Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Jump

Jump (?), n. [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. Juppon.] (a) A kind of loose jacket for men. (b) pl. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

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Jump (2)

Jump, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Jumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Jumping.] [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.]1. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet ...

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Jump (3)

Jump (?), v. t. 1. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.3. To expose to danger; to risk; ...

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Jump (4)

Jump, n. 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. “To advance by jumps.” Locke.2. An effort; an attempt; a venture.Our fortune liesUpon thisjump. Shak.3. The space trav...

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Jump (5)

Jump, a. Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. “Jump names.” B. Jonson.

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Jump (6)

Jump, adv. Exactly; pat. Shak.

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Jump spark

Jump spark. A spark produced by the jumping of electricity across a permanent gap.

764

Jumper

Jump″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, jumps.2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.3. A rude kind of sleigh; — usually, a simple box on runners which are in o...

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Jumper (2)

Jump″er, n. [See 1st Jump.] A loose upper garment; as: (a) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it. (b) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.

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Jumper (3)

Jump″er, n. A thing that jumps; esp., any of various tools or other contrivances operating with a jumping motion; as, (Mining, Quarrying, etc.), an instrument for boring holes i...

767

Jumping

Jump″ing, p. a. & vb. n. of Jump, to leap.Jumping bean, a seed of a Mexican Euphorbia, containing the larva of a moth (Carpocapsa saltitans). The larva by its sudden movements c...

768

Jumping disease

Jump″ing dis‐ease″. A convulsive tic similar to or identical with miryachit, observed among the woodsmen of Maine.

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Jumpweld

Jump″weld′ (?), v. t. See Buttweld, v. t.

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Jumpy

Jump″y (?), a. [Compar.Jumpier (?); superl.Jumpiest.] Jumping, or inducing to jump; characterized by jumps; hence, extremely nervous.

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Juncaceous

Jun‐ca″ceous (?), a. [See Juncate.] (Bot.) Of. pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Juncaceæ), of which the common rush (Juncus) is the type.

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Juncate

Jun″cate (?), n. See Junket. Spenser.

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Juncite

Jun″cite (?), n. [L. juncus a rush.] (Paleon.) A fossil rush.

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Junco

Jun″co (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; — called also snowbird, or blue snowbird.

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Juncous

Jun″cous (?), a. [L. juncosus, fr. juncus a rush.] Full of rushes: resembling rushes; juncaceous. Johnson.

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Junction

Junc″tion (?), n. [L. junctio, fr. jungere, junctum, to join: cf. F. jonction. See Join.]1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, ...

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Junction box

Junc″tion box. (Elec.) A box through which the main conductors of a system of electric distribution pass, and where connection is made with branch circuits.

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Juncture

Junc″ture (jŭṉk″tū̍r; 135), n. [L. junctura, fr. jungere to join. See Jointure.] 1. A joining; a union; an alliance. “Devotional compliance and juncture of hearts.” Eikon Basili...

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June

June (?), n. [L. Junius: cf. F. Juin. So called either from Junius, the name of a Roman gens, or from Juno, the goddess.] The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.And...

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Juneating

June″a‐ting (?), n. A kind of early apple. [Written also jenneting.]

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Juneberry

June″ber′ry (?), n.(Bot.) (a) The small applelike berry of American trees of genus Amelanchier; — also called service berry. (b) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; — also...

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Jungermannia

‖Jun′ger‐man″ni‐a (?), n.; pl.Jungermanniæ (#). [NL. Named after Ludwig Jungermann, a German botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly co...

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Jungle

Jun″gle (jŭṉ″g'l), n. [Hind. jangal desert, forest, jungle; Skr. ja�gala desert.] A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of tre...