Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Jē'nite, n. p. 725See YENITE.Jĕn'net, n. p. 725A small Spanish horse. See GENET.Jĕn'net-ing, n. p. 725A species of early apple.Jĕn'ny, n. p. 725A machine for spinning, moved by water or steam, and used in manufactories.Jenny ass p. 725the female of the ass.Jĕnt'ling, n. p. 725(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub, found in the Danube.Jĕof'fail, n. p. 725(Law.) An oversight in pleading or other proceeding at law, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight. Blackstone.Jĕop'ard, v. t. p. 725To put in danger; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard. Zebulon and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. Judg. v. 18.…Jĕop'ard-er, n. p. 725One who puts to hazard.Jĕop'ard-īze, v. t. p. 725To expose to loss or injury; to jeopard.Jĕop'ard-oŭs, a. p. 725Exposed to danger; perilous; hazardous. “His goodly, valiant, and jeopardous enterprise.” Fuller.Jĕop'ard-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 725With risk or danger.Jĕop'ard-y, n. p. 725Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger; peril. They were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. Luke viii. 23. Syn.—Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See DANGER.Jĕop'ard-y, v. t. p. 725To jeopard; to jeopardize.Jẽr'bo-ȧ or Jer-bō'ȧ, n. p. 725(Zoöl.) A small jumping rodent animal (Dipus Ægyptius), having very long hind legs and a long tail;—called also jumping hare. It burrows in the ground. The name is also applied to other small jumping…Je-reed’, n. p. 725A blunt javelin used by the Turks, especially in their mock fights. [Written also jerid.]Jĕr'e-mī'ad or Jĕr'e-mī'ade, n. p. 725A tale of grief, sorrow, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade;—used satirically or in ridicule.Jer-fal'con, n. p. 725A variety of falcon (Hiero-falco of Cuvier), one fourth larger than the true falcon, and highly esteemed by falconers. It is a native of northern regions. [Written also ger-falcon and gyr-falcon.]Je-rĭd', n. p. 725See JEREED.Jẽrk, v. t. p. 725To throw with a quick effort; to move by a quick and suddenly arrested motion; to give a sudden pull, twitch, thrust, or push; as, to jerk one under the ribs; to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a…Jẽrk, v. t. p. 725To accost eagerly. [Obs.] Dryden.Jẽrk, v. i. p. 725To make a sudden motion; to start quickly; to move with a start, or by starts. By the way he jerked at some men's reforming to models of religion. Milton.Jĕrk, n. p. 726A short, sudden thrust, push, or twitch; a striking against something with a suddenly arrested motion; as, a jerk of the elbow. His jade gave him a jerk. B. Jonson. 2. A motion by momentary impulse…Jerk'er, n. p. 726One who strikes with a smart, quick blow, or moves with a jerk.Jēr'kin, n. p. 726A jacket; a kind of short coat or close waistcoat.Jēr'kin-hēad, n. p. 726(Arch.) The upper part or gable of the end wall of a building when this is carried up higher than the side walls.Jerk'y, a. p. 726Jerk-like; coming or moving by starts, or by unsteady action.Je-rōn'y-mite, n. p. 726(Eccl. Hist.) One belonging to a certain religious order, the members of which were called Hermits of St. Jerome;—called also Hieronymite.Jer'quer, n. p. 726A custom-house officer who searches ships, after they are unloaded, for unentered goods. [Eng.] Simmonds.Jēr'quing, n. p. 726The searching of a ship for unentered goods. [Eng.] Simmonds.Jēr'sey, n. p. 726The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool. 2. A kind of jacket of coarse woolen cloth.Je-rū'sa-lem Ār'ti-chōke p. 726(Bot.) A plant (the Helianthus tuberosum of Brazil), cultivated in Europe and the United States. It is a species of sunflower, the roots of which are used in Europe as food, and the leaves given to…Jer-vī'na or Jēr'vine, n. p. 726(Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root of Veratrum album, or white hellebore.Jĕss, n. p. 726A short strap of leather or silk tied round the legs of a hawk, in which the varvels, or rings, were fastened, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached. Like a hawk…Jēs'sa-mīne, n. p. 726(Bot.) A plant of certain species of the genus Jasminum; jasmine. See JASMINE.Jēs'sant, n. p. 726(Her.) Shooting forth, or springing up.Jēs'se, n. p. 726A large brass candle-stick, branched into many sconces, hanging down in the middle of a church or choir;—so called as resembling the genealogical tree of Jesse, of which a picture was formerly hung…Jēssed, a. p. 726(Her.) Having jesses on, as a hawk.Jĕst, n. p. 726A masking frolic; a masquerade; a pageant; an interlude. [Obs.] Nares. He promised us, in honor of our guest. To grace our banquet with some pompous jest. Old Play. 2. Something done or said in order…Jēst, v. i. p. 726To play a part in a mask. Shak. 2. To make merriment by words or actions; to say any thing for amusement merely; to talk jokingly; to joke. He jests at scars that never felt a wound. Shak. Syn.—To…Jĕst'er, n. p. 726A person given to jesting, sportive talk, and merry pranks. He rambled up and down With shallow jests. Shak. 2. A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a person formerly retained by princes to make sport for…Jest'ful, a. p. 726Given to jesting; full of jokes.Jest'ing-ly, adv. p. 726In a jocose manner; not in earnest.Jĕst'ing-stŏck, n. p. 726A laughing-stock; a butt of ridicule.Jē'sū-it, n. p. 726(Rom. Cath. Church.) One of a religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola, and approved in 1540, under the title of The Society of Jesus. The order consists of Scholars, who take vows simply of…Jĕs'ū-it-ed, a. p. 726Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits.Jés'ū-it-ess, n. p. 726(Rom. Cath. Hist.) One of an order of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1630.Jés'ü-it'ic, a. p. 726Jés'ü-it'ic-al p. 726Pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and arts. 2. Designing; cunning; deceitful;—an opprobrious use of the word.Jĕs'ū-it'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 726In a jesuitical manner.Jes'ü-it-ism, n. p. 726The arts, principles, and practices of the Jesuits. 2. Cunning; deceit; hypocrisy; deceptive practices to effect a purpose;—an offensive sense.Jē'sū-it-ōc'ra-cy, n. p. 726Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a country, &c. Solger.Jés'ü-it-ry, n. p. 726Jesuitism. [Rare.]Jet, n. p. 726(Min.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture, and velvet-black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into toys, buttons, mourning jewels, and the like. Dana.Jĕt, n. p. 726A shooting forth; a spouting stream; a sudden rush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet. 2. A yard. [Obs.] Tusser. 3. Drift; scope. [Obs.]Jĕt, v. i. p. 726To shoot forward; to shoot out; to project; to jut; to intrude. 2. To strut; to throw or toss the body in haughtiness. [Obs.] Consumption makes a rare turkey-cock of him: how he jets under his…Jĕt, v. t. p. 726To spout forth; to emit in a stream or spout. A dozen angry models jetted steam. Tennyson.Jĕt'-blăck, a. p. 726Of the deepest black, the color of jet.Jet-d'eau', n. p. 726A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe, especially from one which is arranged to throw water upward, and is put in a public place, or in a garden, for ornament.Jĕt'e-rŭs, n. p. 726(Bot.) A disease of plants which causes them to turn yellow. Brande.