verb intransitive To bustle; to jaunt.

Jaundice

JAUNDICE, noun j'andis. A disease which is characterized by a suffusion of bile over the coats of the eye and the whole surface of the body, by which they are tinged with a yellow color. Hence its name.

Jaundiced

JAUNDICED, adjective j'andised. Affected with the jaundice; suffused with a yellow color; as a jaundiced eye.

1. Prejudiced; seeing with discolored organs.

Jaunt

JAUNT. [See Jant.]

JAV'EL, verb transitive To bemire; and as a noun, a wandering or dirty fellow.

Javel

JAV'EL, verb transitive To bemire. [Not in use.]

Javelin

JAV'ELIN, , noun A sort of spear about five feet and a half long, the shaft of which was of wood, but pointed with steel; used by horse or foot. Every Roman soldier carried seven javelins.

Jaw

JAW, noun

1. The bones of the mouth in which the teeth are fixed. They resemble a horse shoe. In most animals, the under jaw only is movable.

2. The mouth.

3. In vulgar language, scolding, wrangling, abusive clamor.

JAW, verb intransitive To scold; to clamor. [Vulgar.]

JAW, verb transitive To abuse by scolding. [Vulgar.]

Jawed

JAW'ED, adjective Denoting the appearance of the jaws.

Jawfall

JAW'FALL, noun [jaw and fall.] Depression of the jaw; figuratively, depression of spirits.

Jawfallen

JAW'FALLEN, adjective Depressed in spirits; dejected.

Jawn

JAWN, verb intransitive To yawn. [Not in use. See Yawn.]

Jawy

JAW'Y, adjective Relating to the jaws.

Jay

JAY, noun A bird, the Corvus glandarius.

Jayet

JAYET. [See Jet.]

Jazel

JA'ZEL, noun A gem of an azure blue color.

Jealous

JEALOUS, adjective jel'us.

1. Suspicious; apprehensive of rivalship; uneasy through fear that another has withdrawn or may withdraw from one the affections of a person he loves, or enjoy some good which he desires to obtain; followed by of, and applied both to the object of love and to the rival. We say, a young man is jealous of the woman he loves, or jealous of his rival. A man is jealous of his wife, and the wife of her husband.

2. Suspicious that we do not enjoy the affection or respect of others, or that another is more loved and respected than ourselves.

3. Emulous; full of competition.

4. Solicitous to defend the honor of; concerned for the character of.

I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts.

1 Kings 19:10.

5. Suspiciously vigilant; anxiously careful and concerned for.

I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. 2 Corinthians 11:2.

6. Suspiciously fearful.

'Tis doing wrong creates such doubts as these,

Renders us jealous and destroys our peace.

Jealously

JEALOUSLY, adverb jel'usly. With jealousy or suspicion; emulously; with suspicious fear, vigilance or caution.

Jealousness

JEALOUSNESS, noun jel'usness. The state of being jealous; suspicion; suspicious vigilance.

Jealousy

JEALOUSY, noun jel'usy.

1. That passion of peculiar uneasiness which arises from the fear that a rival may rob us of the affection of one whom we love, or the suspicion that he has already done it; or it is the uneasiness which arises from the fear that another does or will enjoy some advantage which we desire for ourselves. A man's jealousy is excited by the attentions of a rival to his favorite lady. A woman's jealousy is roused by her husband's attentions to another woman. The candidate for office manifests a jealousy of others who seek the same office. The jealousy of a student is awakened by the apprehension that his fellow will bear away the palm of praise. In short, jealousy is awakened by whatever may exalt others, or give them pleasures and advantages which we desire for ourselves. jealousy is nearly allied to envy, for jealousy before a good is lost by ourselves, is converted into envy, after it is obtained by others.

JEALOUSY is the apprehension of superiority.

Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy had excellence to deserve our fondness.

2. Suspicious fear or apprehension.

3. Suspicious caution or vigilance, an earnest concern or solicitude for the welfare or honor of others. Such was Paul's godly jealousy for the Corinthians.

4. Indignation. God's jealousy signifies his concern for his own character and government, with a holy indignation against those who violate his laws, and offend against his majesty. Psalms 79:5.

Jears

JEARS, noun In sea-language, an assemblage of tackles by which the lower yards of a ship are hoisted or lowered. Hoisting is called swaying, and lowering is called striking. This word is sometimes written geers or gears. [See Gear.]

Jeat

JEAT, noun A fossil of a fine black color. [See Jet.]

Jee

JEE. A word used by teamsters, directing their teams to pass further to the right, or from the driver, when on the near side; opposed to hoi or haw.

Jeer

JEER, verb intransitive To utter severe, sarcastic reflections; to scoff; to deride; to flout; to make a mock of; as, to jeer at one in sport.

JEER, verb transitive To treat with scoffs or derision.

JEER, noun Railing language; scoff; taunt; biting jest; flout; jibe; mockery; derision; ridicule with scorn.

Midas exposed to all their jeers,

Had lost his art, and kept his ears.

Jeered

JEE'RED, participle passive Railed at; derided.

Jeerer

JEE'RER, noun A scoffer; a railer; a scorner; a mocker.

Jeering

JEE'RING, participle present tense Scoffing; mocking; deriding.

JEE'RING, noun Derision.

Jeeringly

JEE'RINGLY, adverb With raillery; scornfully; contemptuously; in mockery.

Jeffersonite

JEF'FERSONITE, noun A mineral occurring in crystalline masses, of a dark olive green color passing into brown, found imbedded in Franklinite and garnet, in New Jersey.

Jegget

JEG'GET noun A kind of sausage. [Not in use.]

Jehovah

JEHO'VAH, noun The Scripture name of the Supreme Being. If, as is supposed, this name is from the Hebrew substantive verb, the word denotes the Permanent Being, as the primary sense of the substantive verb in all languages, is to be fixed, to stand, to remain or abide. This is a name peculiarly appropriate to the eternal Spirit, the unchangeable God, who describes himself thus, I am that I am. Exodus 3:14.

Jehovist

JEHO'VIST, noun Among critics, one who maintains that the vowel-points annexed to the word Jehovah in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of the word and express the true pronunciation. The Jehovists are opposed to the Adonists, who hold that the points annexed to the word Jehovah, are the vowels of the word Adonai.

Jejune

JEJU'NE, adjective [Latin jejunus, empty, dry.]

1. Wanting; empty; vacant.

2. Hungry; not saturated.

3. Dry; barren; wanting interesting matter; as a jejune narrative.

Jejuneness

JEJU'NENESS, noun Poverty, barrenness; particularly, want of interesting matter; a deficiency of matter that can engage the attention and gratify the mind; as the jejuneness of style or narrative. [Jejunity is not used.]

Jellied

JEL'LIED, adjective [See Jelly and Gelly.] Brought to the consistence of jelly.

Jelly

JEL'LY, noun [Latin gelo, to congeal. See Gelly.]

1. The inspissated juice of fruit, boiled with sugar.

2. Something viscous or glutinous; something of the consistency of jelly; a transparent sizy substance, obtained from animal substances by decoction; portable soup.

Jellybag

JEL'LYBAG, noun A bag through which jelly is distilled.

Jenite

JEN'ITE, noun A different orthography of yenite, which see.

Jennet

JEN'NET, noun A small Spanish horse, properly genet.

Jenneting

JEN'NETING, noun [said to be corrupted from juneting, an apple ripe in June, or at St. Jean.] A species of early apple.

Jenny

JEN'NY, noun A machine for spinning, moved by water or steam and used in manufactories.

Jentling

JENT'LING, noun A fish, the blue chub, found in the Danube.

Jeofail

JEOFAIL, noun jef'fail. An oversight in pleading or other proceeding at law; or the acknowledgment of a mistake.

Jeopard

JEOPARD, verb transitive jep'ard. [See Jeopardy.] To hazard; to put in danger; to expose to loss or injury.

Zebulon and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives to the death in the high places of the field. Judges 5:18.

Jeoparder

JEOPARDER, noun jep'arder. One who puts to hazard.

Jeopardize

JEOPARDIZE, verb transitive jep'ardize. To expose to loss or injury; to jeopard. [This is a modern word, used by respectable writers in America, but synonymous with jeopard and therefore useless.]

Jeopardous

JEOPARDOUS, a jep'ardous. Exposed to danger; perilous; hazardous.

Jeopardously

JEOPARDOUSLY, adverb jep'ardously. With risk or danger.

Jeopardy

JEOPARDY, noun jep'ardy. Exposure to death, loss or injury; hazard; danger; peril.

They were filled with water and were in jeopardy

Luke 8:23.

Jerboa

JER'BOA, noun A quadruped having very short fore legs.

Jerk

JERK, verb transitive [This is probably the Ch.Heb. to reach, to spit, that is, to throw out with a sudden effort.]

1. To thrust out; to thrust with a sudden effort; to give a sudden pull, twitch, thrust or push, as, to jerk one under the ribs; to jerk one with the elbow.

2. To throw with a quick, smart motion; as, to jerk a stone. We apply this word to express the mode of throwing to a little distance by drawing the arm back of the body, and thrusting it forward against the side or hip, which stops the arm suddenly.

JERK, verb transitive To accost eagerly. [Not in use.]

JERK, noun A short sudden thrust, push or twitch; a striking against something with a short quick motion; as a jerk of the elbow.

His jade gave him a jerk

1. A sudden spring.

Lobsters swim by jerks.

Jerkin

JERK'IN, noun A jacket; a short coat; a close waistcoat.

1. A kind of hawk.

Jersey

JER'SEY, noun [from the island so called.]

1. Fine yarn of wool.

2. The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool.

JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE, noun A plant, a species of Helianthus or Sunflower.

Jess

JESS, noun Short straps of leather tied round the legs of a hawk, by which she is held on the fist.

1. A ribbon that hangs down from a garland or crown in falconry.

Jessamin

JES'SAMIN, noun A genus of plants and their flowers. [See Jasmin.]

Jesse

JES'SE, noun A large brass candlestick branched into many sconces, hanging down in the middle of a church or choir.

Jessed

JESS'ED, adjective Having jesses on; a term in heraldry.

Jest

JEST, noun [Latin gestio.]

1. A joke; something ludicrous uttered and meant only to excite laughter. Religion should never be the subject of jest

2. The object of laughter or sport; a laughing stock.

Then let me be your jest I deserve it.

In jest for mere sport or diversion; not in truth and reality; not in earnest.

--And given in earnest what I begged in jest

3. A mask.

4. A deed; an action.

JEST', verb intransitive To divert or make merry by words or actions; to joke.

JEST not with a rude man, lest thy ancestors be disgraced.

1. To utter in sport; to say what is not true, merely for diversion.

2. To play a part in a mask.

Jester

JEST'ER, noun A person given to jesting, sportive talk and merry pranks.

--He rambled up and down

With shallow jesters.

1. One given to sarcasm.

Now, as a jester I accost you.

2. A buffoon; a merry-andrew, a person formerly retained by princes to make sport for them.

Jesting

JEST'ING, participle present tense Joking; talking for diversion or merriment.

JEST'ING, noun A joking; concise wit; wit that consists in a trope or verbal figure, in a metaphorical sense of words, or in a double sense of the same word, or in similitude of sound in different words.

Jesting-Stock

JEST'ING-STOCK, noun A laughing stock; a butt of ridicule.

Jestingly

JEST'INGLY, adverb In a jocose manner; not in earnest.

Jesuit

JES'UIT, noun s as z. One of the society of Jesus, so called, founded by Ignatius Loyola; a society remarkable for their cunning in propagating their principles.

Jesuited

JES'UITED, adjective Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits.

Jesuitess

JES'UITESS, noun A female Jesuit in principle.

Jesuitic

JESUIT'IC

JESUIT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to the Jesuits or their principles and arts.

1. Designing; cunning; deceitful; prevaricating.

Jesuitically

JESUIT'ICALLY, adverb Craftily.

Jesuitism

JES'UITISM, noun The arts, principles and practices of the Jesuits.

1. Cunning, deceit; hypocrisy; prevarication; deceptive practices to effect a purpose.

JES'UITS'-BARK, noun Peruvian bark; the bark of the Cinchona, a tree of Peru.

Jet

JET, noun [Latin gagates.] A solid, dry, black, inflammable fossil substance, harder than asphalt, susceptible of a good polish, and glossy in its fracture, which is conchoidal or undulating. It is found not in strata or continued masses, but in unconnected heaps. It is wrought into toys, buttons, mourning jewels, etc.

JET is regarded as a variety of lignite, or coal originating in wood.

JET, noun [Latin jactus.]

1. A spout, spouting or shooting of water; a jet d'eau.

2. A yard. Tusser. Drift; scope. [Not in use or local.]

JET, verb intransitive [See the Noun.] To shoot forward; to shoot out; to project; to jut; to intrude.

1. To strut; to throw or toss the body in haughtiness.

2. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.

[This orthography is rarely used. See Jut.]

Jetsam

JET'SAM

JET'SON

JETTEAU, noun jet'to. A throw or spout of water.

Jetson

JET'SON

Jetteau

JETTEAU, n. jet'to. A throw or spout of water.

Jettee

JET'TEE, noun A projection in a building.

Jettison

JET'TISON, noun In law and commerce, properly, the throwing of goods overboard in order to lighten a ship in a tempest for her preservation. The word may however be used for the goods thus thrown away, or adverbially.

Jetsam is where goods are cast into the sea, and there sink and remain under water; flotsam, is where they continue swimming; ligan is where they are sunk in the sea, but tied to a cork or buoy.

Jetty

JET'TY, verb intransitive To jut.

JET'TY, noun A small pier or projection into a river for narrowing it and raising the water above that place.

JET'TY, adjective Made of jet, or black as jet.

Jettyhead

JET'TYHEAD, noun The projecting part of a wharf; the front of a wharf whose side forms one of the cheeks of a dock.

Jew

JEW, noun [a contraction of Judas of Judah.] A Hebrew or Israelite.

Jewel

JEW'EL, noun [Low Latin jocale.]

1. An ornament worn by ladies, usually consisting of a precious stone, or set with one or more; a pendant worn in the ear.

2. A precious stone.

3. A name expressive of fondness. A mother calls her child, her jewel

JEW'EL, verb transitive To dress or adorn with jewels.

Jewel-House

JEW'EL-HOUSE

JEW'EL-LIKE, adjective Brilliant as a jewel.

Jewel-Office

JEW'EL-OFFICE, noun The place where the royal ornaments are reposited.

Jeweled

JEW'ELED, participle passive Adorned with jewels.

Jeweler

JEW'ELER, noun One who makes or deals in jewels and other ornaments.

Jeweling

JEW'ELING, participle present tense Adorning with jewels.

Jewelry

JEW'ELRY, noun Jewels in general.

Jewess

JEW'ESS, noun A Hebrew woman. Acts 24:24.

Jewish

JEW'ISH, adjective Pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews. Titus 1:14.

Jewishly

JEW'ISHLY, adverb In the manner of the Jews.

Jewishness

JEW'ISHNESS, noun The rites of the Jews.

Jewry

JEW'RY, noun Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews, whence the name of a street in London.

Jews-Ear

JEWS-EAR, noun The name of a species of Fungus, the Peziza auricula, bearing some resemblance to the human ear.

Jews-Frankincense

JEWS-FRANKINCENSE, noun A plant, a species of Styrax.

Jews-Harp

JEWS-HARP, noun [Jew and harp.] An instrument of music shaped like a harp, which, placed between the teeth and by means of a spring struck by the finger, gives a sound which is modulated by the breath into soft melody. It is called also Jews-trump.

Jews-Mallow

JEWS-MALLOW, noun A plant, species of Corchorus.

Jews-Pitch

JEWS-PITCH, noun Asphaltum, which see.

Jews-Stone

JEWS-STONE, noun The clavated spine of a very large egg-shaped sea urchin petrified. It is a regular figure, oblong and rounded, about three quarters of an inch in length, and half an inch in diameter. Its color is a pale dusky gray, with a tinge of dusky red.

Jezebel

JEZ'EBEL, noun An impudent, daring, vitious woman.

Jib

JIB, noun The foremost sail of a ship, being a large stay-sail extended from the outer end of the jib-boom towards the fore-top-mast-head. In sloops, it is on the bow-sprit, and extends towards the lower mast-head.

Jib-Boom

JIB-BOOM, noun A spar which is run out from the extremity of the bowsprit, and which serves as a continuation of it. Beyond this is sometimes extended the flying-jib-boom.

Jiboya

JIBOY'A, noun An American serpent of the largest kind.

Jig

JIG, noun A kind of light dance, or a tune or air.

1. A ballad.

JIG, verb intransitive To dance a jig

Jigger

JIG'GER, noun In sea-language, a machine consisting of a rope about five feet long, with a block at one end and a sheave at the other, used to hold on the cable when it is heaved into the ship, by the revolution of the windlass.

Jiggish

JIG'GISH, adjective Suitable to a jig.

Jigmaker

JIG'MAKER, noun One who makes or plays jigs.

1. A ballad maker.

Jigpin

JIG'PIN, noun A pin used by miners to hold the turn-beams, and prevent them from turning.

Jill

JILL, noun A young woman; in contempt. [See Gill.]

JILL'-FLIRT, noun A light wanton woman.

Jilt

JILT, noun [of uncertain etymology.] A woman who gives her lover hopes and capriciously disappoints him; a woman who trifles with her lover.

1. A name of contempt for a woman.

JILT, verb transitive To encourage a lover and then frustrate his hopes; to trick in love; to give hopes to a lover and then reject him.

JILT, verb intransitive To play the jilt; to practice deception in love and discard lovers.

Jimmers

JIM'MERS, noun Jointed hinges.

JIN'GLE, verb intransitive To sound with a fine sharp rattle; to clink; as jingling chains or bells.

JIN'GLE, verb transitive To cause to give a sharp sound, as a little bell or as pieces of metal.

The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew.

JIN'GLE, noun A rattling or clinking sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.

1. A little bell or rattle.

2. Correspondence of sound in rhymes.

Jingle

JIN'GLE, verb intransitive

1. To make a sharp clattering sound; to ring as a little bell, or as small pieces of sonorous metal; as gingling halfpence.

2. To utter affected or chiming sounds in periods or cadence.

GIN'GLE, verb transitive To shake so as to make clattering sounds in quick succession; to ring, as a little bell, or as small coins.

The bells she gingled, and the whistle blew.

GIN'GLE, noun A shrill clattering sound, or a succession of sharp sounds, as those made by a little bell or by small coins.

1. Affection in the sounds of periods in reading or speaking, or rather chiming sounds.

Jingling

JIN'GLING, participle present tense Giving a sharp fine rattling sound, as a little bell or as pieces of metal.

Jippo

JIP'PO, noun A waistcoat or kind of stays for females.

Job

JOB, noun [of unknown origin, but perhaps allied to chop, primarily to strike or drive.]

1. A piece of work; any thing to be done, whether of more or less importance. The carpenter or mason undertakes to build a house by the job The erection of Westminster bridge was a heavy job; and it was a great job to erect Central wharf, in Boston. The mechanic has many small jobs on hand.

2. A lucrative business; an undertaking with a view to profit.

No cheek is known to blush nor heart to throb,

Save when they lose a question or a job

3. A sudden stab with a pointed instrument. [This seems to be nearly the original sense.]

To do the job for one, to kill him.

JOB, verb transitive To strike or stab with a sharp instrument.

1. To drive in a sharp pointed instrument.

JOB, verb intransitive To deal in the public stocks; to buy and sell as a broker.

The judge shall job the bishop bite the town,

and mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.

Jobber

JOB'BER, noun One who does small jobs.

1. A dealer in the public stocks or funds; usually called a stock-jobber.

2. One who engages in a low, lucrative affair.

Jobbernowl

JOB'BERNOWL, noun A loggerhead; a blockhead. [A low word.]

Jobs-Tears

JOB'S-TEARS, noun A plant of the genus Coix.

Jockey

JOCK'EY, noun [said to be from Jackey, a diminutive of Jack, John; primarily, a boy that rides horses.]

1. A man that rides horses in a race.

2. A dealer in horses; one who makes it his business to buy and sell horses for gain. Hence,

3. A cheat; one who deceives or takes undue advantage in trade.

JOCK'EY, verb transitive To cheat; to trick; to deceive in trade.

1. To jostle by riding against one.

Jockeyship

JOCK'EYSHIP, noun The art or practice of riding horses.

Joco-Serious

JOCO-SE'RIOUS, adjective Partaking of mirth and seriousness.

Jocose

JOCO'SE, adjective [Latin jocosus, from jocus, a joke.]

1. Given to jokes and jesting; merry; waggish; used of persons.

2. Containing a joke; sportive; merry; as jocose or comical airs.

Jocosely

JOCO'SELY, adverb In jest; for sport or game; waggishly.

Jocoseness

JOCO'SENESS, noun The quality of being jocose; waggery; merriment. [Jocosity is not used.]

Jocular

JOC'ULAR, adjective [Latin jocularis, from jocus, a joke.]

1. Jocose; waggish; merry; given to jesting; used of persons.

2. Containing jokes; sportive; not serious; as a jocular expression or style.

Jocularity

JOCULAR'ITY, noun Merriment; jesting.

Jocularly

JOC'ULARLY, adverb In jest; for sport or mirth.

Joculary

JOC'ULARY, adjective Jocular. [Not in use.]

Joculator

JOC'ULATOR, noun [Latin] A jester; a droll; a minstrel.

Joculatory

JOC'ULATORY, adjective Droll; merrily said.

Jocund

JOC'UND, adjective [Latin jocundus, from jocus, a joke.]

Merry; gay; airy; lively; sportive.

Rural sports and jocund strains.

Jocundity

JOCUND'ITY

JOC'UNDLY, adverb Merrily; gayly.

Jocundness

JOC'UNDNESS, noun State of being merry; gayety.

Jog

JOG, verb transitive [Eng. shock, shake.] To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to give notice or excite attention by a slight push.

Sudden I jogged Ulysses.

JOG, verb intransitive To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot.

So hung his destiny, never to rot,

While he might still jog on, and keep his trot.

1. To walk or travel idly, heavily or slowly.

Thus they jog on, still tricking, never thriving.

JOG, noun A push; a slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention. When your friend falls asleep at church, give him a jog

1. A rub; a small stop; obstruction.

Jogger

JOG'GER, noun One who walks or moves heavily and slowly.

1. One who gives a sudden push.

Jogging

JOG'GING, participle present tense Pushing slightly.

JOG'GING, noun A slight push or shake.

Joggle

JOG'GLE, verb transitive [from jog.] To shake slightly; to give a sudden but slight push.

Joggled

JOG'GLED, participle passive Slightly shaken.

Joggling

JOG'GLING, participle present tense Shaking slightly.

Johannes

JOHAN'NES, noun [John, latinized.] A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars; contracted often into joe; as a joe, or half-joe. It is named from the figure of king John, which it bears.

Johnapple

JOHN'APPLE, noun A sort of apple, good for spring use, when other fruit is spent.

Join

JOIN, verb transitive [Latin jungo, jungere; jungo for jugo, jugum; Eng. yoke;

Gr. a yoke, and a pair, to join ]

1. To set or bring one thing in contiguity with another.

Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field. Isaiah 5:8.

2. To couple; to connect; to combine; as, to join ideas.

3. To unite in league or marriage.

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. 2 Chronicles 18:1.

What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matthew 19:6.

4. To associate.

Go near and join thyself to this chariot. Acts 8:29.

5. To unite in any act.

Thy tuneful voice with numbers join

6. To unite in concord.

But that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment. 1 Corinthians 1:10.

The phrase, to join battle, is probably elliptical, for join in battle; or it is borrowed from the Latin, committere proelium, to send together the battle.

In general, join signifies to unite two entire things without breach or intermixture, by contact or contiguity, either temporary or permanent. It differs from connect, which signifies properly, to unite by an intermediate substance. But join unite, and connect are often used synonymously.

JOIN, verb intransitive To grow to; to adhere. The place where two bones of the body join is called a joint or articulation.

1. To be contiguous, close or in contact; as when two houses join

2. To unite with in marriage, league, confederacy, partnership or society. Russia and Austria joined in opposition to Buonaparte's ambitious views. Men join in great undertakings, and in companies for trade or manufacture. They join in entertainments and amusements. They join in benevolent associations. It is often followed by with.

Any other may join with him that is injured, and assist him in recovering satisfaction.

Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? Ezra 9:14.