Webster's Dictionary 1828

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JEJUNE

JEJU'NE, adjective [Latin jejunus, empty, dry.]1. Wanting; empty; vacant.2. Hungry; not saturated.3. Dry; barren; wanting interesting matter; as a jejune narrative.

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JEJUNENESS

JEJU'NENESS, noun Poverty, barrenness; particularly, want of interesting matter; a deficiency of matter that can engage the attention and gratify the mind; as the jejuneness of ...

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JELLIED

JEL'LIED, adjective [See Jelly and Gelly.] Brought to the consistence of jelly.

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JELLY

JEL'LY, noun [Latin gelo, to congeal. See Gelly.]1. The inspissated juice of fruit, boiled with sugar.2. Something viscous or glutinous; something of the consistency of jelly; a...

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JELLYBAG

JEL'LYBAG, noun A bag through which jelly is distilled.

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JENITE

JEN'ITE, noun A different orthography of yenite, which see.

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JENNET

JEN'NET, noun A small Spanish horse, properly genet.

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JENNETING

JEN'NETING, noun [said to be corrupted from juneting, an apple ripe in June, or at St. Jean.] A species of early apple.

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JENNY

JEN'NY, noun A machine for spinning, moved by water or steam and used in manufactories.

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JENTLING

JENT'LING, noun A fish, the blue chub, found in the Danube.

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JEOFAIL

JEOFAIL, noun jef'fail. An oversight in pleading or other proceeding at law; or the acknowledgment of a mistake.

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JEOPARD

JEOPARD, verb transitive jep'ard. [See Jeopardy.] To hazard; to put in danger; to expose to loss or injury.Zebulon and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives to the d...

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JEOPARDER

JEOPARDER, noun jep'arder. One who puts to hazard.

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JEOPARDIZE

JEOPARDIZE, verb transitive jep'ardize. To expose to loss or injury; to jeopard. [This is a modern word, used by respectable writers in America, but synonymous with jeopard and ...

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JEOPARDOUS

JEOPARDOUS, a jep'ardous. Exposed to danger; perilous; hazardous.

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JEOPARDOUSLY

JEOPARDOUSLY, adverb jep'ardously. With risk or danger.

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JEOPARDY

JEOPARDY, noun jep'ardy. Exposure to death, loss or injury; hazard; danger; peril.They were filled with water and were in jeopardyLuke 8:23.

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JERBOA

JER'BOA, noun A quadruped having very short fore legs.

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JERK

JERK, verb transitive [This is probably the Ch.Heb. to reach, to spit, that is, to throw out with a sudden effort.]1. To thrust out; to thrust with a sudden effort; to give a su...

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JERKIN

JERK'IN, noun A jacket; a short coat; a close waistcoat.1. A kind of hawk.

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JERSEY

JER'SEY, noun [from the island so called.]1. Fine yarn of wool.2. The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool.JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE, noun A plant, a species of Heliant...

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JESS

JESS, noun Short straps of leather tied round the legs of a hawk, by which she is held on the fist.1. A ribbon that hangs down from a garland or crown in falconry.

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JESSAMIN

JES'SAMIN, noun A genus of plants and their flowers. [See Jasmin.]

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JESSE

JES'SE, noun A large brass candlestick branched into many sconces, hanging down in the middle of a church or choir.

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JESSED

JESS'ED, adjective Having jesses on; a term in heraldry.

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JEST

JEST, noun [Latin gestio.]1. A joke; something ludicrous uttered and meant only to excite laughter. Religion should never be the subject of jest2. The object of laughter or spor...

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JESTER

JEST'ER, noun A person given to jesting, sportive talk and merry pranks.--He rambled up and downWith shallow jesters.1. One given to sarcasm.Now, as a jester I accost you.2. A b...