Webster's Dictionary 1828

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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 metaphori...

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JESTING-STOCK

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

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JESTINGLY

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

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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.

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JESUITED

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

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JESUITESS

JES'UITESS, noun A female Jesuit in principle.

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JESUITIC

JESUIT'ICJESUIT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to the Jesuits or their principles and arts.1. Designing; cunning; deceitful; prevaricating.

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JESUITICALLY

JESUIT'ICALLY, adverb Craftily.

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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 Per...

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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 ...

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JETSAM

JET'SAMJET'SONJETTEAU, noun jet'to. A throw or spout of water.

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JETSON

JET'SON

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JETTEAU

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

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JETTEE

JET'TEE, noun A projection in a building.

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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...

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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 b...

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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.

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JEW

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

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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. ...

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JEWEL-HOUSE

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

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JEWEL-OFFICE

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

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JEWELED

JEW'ELED, participle passive Adorned with jewels.

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JEWELER

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

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JEWELING

JEW'ELING, participle present tense Adorning with jewels.

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JEWELRY

JEW'ELRY, noun Jewels in general.

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JEWESS

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

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JEWISH

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