Webster's Dictionary 1828

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JAVEL

JAV'EL, verb transitive To bemire. [Not in use.]

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JAVELIN

JAV'ELIN,, noun A sort of spear about five feet and a half long, the shaft of which was of wood, but pointed with steel; used by horse or foot. Every Roman soldier carried seven...

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JAW

JAW, noun1. The bones of the mouth in which the teeth are fixed. They resemble a horse shoe. In most animals, the under jaw only is movable.2. The mouth.3. In vulgar language, s...

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JAWED

JAW'ED, adjective Denoting the appearance of the jaws.

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JAWFALL

JAW'FALL, noun [jaw and fall.] Depression of the jaw; figuratively, depression of spirits.

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JAWFALLEN

JAW'FALLEN, adjective Depressed in spirits; dejected.

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JAWN

JAWN, verb intransitive To yawn. [Not in use. See Yawn.]

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JAWY

JAW'Y, adjective Relating to the jaws.

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JAY

JAY, noun A bird, the Corvus glandarius.

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JAYET

JAYET. [See Jet.]

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JAZEL

JA'ZEL, noun A gem of an azure blue color.

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JEALOUS

JEALOUS, adjective jel'us.1. Suspicious; apprehensive of rivalship; uneasy through fear that another has withdrawn or may withdraw from one the affections of a person he loves, ...

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JEALOUSLY

JEALOUSLY, adverb jel'usly. With jealousy or suspicion; emulously; with suspicious fear, vigilance or caution.

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JEALOUSNESS

JEALOUSNESS, noun jel'usness. The state of being jealous; suspicion; suspicious vigilance.

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JEALOUSY

JEALOUSY, noun jel'usy.1. That passion of peculiar uneasiness which arises from the fear that a rival may rob us of the affection of one whom we love, or the suspicion that he h...

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JEARS

JEARS, noun In sea-language, an assemblage of tackles by which the lower yards of a ship are hoisted or lowered. Hoisting is called swaying, and lowering is called striking. Thi...

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JEAT

JEAT, noun A fossil of a fine black color. [See Jet.]

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JEE

JEE. A word used by teamsters, directing their teams to pass further to the right, or from the driver, when on the near side; opposed to hoi or haw.

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JEER

JEER, verb intransitive To utter severe, sarcastic reflections; to scoff; to deride; to flout; to make a mock of; as, to jeer at one in sport.JEER, verb transitive To treat with...

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JEERED

JEE'RED, participle passive Railed at; derided.

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JEERER

JEE'RER, noun A scoffer; a railer; a scorner; a mocker.

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JEERING

JEE'RING, participle present tense Scoffing; mocking; deriding.JEE'RING, noun Derision.

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JEERINGLY

JEE'RINGLY, adverb With raillery; scornfully; contemptuously; in mockery.

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JEFFERSONITE

JEF'FERSONITE, noun A mineral occurring in crystalline masses, of a dark olive green color passing into brown, found imbedded in Franklinite and garnet, in New Jersey.

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JEGGET

JEG'GETnoun A kind of sausage. [Not in use.]

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JEHOVAH

JEHO'VAH, noun The Scripture name of the Supreme Being. If, as is supposed, this name is from the Hebrew substantive verb, the word denotes the Permanent Being, as the primary s...

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JEHOVIST

JEHO'VIST, noun Among critics, one who maintains that the vowel-points annexed to the word Jehovah in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of the word and express the true pronunciatio...