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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ja-cō'bus, n. p. 723An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James the First.Jăc'o-nēt, n. p. 723A thin cotton fabric, between cambric and muslin, used for dresses, neck-cloths, and the like. [Written also jaconet.]Jac-quärd’, a. p. 723Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician. Jacquard arrangement, or appendage, a contrivance appended to a loom for weaving figured goods, as of silk or cotton, and also for…Jacquerie, n. p. 723An insurrection of peasants; — originally the name given to a revolt of the peasants against the nobles in Picardy, France, A. D. 1358, either from Jacques Carlot, one of the leaders, or from an…Jăc'tan-cy, n. p. 723A boasting. [Obs.] Cockeram.Jac-tā'tion, n. p. 723A throwing or tossing to and fro; a violent or frequent motion; jaculation. Sir W. Temple. 2. Vain boasting; bragging.Jăc'ti-tā'tion, n. p. 723A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness. Harvey. 2. Vain boasting; vaunting.Jactitation of marriage p. 723a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue. Blackstone.Jăc'ū-la-ble, a. p. 723Fit for throwing. [Obs.] Blount.Jăc′ū-lāte, v. t. p. 723To throw like a dart; to throw out; to emit. His images are singularly commonplace, and you wonder how they move you so, till you resolve this into the power of the hand which jaculates its own…Jăc'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 723The action of darting, throwing, or launching, as missive weapons. Hurled to and fro with jaculation dire. Milton.Jăc'ū-lā'tor, n. p. 723One who jaculates. 2. (Ichth.) The shooting-fish, a species of Chætodon, found in hot climates. It feeds on insects, which it procures by shooting or ejecting a drop of water through its tubular…Jăc'ŭ-la-to-ry, a. p. 723Darting or throwing out suddenly, or suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory.Jāde, n. p. 723(Min.) A stone of a dark-green color, hard and compact, capable of a fine polish, and used for ornamental purposes. Dana.Jāde, n. p. 723A mean or poor horse; a tired horse; a worthless nag. Tired as a jade in overladen cart. Sidney. 2. A mean woman; a wench; a quean;—used familiarly or in contempt. She shines the first of battered…Jāde, v. t. p. 723To reduce to the condition of a jade; to tire out; to fatigue;—said of a horse. The ne’er-yet-beaten horse of Parthia We have jaded out of the field. Shak. 2. To exhaust by excessive labor of any…Jāde, v. i. p. 723To become weary; to lose spirit; to sink. They are promising in the beginning, but they fail, and jade, and tire in the prosecution. South.Jād'er-y, n. p. 723The tricks of a jade. Beau. & Fl.Jād'ish, a. p. 723Vicious; bad; like a jade;—applied to a horse. 2. Unchaste;—applied to a woman. L'Estrange.Jăg, n. p. 723A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw. [Prov. Eng. and Colloq. U. S.] [Written also jagg.] Forby.Jăg, v. t. p. 723To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, &c.Jăg, n. p. 723A notch; a ragged protuberance; a denticulation. 2. (Bot.) A cleft or division.Jăg, v. t. p. 723To cut into notches or teeth (like those of a saw; to notch. [Written also jagg.]Jăgg, v. t. & n. p. 723See JAG.Jăg'ged, p. a. p. 723Having notches or teeth; cleft; divided. “Jagged vine-leaves' shade.” Trench.Jăg'ged-ness, n. p. 723The state of being jagged or denticulated; unevenness.Jăg'ger, n. p. 723One who, or that which, jags; especially, (a.) One who carries about a small load; a peddler. W. Scott. (b.) A brass wheel for cutting jags in cake, &c.; a jagging-iron.Jăg'ger-y or Jăg'gher-y, n. p. 723Dark, coarse sugar made in the East Indies of the juice of the cocoanut palm-tree. Malcom.Jăg'ging-ī'ron, n. p. 723A brass wheel with a notched or jagged edge for cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.Jāg'gy, a. p. 723Set with teeth; denticulated; uneven; notched. Addison.Jăg'hīre, n. p. 723A district of land, or the product thereof, assigned by the East Indian government to an individual, commonly for the support of some public establishment, particularly of a military nature.Jāg'hīre-dār, n. p. 723A person holding a jaghire.Jāg'ū-ār', n. p. 723(Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal (Felis onca), of a brownish yellow color above, faintly marked with stripes or rings along the sides, and whitish below. It is found from Brazil to Texas;—called also…Jāh, n. p. 723Jehovah.Jāil, n. p. 723A prison; a building or place for the confinement of persons arrested for debt or for crime, and held in custody. This jail I count the house of liberty To thine. Milton.Jāil'-bĭrd, n. p. 723A prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.Jāil'-de-liv'er-y, n. p. 723The release of prisoners from jail.Jāil'er, n. p. 723The keeper of a jail or prison.Jāil'-fē'ver, n. p. 723(Med.) A dangerous and often fatal fever, of the typhoid character, generated in jails and other places crowded with people; — called also hospital-fever and ship-fever. Dunglison.Jāk, n. p. 723(Bot.) See JACK.Jākes, n. p. 723A house of necessity, or back-house; a privy. [Obs.]Jāk'-wood, n. p. 723See JACKWOOD.Jāl'ap, n. p. 723(Med.) The root of a plant differently classified as Convolvulus purga, Ipomœa purga, and Exogonium purga, found in Mexico. It has little or no taste or smell, but is much used in powder as a…Ja-lāp'ic, a. p. 723Relating to, containing, or consisting of, jalap.Jāl'a-pīne, n. p. 723(Chem.) A vegetable proximate principle of the officinal jalap. Dunglison.Jalousie, n. p. 723A slatted or Venetian window blind; — so called especially in the West Indies. Simmonds.Jām, n. p. 723A mass of people crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; as, to be in a great jam; to be forced along by the jam. 2. A conserve of fruit boiled in mass with sugar and water. 3. [Per. &…Jām, v. t. p. 723To press; to crowd; to squeeze tight; to wedge in.Jām'a-cī'nā, n. p. 723(Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the Andira inermis, or cabbage-tree of the West Indies.Ja-māi'ca-pēp'per, n. p. 723See ALLSPICE.Ja-māi'çine, n. p. 723The same as JAMACINA.Jāmb, n. p. 723(Arch.) The side-piece or post of a door; the side-piece of a fire-place, or any other aperture in a building. Gwilt. 2. (Mining.) A mass of mineral or stone in a quarry or pit standing upright, more…Jāmb, v. t. p. 723(Naut.) To squeeze tight.Jam-bee', n. p. 723A fashionable cane. [Obs.] Tatler.Jāmbeṣ or Jām'beux, n. pl. p. 723Armor for the legs, made of waxed leather or metal; — much used in the middle ages.Jām'da-rī, n. p. 724A kind of Indian muslin woven with figures of flowers and other ornamental objects.Jā'me-son-īte, n. p. 724(Min.) A steel-gray ore of lead and antimony.Jām'-nūt, n. p. 724A nut placed in contact with the main nut on the same bolt, to keep the main nut from turning; — called also check-nut and cock-nut. [See Illust. of Bolt.]Jān, n. p. 724(Mohammedan Myth.) An inferior demon.Jāne, n. p. 724A coin of Genoa. Spenser. 2. A twilled cotton cloth. See JEAN.