JACOBITE
JAC'OBITE, noun [from Jacobus, James.] A partizan or adherent of James II, king of England, after he abdicated the throne, and of his descendants; of course, an opposer of the r...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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JACOBITISM
JAC'OBITISM, noun The principles of the partizans of James II.
JACOBS-LADDER
JACOB'S-LADDER, noun A plant of the genus Polemonium.
JACOBS-STAFF
JACOB'S-ST'AFF, noun A pilgrim's staff.1. A staff concealing a dagger.2. A cross staff; a kind of astrolabe.
JACOBUS
JAC'OBUS, noun [Jacobus, James.] A gold coin, value twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.
JACONET
JACONET', noun A kind of coarse muslin.
JACTANCY
JAC'TANCY, noun [Latin jactantia.] A boasting. [Not used.]
JACTITATION
JAC'TITATION, noun [Latin jactito, jacto. It ought rather to be jactation, Latin jactatio.]1. A tossing of the body; restlessness.2. A term in the canon law for a false pretensi...
JACULATE
JAC'ULATE, verb transitive [Latin jaculor.] To dart.
JACULATION
JACULA'TION, noun The action of darting, throwing or lanching, as missive weapons.
JACULATOR
JAC'ULATOR, noun The shooting fish, a species of Chaetodon.
JACULATORY
JAC'ULATORY, adjective Darting or throwing out suddenly, or suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences. [See Ejaculatory.]
JADE
JADE, noun1. A mean or poor horse; a tired horse; a worthless nag.Tired as a jade in overloaden cart.2. A mean woman; a word of contempt, noting sometimes age, but generally vic...
JADED
JA'DED, participle passive Tired; wearied; fatigued; harassed.
JADERY
JA'DERY, noun The tricks of a jade.
JADING
JA'DING, participle present tense Tiring; wearying; harassing.
JADISH
JA'DISH, adjective Vitious; bad, like a jade.1. Unchaste.
JAG
JAG, noun A small load.
JAGG
JAGG, verb transitive To notch; to cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw.JAGG'JAG, noun A tooth of a saw; a denticulation. In botany, a cleft or division.
JAGGED
JAG'GED, participle passive Notched; uneven.1. Having notches or teeth; cleft; divided; laciniate; as jagged leaves.
JAGGEDNESS
JAG'GEDNESS, noun The state of being denticulated; unevenness.
JAGGING
JAG'GING, participle present tense Notching; cutting into teeth; dividing.
JAGGY
JAG'GY, adjective Set with teeth; denticulated; uneven.
JAGUAR
JAGUAR', noun The American tiger, or once of Brasil, belonging to the genus Felis.
JAH
JAH, noun Jehovah.
JAIL
JAIL, noun A prison; a building or place for the confinement of persons arrested for debt or for crime, and held in the custody of the sheriff.
JAILBIRD
JA'ILBIRD, noun A prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.