Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Jay

Jay (?), n. [F. geai, OF. gai, jaj, perh. fr. OHG. gāhi. Cf. Gay.] (Zoöl.) Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They ar...

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Jayet

Jay″et (?), n.(Min.) See Jet.

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Jayhawker

Jay″hawk′er (?), n. A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla.

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Jazel

Ja″zel (?), n. A gem of an azure color.

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Jazerant

Jaz″er‐ant (?), n. [OF. jacerant, jaseran, Sp. jacerina, cota jacerina, fr. jazarino Algerine, fr. Ar. jazāīr Algiers.] A coat of defense made of small plates of metal sewed upo...

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Jealous

Jeal″ous (?), a. [OE. jalous, gelus, OF. jalous, F. jaloux, LL. zelosus zealous, fr. zelus emulation, zeal, jealousy, Gr. ζη̑λοσ. See Zeal, and cf. Zealous.]1. Zealous; solicito...

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Jealoushood

Jeal″ous‐hood (?), n. Jealousy. Shak.

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Jealously

Jeal″ous‐ly, adv. In a jealous manner.

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Jealousness

Jeal″ous‐ness, n. State or quality of being jealous.

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Jealousy

Jeal″ous‐y (?), n.; pl.Jealousies (#). [F. jalousie. See Jealous, and cf. Jalousie.] The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalsh...

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Jeames

Jeames (?), n. [Corrup. of James.] A footman; a flunky. Thackeray.

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Jean

Jean (?), n. [Prob. named from Genoa. See Jane.] A twilled cotton cloth.Satin jean, a kind of jean woven smooth and glossy, after the manner of satin.

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Jears

Jears (?), n. pl.(Naut.) See 1st Jeer (b).

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Jeat

Jeat (?), n.(Min.) See Jet.

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Jedding ax

Jed″ding ax′ (?), n. A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part. Knight.

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Jee

Jee (?), v. t. & i. See Gee.

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Jeel

Jeel (?), n. [Hind. jhīl.] A morass; a shallow lake. [Written also jhil.] Whitworth.

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Jeer

Jeer (?), n. [Cf. Gear.] (Naut.) (a) A gear; a tackle. (b) pl. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.Jeer capstan(Naut.), a...

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Jeer (2)

Jeer, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Jeered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Jeering.] [Perh. a corrup. of cheer to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more prob. fr. D. gekscheren to jee...

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Jeer (3)

Jeer (?), v. t. To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves. B. Jonson.

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Jeer (4)

Jeer, n. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.Midas, exposed to all their jeers,Had lost his art, and kept his ears. Swift.

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Jeerer

Jeer″er (?), n. A scoffer; a railer; a mocker.

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Jeering

Jeer″ing, a. Mocking; scoffing. — n. A mocking utterance. — Jeer″ing‐ly, adv.

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Jeers

Jeers (?), n. pl.(Naut.) See 1st Jeer (b).

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Jeffersonia

‖Jef′fer‐so″ni‐a (?), n. [NL. Named after Thomas Jefferson.] (Bot.) An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); ...

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Jeffersonian

Jef′fer‐so″ni‐an (?), a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson or his policy or political doctrines. Lowell.

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Jeffersonian (2)

Jef′fer‐so″ni‐an (?), a. Pert. to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson (third President of the United States) or his political doctrines, which were those of the Republicanis...