Webster's Dictionary 1828

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JEWISHLY

JEW'ISHLY, adverb In the manner of the Jews.

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JEWISHNESS

JEW'ISHNESS, noun The rites of the Jews.

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JEWRY

JEW'RY, noun Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews, whence the name of a street in London.

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JEWS-EAR

JEWS-EAR, noun The name of a species of Fungus, the Peziza auricula, bearing some resemblance to the human ear.

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JEWS-FRANKINCENSE

JEWS-FRANKINCENSE, noun A plant, a species of Styrax.

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JEWS-HARP

JEWS-HARP, noun [Jew and harp.] An instrument of music shaped like a harp, which, placed between the teeth and by means of a spring struck by the finger, gives a sound which is ...

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JEWS-MALLOW

JEWS-MALLOW, noun A plant, species of Corchorus.

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JEWS-PITCH

JEWS-PITCH, noun Asphaltum, which see.

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JEWS-STONE

JEWS-STONE, noun The clavated spine of a very large egg-shaped sea urchin petrified. It is a regular figure, oblong and rounded, about three quarters of an inch in length, and h...

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JEZEBEL

JEZ'EBEL, noun An impudent, daring, vitious woman.

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JIB

JIB, noun The foremost sail of a ship, being a large stay-sail extended from the outer end of the jib-boom towards the fore-top-mast-head. In sloops, it is on the bow-sprit, and...

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JIB-BOOM

JIB-BOOM, noun A spar which is run out from the extremity of the bowsprit, and which serves as a continuation of it. Beyond this is sometimes extended the flying-jib-boom.

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JIBOYA

JIBOY'A, noun An American serpent of the largest kind.

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JIG

JIG, noun A kind of light dance, or a tune or air.1. A ballad.JIG, verb intransitive To dance a jig

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JIGGER

JIG'GER, noun In sea-language, a machine consisting of a rope about five feet long, with a block at one end and a sheave at the other, used to hold on the cable when it is heave...

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JIGGISH

JIG'GISH, adjective Suitable to a jig.

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JIGMAKER

JIG'MAKER, noun One who makes or plays jigs.1. A ballad maker.

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JIGPIN

JIG'PIN, noun A pin used by miners to hold the turn-beams, and prevent them from turning.

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JILL

JILL, noun A young woman; in contempt. [See Gill.]JILL'-FLIRT, noun A light wanton woman.

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JILT

JILT, noun [of uncertain etymology.] A woman who gives her lover hopes and capriciously disappoints him; a woman who trifles with her lover.1. A name of contempt for a woman.JIL...

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JIMMERS

JIM'MERS, noun Jointed hinges.JIN'GLE, verb intransitive To sound with a fine sharp rattle; to clink; as jingling chains or bells.JIN'GLE, verb transitive To cause to give a sha...

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JINGLE

JIN'GLE, verb intransitive1. To make a sharp clattering sound; to ring as a little bell, or as small pieces of sonorous metal; as gingling halfpence.2. To utter affected or chim...

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JINGLING

JIN'GLING, participle present tense Giving a sharp fine rattling sound, as a little bell or as pieces of metal.

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JIPPO

JIP'PO, noun A waistcoat or kind of stays for females.

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JOB

JOB, noun [of unknown origin, but perhaps allied to chop, primarily to strike or drive.]1. A piece of work; any thing to be done, whether of more or less importance. The carpent...

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JOBBER

JOB'BER, noun One who does small jobs.1. A dealer in the public stocks or funds; usually called a stock-jobber.2. One who engages in a low, lucrative affair.

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JOBBERNOWL

JOB'BERNOWL, noun A loggerhead; a blockhead. [A low word.]