Jā′sey1, n.
n. A wig; also a head of bushy hair;— so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn, the name being formed by corruption of Jersey.
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Jersey
Jēr'sey2, n.
(jēr'zē), n. [From the island so called.] 1. The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool. 2. A kind of jacket of coarse woolen cloth.