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Jetteau (jĕtt�), n. See . [R.] Addison.
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Jettee (jĕtt�), n. See , n. Burke.
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Jetter (jĕttẽr), n. One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop. [Obs.] Palsgrave.
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Jettiness (jĕttĭnĕs). n. The state of being jetty; blackness. Pennant.
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jetting adj. being propelled violently in a usually narrow stream; -- of liquids.
Syn. -- spouting, spurting, squirting.
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Jettison (?). n. [See .]
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1. (Mar. Law) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.
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2. See , 1.
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Jetton (?), n. [F. jeton.] A metal counter used in playing cards.
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Jetty (?), a. Made of jet, or like jet in color.
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The people . . . are of a jetty.
Sir T. Browne.
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Jetty, n.; pl. Jetties (#). [F. jetée a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See a shooting forth, and cf. .]
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1. (Arch.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
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2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
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3. (Hydraul. Engin.) A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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Coloq. Jetty head (Naut.), a projecting part at the end of a wharf; the front of a wharf whose side forms one of the cheeks of a dock.
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Jetty, v. i. To jut out; to project. [Obs.] Florio.
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Jeu d'esprit (?). [F., play of mind.] A witticism.
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Jeunesse dorée (?). [F.] Lit., gilded youth; young people of wealth and fashion, esp. if given to prodigal living; -- in the French Revolution, applied to young men of the upper classes who aided in suppressing the Jacobins after the Reign of Terror.
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Jew (?), n. [OF. Juis, pl., F. Juif, L. Judaeus, Gr. �, fr. � the country of the Jews, Judea, fr. Heb. Yĕhūdāh Judah, son of Jacob. Cf. .] 1. Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite.
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2. An adherent of Judaism.
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Coloq. Jew's frankincense , gum styrax, or benzoin. -- Coloq. Jew's mallow (Bot.), an annual herb (Corchorus olitorius) cultivated in Syria and Egypt as a pot herb, and in India for its fiber. -- Coloq. Jew's pitch , asphaltum; bitumen. -- Coloq. The Wandering Jew , an imaginary personage, who, for his cruelty to Christ during his passion, is doomed to wander on the earth till Christ's second coming. -- Coloq. Wandering Jew , any of several house plants of the genera Zebrina and Tradescantia having white-striped leaves, especially the creeping plants Zebrina pendula and Tradescantia fluminensis.
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Jew-baiter n. someone who hates and would persecute Jews; an anti-Semite.
Syn. -- anti-Semite.
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Jewbush (?), n. (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (Pedilanthus tithymaloides), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities.
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Jewel (jūĕl or jṳĕl), n. [OE. juel, jowel, OF. jouel, juel, joiel, F. joyau, dim. of OF. joie joy, jewel, F. joie joy. See .]
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1. An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.
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Plate of rare device, and jewels
Of rich and exquisite form.
Shak.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. Shak.
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3. An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing. “Our prince (jewel of children).” Shak.
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4. A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.
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Coloq. Jewel block (Naut.), block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studding sail is rove.
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Jewel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jeweled (?), or Jewelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Jeweling, or Jewelling.] To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels; to bejewel.
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The long gray tufts . . . are jeweled thick with dew.
M. Arnold.
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jeweled jewelled adj. covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
Syn. -- beaded, beady, bejewelled, bejeweled, bespangled, gemmed, sequined, spangled, spangly.
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Jeweler (jūĕllẽr or jṳĕllẽr), n. [Cf. F. joaillier.] One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments. [Written also jeweller.]
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Coloq. Jeweler's gold . See under .
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Jewellery (jūĕllẽrr� or jṳĕllẽrr�), n. See . [Chiefly Brit.] Burke.
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Jewelry (jūĕlr� or jṳĕlr�), n. [Cf. F. joaillerie.]
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1. The art or trade of a jeweler. Cotgrave.
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2. Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry.
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jewels-of-opar n. An erect plant (Talinum paniculatum) with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers, grwing from Southwestern North America to Central America; it has been widely introduced elsewhere.
Syn. -- Talinum paniculatum.
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Jewelweed (?), n. (Bot.) See .
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Jewess, n., fem. of . A female Jew; a Hebrew woman; a female adherent of Judaism.
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Jewfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) 1. A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw.
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2. A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish.
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3. The black grouper of Florida and Texas.
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4. A large herringlike fish; the tarpum.
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Jewise (?), n. Same as . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Jewish (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish. -- Jewishly, adv. -- Jewishness, n.
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2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Judaism.
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Jewish calendar. A lunisolar calendar in use among Hebraic peoples, reckoning from the year 3761 b. c., the date traditionally given for the Creation. It received its present fixed form from Hillel II. about 360 a. d. The present names of the months, which are Babylonian-Assyrian in origin, replaced older ones, Abib, Bul, etc., at the time of the Babylonian Exile. Nineteen years constitute a lunar cycle, of which the 3d, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 19th years are leap years. The year 5663 [1902-3 a. d.] was the first year of the 299th lunar cycle. The common year is said to be defective, regular, or perfect (or abundant) according as it has 353, 354, or 355 days. The leap year has an intercalary month, and a total of 383 (defective), 384 (regular), or 385 (perfect, or abundant) days. The calendar is complicated by various rules providing for the harmonious arrangement of festivals, etc., so that no simple perpetual calendar can be constructed. The following table gives the months in order, with the number of days assigned to each. Only three months vary in length. They are: Heshvan, which has 30 days in perfect years; Kislev, which has 30 days in regular and perfect years; and Adar, which has 30 days in leap years. The ecclesiastical year commences with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri. The date of the first of Tishri, or the Jewish New Year, is also given for the Jewish years 5661-5696 (1900-1935 a. d.). From these tables it is possible to transform any Jewish date into Christian, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d.
Months of the Jewish Year.
1 Tishri . . . . . . 30
2 Heshvan . . . . . 29 (r. & d.)
or 30 (p.)
3 Kislev . . . . . . 29 (d.) or
30 (r. & p.)
4 Tebet . . . . . . 29
5 Shebat . . . . . . 30
6 Adar . . . . . . . 29 or
30 (l.)
-- Veadar . . . . . 29
(occuring only in leap years)
7 Nisan . . . . . . .30
8 Ivar . . . . . . ..29
9 Sivan . . . . . . .30
10 Tammux . . . . . . 29
11 Ab . . . . . . . . 30
12 Elul . . . . . . ..29
Jewish Year a. d.
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5661 p. begins Sept. 24, 1900
5662 d.l. “ “ 14, 1901
5663 p. “ Oct. 2, 1902
5664 r. “ Sept. 22, 1903
5665 p.l. “ “ 10, 1904
5666 p. “ “ 30, 1905
5667 r. “ “ 20, 1906
5668 d.l. “ “ 6, 1907
5669 p. “ “ 26, 1908
5670 d.l. “ “ 16, 1909
5671 r. “ Oct. 4, 1910
5672 p. “ Sept. 23, 1911
5673 p.l. “ “ 12, 1912
5674 r. “ Oct. 2,
5675 d. “ Sept. 21, 1914
5676 p.l. “ “ 9, 1915
5677 r. “ “ 28, 1916
5678 p. “ “ 17, 1917
5679 d.l. begins Sept. 7, 1918
5680 r. “ “ 25, 1919
5681 p.l. “ “ 13, 1920
5682 p. “ Oct. 3, 1921
5683 d. “ Sept. 23, 1922
5684 r.l. “ “ 11, 1923
5685 p. “ “ 29, 1924
5686 p. “ “ 19, 1925
5687 d.l. “ “ 9, 1926
5688 r. “ “ 27, 1927
5689 p.l. “ “ 15, 1928
5690 d. “ Oct. 5, 1929
5691 r. “ Sept. 23, 1930
5692 p.l. “ “ 12, 1931
5693 p. “ Oct. 1, 1932
5694 r. “ Sept. 23, 1933
5695 d.l. “ “ 10, 1934
5696 p. “ “ 28, 1935
d. = defective year; d.l. = defective leap year;
p. = perfect year; p.l. = perfect leap year; r. = regular year; r.l. = regular leap year.
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Jewry (?), n. [OE. Jewerie, OF. Juierie, F. Juiverie.] 1. Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter. Chaucer.
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Teaching throughout all Jewry.
Luke xxiii. 5.
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2. Jewish people, collectively.
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Jew's-ear, Jew's-ears (?), n. (Bot.) A widely distributed species of edible fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae, formerly Hirneola Auricula-Judæ, or Hirneola Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the human ear and growing on decaying wood.
Syn. -- ear fungus, .
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Jew's-harp (?), n. [Jew + harp; or possibly a corrupt. of jaw's harp; cf. G. maultrommel, lit., mouthdrum.] 1. An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump.
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2. (Naut.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.
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{ Jew's-stone (?), Jewstone (?) }, n. (Paleon.) A large clavate spine of a fossil sea urchin.
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Jezebel (?), n. [From Jezebel, Heb. Izebel, the wife of Ahab king of Israel.] A bold, vicious woman; a termagant. Spectator.
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Jharal (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A wild goat (Capra Jemlaica) which inhabits the loftiest mountains of India. It has long, coarse hair, forming a thick mane on its head and neck.
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Jib (jĭb), n. [Named from its shifting from side to side. See , v. i.., .]
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1. (Naut.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibs; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
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2. (Mach.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
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3. One that jibs, or balks; a jibber.
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4. A stationary condition; a standstill.
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Coloq. Jib boom (Naut.), a spar or boom which serves as an extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by another spar called the flying jib boom. [Written also gib boom.] -- Coloq. Jib crane (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which a trolley moves, bearing the load. -- Coloq. Jib door (Arch.), a door made flush with the wall, without dressings or moldings; a disguised door. -- Coloq. Jib header (Naut.), a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a jib-headed topsail. -- Coloq. Jib topsail (Naut.), a small jib set above and outside of all the other jibs. -- Coloq. The cut of one's jib , one's outward appearance. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.
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Jib (?), v. i. [Connected with jibe; cf. OF. giber to shake.] To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk. [Written also jibb.] [Eng.]
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Jib, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Jibbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jibbing.] Also Jibb. [Cf. a sail, .] (Chiefly Naut.) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
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Jibber (?), n. A horse that jibs. [Eng.]
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Jibe (jīb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jibed (jībd); p. pr. & vb. n. Jibing (jībĭng).] [Cf. Dan. gibbe, D. gijpen, v. i., and dial. Sw. gippa to jerk. Cf. , n. & v. i.] (Naut.) To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See .
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Jibe, v. i. 1. (Naut.) To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See , v. t., and .
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2. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq.] Bartlett.
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Jiffy (?), n. [Perh. corrupt. fr. gliff.] [Written also giffy.] A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy. [Colloq.] J. & H. Smith.
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Jig (?), n. [OF. gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance, F. gigue dance, tune, gig; of German origin; cf. MHG. gīge fiddle, G. geige. Cf. a fiddle, a whirligig.]
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1. (Mus.) A light, brisk musical movement.
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Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig.
Shak.
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3. A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad. [Obs.]
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A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme
Praised and applauded.
Beau. & Fl.
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4. A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.]
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Is't not a fine jig,
A precious cunning, in the late Protector?
Beau. & Fl.
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5. A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
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6. (Mach.) (a) A small machine or handy tool; esp.: (Metal Working) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or template to work to, as in filing. (b) (Mining) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
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Coloq. Drill jig , a jig for guiding a drill. See , 6 (a). -- Coloq. Jig drilling , Coloq. Jig filing (Metal Working), a process of drilling or filing in which the action of the tool is directed or limited by a jig. -- Coloq. Jig saw , a sawing machine with a narrow, vertically reciprocating saw, used to cut curved and irregular lines, or ornamental patterns in openwork, a scroll saw; -- called also gig saw.
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Jig, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jigged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jigging (?).]
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1. To sing to the tune of a jig.
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Jig off a tune at the tongue's end.
Shak.
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2. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. Ford.
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3. (Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See , n.
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4. (Metal Working) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
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Jig, v. i. 1. To dance a jig; to skip about.
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You jig, you amble, and you lisp.
Shak.
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2. To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
The fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for nothing at all.
Kipling.
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jigaboo n. A negro, especially an African-American; -- an offensive term usually intended as an ethnic slur. [vulgar and offensive]
Syn. -- nigger, spade, coon, nigra.
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Jigger (jĭggẽr), n. [A corrupt. of chigre.] 1. (Zoöl.) A species of flea (Tunga penetrans, or Sarcopsylla penetrans, or Pulex penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin; called also jigger flea. See .
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2. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small red mites (esp. Tetranychus irritans and Tetranychus Americanus) of the family Trombiculidae, which, in the larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and various animals, causing great annoyance. Also called chigger. [Southern U. S.]
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Jigger, n. [See , n. & v.] 1. One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging.
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2. (Pottery) (a) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel. (b) A template or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
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3. (Naut.) (a) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle. Totten. (b) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. [New Eng.] (c) A supplementary sail. See , n., 2 (b).
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4. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as , 4 (i).
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5. A small glass or measuring vessel holding 11/2 ounces (45 ml), used mostly for measuring liquor or drinking whiskey; also, the quantity of liquid held in a jigger.
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6. A . [Colloq.]
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Coloq. Jigger mast . (Naut.) (a) The after mast of a four-masted vessel. (b) The small mast set at the stern of a yawl-rigged boat.
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Jigger (?), v. t. [Cf. .] To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.
He could jigger the ball o'er a steeple tall as most men would jigger a cop.
Harper's Mag.
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jiggery-pokery n. A verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of a person in some way.
Syn. -- trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, skulduggery, skullduggery.
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Jigging (?), n. (Mining) The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.
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Coloq. Jigging machine . (a) (Mining) A machine for separating ore by the process of jigging. (b) (Metal Working) A machine with a rotary milling cutter and a template by which the action of the cutter is guided or limited; -- used for forming the profile of an irregularly shaped piece; a profiling machine.
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Jiggish (?), a. 1. Resembling, or suitable for, a jig, or lively movement. Tatler.
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2. Playful; frisky. [R.]
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She is never sad, and yet not jiggish.
Habington.
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Jiggle (?), v. i. [Freq. of jig.] To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.
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Jigjog (?), n. A jolting motion; a jogging pace.
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Jigjog, a. Having a jolting motion.
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{Jihad, Jehad} (?), n. [Ar. jihād.] (Moham.) A religious war against infidels or Mohammedan heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief.
[Their] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the Mohammedan dervishes of the Sudan, or of Mohammedans anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it.
James Bryce.
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Jill (?), n. [See sweetheart.] A young woman; a sweetheart. See . Beau. & Fl.
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Jill-flirt (?), n. A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See .
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Jilt (?), n. [Contr. fr. Scot. jillet a giddy girl, a jill-flirt, dim. of jill a jill.] A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt. Otway.
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Jilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jilting.] To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love. Locke.
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Jilt, v. i. To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously. Congreve.
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Jimcrack (?), n. See .
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Jim Crow n. 1. A negro; -- said to be so called from a popular negro dance song, the refrain of which is “Wheel about and turn about and jump Jim Crow,” produced in 1835 by Thomas D. Rice (1808-1860), a famous negro minstrel; -- considered disparaging and offensive. [Offensive slang, U. S.]
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2. A legally sanctioned system of racial discrimination practised in the southern United States until declared unconstitutional in 1953 and further restricted by federal legislation, by means of which negroes were segregated and discriminated against in employment and in many places of public accommodation, such as parks, commercial establishments, and public transportation.
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Jim-crow (?), a. For negroes only; set aside for used of negroes as a policy of racial discrimination.
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Jim-crow (?), n. (Mach.) 1. A machine for bending or straightening rails.
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2. A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways.
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jimdandy n. 1. someone excellent of their kind; as, he's a jimdandy of a soldier.
Syn. -- jimhickey, crackerjack.
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2. something excellent of its kind; as, the bike was a jimdandy.
Syn. -- jimhickey, crackerjack.
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jimhickey n. Same as .
Syn. -- jimdandy, crackerjack.
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jimmies n. pl. Small cylindrical bits of sweet chocolate used as a granular topping on e.g. ice cream.
Syn. -- sprinkles.
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Jimmy (?), n.; pl. Jimmies (#). [Cf. .] A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors. [Written also jemmy.]
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jimmy (?), n.; pl. jimmies (#). [Rhyming slang: Jimmy Grant, for immigrant. RHUD] An immigrant. [Australian slang]
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jimmy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. jimmied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. jimmying (?).] To pry open (a door, window, etc.) with a jimmy or similar device; often used with open; as, the burglar jimmied open the back door and stole the TV set.
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Jimp (?), a. [Cf. , a.] 1. Neat; handsome; elegant. See .
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2. Slender; trim.
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2. Scant; barely enough. RHUD
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Jimson weed (?). See . [Local, U.S.]
{ Jin, Jinn (?) }, n. See . “Solomon is said to have had power over the jin.” Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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Jingal (?), n. [Hind. jangāl a swivel, a large musket.] A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel. [Written also gingal and jingall.] [India]
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Jingle (?), v. i. [OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E. chink; cf. also E. jangle.]
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1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also gingle.]
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2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. “Jingling street ballads.” Macaulay.
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Jingle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jingling (?).] To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
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The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew.
Pope.
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Jingle, n. 1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
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2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
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If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles, but use them justly.
Bacon.
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3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, a rhyming verse of no poetical merit. “ The least jingle of verse.” Guardian.
The verses used in commercial advertisements are often called jingles, especially when sung.
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Coloq. Jingle shell . See Gold shell (b), under .
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Jingler (?), n. One who, or that which, jingles.
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Jingling (?), n. The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink. “The jingling of the guinea.” Tennyson.
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Jinglingly, adv. So as to jingle. Lowell.
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Jingo (?), n.; pl. Jingoes (#). [Said to be a corruption of St. Gingoulph.]
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1. A word used as a jocular oath. “By the living jingo.” Goldsmith.
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2. A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs; a bellicose superpatriot or chavinist. [Cant, Eng.]
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☞ This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular during the Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The first two lines were as follows: --
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We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we do,
We 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money too.
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jingoism (?), n. 1. The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See , 2. [Cant, Eng.]
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2. Hence: A bellicose patriotism; aggressive chauvinism; belligerence in international relations.
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jingoist (?), n. One who is jingoistic; a bellicose patriot; an extreme bellicose nationalist; an aggressive chauvinist.
Syn. -- chauvinist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter.
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jingoistic (?), a. 1. fanatically and bellicosely patriotic; aggressively chauvinistic; belligerent in international relations.
Syn. -- chauvinistic, flag-waving(prenominal), nationalistic, superpatriotic.
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2. Given to expressing partisan sentiments in slogans, especially belligerently patriotic views.
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Jink (?), v. i. [Cf. , v. i.] 1. To move quickly, esp. with a sudden turn; hence, to dodge; to escape by a quick turn; -- obs. or dial., except as a hunting term in pig-sticking.
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2. (Card Playing) In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to play to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful.
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jinks n. noisy and mischievous merrymaking.
Syn. -- high jinks, hijinks.
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Jinnee, Jinni (jĭnnē), n.; pl. Jinn (jĭn). [Ar.] (Arabian & Mohammedan Myth.) A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of assuming various forms. [Written also jin, djinn, djinnee, genie, etc.]
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☞ Jinn is also used as sing., with pl. jinns (�).
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Jinny road (?). [Cf. an engine, .] (Mining) An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. Knight.
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Jinrikisha (?), n. [Jap. jin man + riki power + sha carriage.] A small, two-wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one or more men. [Japan]
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jinx (jĭṉks), n. A person, object, influence, or supernatural being which is supposed to bring bad luck or to cause things to go wrong. [Slang]
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jinx (jĭṉks), v. t. To bring bad luck to; to cause to malfunction or go wrong; as, some superstitious people are reluctant to predict success for fear it will jinx them. [Slang]
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Jippo (jĭpp�), n. [Abbrev. fr. juppon.] A waistcoat or kind of stays for women.
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jiqui n. A Cuban timber tree (Malpighia obovata) with hard wood very resistant to moisture.
Syn. -- Malpighia obovata.
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jird n. Any of several North African gerbils.
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jitney n. 1. a small bus or similar vehicle carrying passengers on a fixed route, used for public transport. [wns=1] Probably so called because they once charged a nickel for the ride. RHUD
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2. A five-cent piece; a nickel. [slang, archaic]
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jitterbug n. a fast and vigorous American dance that was popular in the 1940s, having few standardized steps and personalized with various twirls, twists, and acrobatic moves; it was performed often to the accompaniment of swing or boogie-woogie tunes.
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jitterbug v. i. to do the jitterbug.
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jitters n. an uneasy state; nervousness; as, the prospect of being drafted gave him a bad case of the jitters.
Syn. -- nervousness, nerves, screaming meemies.
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jittery adj. being in a tense state; easily upset or frightened; -- of a person.
Syn. -- edgy, fidgety, high-strung, in suspense(predicate), jumpy, nervous, nervy, overstrung, restive, uneasy, uptight.
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jiujitsu n. [Jap., soft technique.] a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength.
Syn. -- jujitsu, jiujutsu, jujutsu.
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jive n. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.
Syn. -- swing, swing music.
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Jnr. n. Abbreviation for Junior, used after a name by a son who has the same first and last name as his father; -- less commonly used than Jr.
Syn. -- Junior, Jr.
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Jo (?), n.; pl. Joes (#). [Etymol. uncertain.] A sweetheart; a darling. [Scot.] Burns.
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Job (jŏb), n. [Prov. E. job, gob, n., a small piece of wood, v., to stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh. influenced by E. chop to cut off, to mince. See .]
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1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
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2. A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.
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3. A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
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4. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately. [Colloq.]
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