JASPER — JIB-BOOM NWAD JASPER.1

JASPER, n. [L. iaspis.] A mineral of the siliceous kind, and of several varieties. It is less hard than flint or even than common quartz, but gives fire with steel. It is entirely opake, or sometimes feebly translucent at the edges, and it presents almost every variety of color. Its varieties are common jasper, striped jasper, Egyptian jasper, etc. It admits of an elegant polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff-boxes, etc. NWAD JASPER.1

Jasper is a subspecies of rhomboidal quartz, of five kinds, Egyptian, striped, porcelain, common, and agate jasper. NWAD JASPER.2

JASPERATED, a. Mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as a jasperated agate. NWAD JASPERATED.1

JASPIDEAN, a. Like jasper; consisting of jasper, or partaking of jasper. NWAD JASPIDEAN.1

JASPONYX, n. The purest horn-colored onyx, with beautiful green zones, composed of genuine matter of the finest jaspers. NWAD JASPONYX.1

JAUNCE, v.i. To bustle; to jaunt. NWAD JAUNCE.1

JAUNDICE, n. j`andis. A disease which is characterized by a suffusion of bile over the coats of the eye and the whole surface of the body, by which they are tinged with a yellow color. Hence its name. NWAD JAUNDICE.1

JAUNDICED, a. j`andised. Affected with the jaundice; suffused with a yellow color; as a jaundiced eye. NWAD JAUNDICED.1

1. Prejudiced; seeing with discolored organs. NWAD JAUNDICED.2

JAUNT. [See Jant.] NWAD JAUNT.1

JAVEL, v.t. To bemire; and as a noun, a wandering or dirty fellow. NWAD JAVEL.1

JAVELIN, n. 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 javelins. NWAD JAVELIN.1

JAW, n. NWAD JAW.1

1. 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. NWAD JAW.2

2. The mouth. NWAD JAW.3

3. In vulgar language, scolding, wrangling, abusive clamor. NWAD JAW.4

JAW, v.i. To scold; to clamor. [Vulgar.] NWAD JAW.5

JAW, v.t. To abuse by scolding. [Vulgar.] NWAD JAW.6

JAWED, a. Denoting the appearance of the jaws. NWAD JAWED.1

JAWFALL, n. [jaw and fall.] Depression of the jaw; figuratively, depression of spirits. NWAD JAWFALL.1

JAWFALLEN, a. Depressed in spirits; dejected. NWAD JAWFALLEN.1

JAWN, v.i. To yawn. [Not in use. See Yawn.] NWAD JAWN.1

JAWY, a. Relating to the jaws. NWAD JAWY.1

JAY, n. A bird, the Corvus glandarius. NWAD JAY.1

JAYET. [See Jet.] NWAD JAYET.1

JAZEL, n. A gem of an azure blue color. NWAD JAZEL.1

JEALOUS, a. jel’us. NWAD JEALOUS.1

1. Suspicious; apprehensive of rivalship; uneasy through fear that another has withdrawn or may withdraw from one the affections of a person he loves, or enjoy some good which he desires to obtain; followed by of, and applied both to the object of love and to the rival. We say, a young man is jealous of the woman he loves, or jealous of his rival. A man is jealous of his wife, and the wife of her husband. NWAD JEALOUS.2

2. Suspicious that we do not enjoy the affection or respect of others, or that another is more loved and respected than ourselves. NWAD JEALOUS.3

3. Emulous; full of competition. NWAD JEALOUS.4

4. Solicitous to defend the honor of; concerned for the character of. NWAD JEALOUS.5

I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts. 1 Kings 19:10, 14. NWAD JEALOUS.6

5. Suspiciously vigilant; anxiously careful and concerned for. NWAD JEALOUS.7

I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. 2 Corinthians 11:2. NWAD JEALOUS.8

6. Suspiciously fearful. NWAD JEALOUS.9

‘Tis doing wrong creates such doubts as these, NWAD JEALOUS.10

Renders us jealous and destroys our peace. NWAD JEALOUS.11

JEALOUSLY, adv. jel’usly. With jealousy or suspicion; emulously; with suspicious fear, vigilance or caution. NWAD JEALOUSLY.1

JEALOUSNESS, n. jel’usness. The state of being jealous; suspicion; suspicious vigilance. NWAD JEALOUSNESS.1

JEALOUSY, n. jel’usy. NWAD JEALOUSY.1

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 has already done it; or it is the uneasiness which arises from the fear that another does or will enjoy some advantage which we desire for ourselves. A man’s jealousy is excited by the attentions of a rival to his favorite lady. A woman’s jealousy is roused by her husband’s attentions to another woman. The candidate for office manifests a jealousy of others who seek the same office. The jealousy of a student is awakened by the apprehension that his fellow will bear away the palm of praise. In short, jealousy is awakened by whatever may exalt others, or give them pleasures and advantages which we desire for ourselves. Jealousy is nearly allied to envy, for jealousy, before a good is lost by ourselves, is converted into envy, after it is obtained by others. NWAD JEALOUSY.2

Jealousy is the apprehension of superiority. NWAD JEALOUSY.3

Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had excellence to deserve our fondness. NWAD JEALOUSY.4

2. Suspicious fear or apprehension. NWAD JEALOUSY.5

3. Suspicious caution or vigilance, an earnest concern or solicitude for the welfare or honor of others. Such was Paul’s godly jealousy for the Corinthians. NWAD JEALOUSY.6

4. Indignation. God’s jealousy signifies his concern for his own character and government, with a holy indignation against those who violate his laws, and offend against his majesty. Psalm 79:5. NWAD JEALOUSY.7

JEARS, n. 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. This word is sometimes written geers or gears. [See Gear.] NWAD JEARS.1

JEAT, n. A fossil of a fine black color. [See Jet.] NWAD JEAT.1

JEE. [See Gee.] NWAD JEE.1

JEER, v.i. To utter severe, sarcastic reflections; to scoff; to deride; to flout; to make a mock of; as, to jeer at one in sport. NWAD JEER.1

JEER, v.t. To treat with scoffs or derision. NWAD JEER.2

JEER, n. Railing language; scoff; taunt; biting jest; flout; jibe; mockery; derision; ridicule with scorn. NWAD JEER.3

Midas exposed to all their jeers, NWAD JEER.4

Had lost his art, and kept his ears. NWAD JEER.5

JEERED, pp. Railed at; derided. NWAD JEERED.1

JEERER, n. A scoffer; a railer; a scorner; a mocker. NWAD JEERER.1

JEERING, ppr. Scoffing; mocking; deriding. NWAD JEERING.1

JEERING, n. Derision. NWAD JEERING.2

JEERINGLY, adv. With raillery; scornfully; contemptuously; in mockery. NWAD JEERINGLY.1

JEFFERSONITE, n. A mineral occurring in crystalline masses, of a dark olive green color passing into brown, found imbedded in Franklinite and garnet, in New Jersey. NWAD JEFFERSONITE.1

JEGGET, n. A kind of sausage. [Not in use.] NWAD JEGGET.1

JEHOVAH, n. 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 sense of the substantive verb in all languages, is to be fixed, to stand, to remain or abide. This is a name peculiarly appropriate to the eternal Spirit, the unchangeable God, who describes himself thus, I am that I am. Exodus 3:14. NWAD JEHOVAH.1

JEHOVIST, n. 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 pronunciation. The Jehovists are opposed to the Adonists, who hold that the points annexed to the word Jehovah, are the vowels of the word Adonai. NWAD JEHOVIST.1

JEJUNE, a. [L. jejunus, empty, dry.] NWAD JEJUNE.1

1. Wanting; empty; vacant. NWAD JEJUNE.2

2. Hungry; not saturated. NWAD JEJUNE.3

3. Dry; barren; wanting interesting matter; as a jejune narrative. NWAD JEJUNE.4

JEJUNENESS, n. Poverty, barrenness; particularly, want of interesting matter; a deficiency of matter that can engage the attention and gratify the mind; as the jejuneness of style or narrative. [Jejunity is not used.] NWAD JEJUNENESS.1

JELLIED, a. [See Jelly and Gelly.] Brought to the consistence of jelly. NWAD JELLIED.1

JELLY, n. [L. gelo, to congeal. See Gelly.] NWAD JELLY.1

1. The inspissated juice of fruit, boiled with sugar. NWAD JELLY.2

2. Something viscous or glutinous; something of the consistency of jelly; a transparent sizy substance, obtained from animal substances by decoction; portable soup. NWAD JELLY.3

JELLYBAG, n. A bag through which jelly is distilled. NWAD JELLYBAG.1

JENITE, n. A different orthography of yenite, which see. NWAD JENITE.1

JENNET, n. A small Spanish horse, properly genet. NWAD JENNET.1

JENNETING, n. [said to be corrupted from juneting, an apple ripe in June, or at St. Jean.] A species of early apple. NWAD JENNETING.1

JENNY, n. A machine for spinning, moved by water or steam and used in manufactories. NWAD JENNY.1

JENTLING, n. A fish, the blue chub, found in the Danube. NWAD JENTLING.1

JEOFAIL, n. jef’fail. An oversight in pleading or other proceeding at law; or the acknowledgment of a mistake. NWAD JEOFAIL.1

JEOPARD, v.t. jep’ard. [See Jeopardy.] To hazard; to put in danger; to expose to loss or injury. NWAD JEOPARD.1

Zebulon and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives to the death in the high places of the field. Judges 5:18. NWAD JEOPARD.2

JEOPARDER, n. jep’arder. One who puts to hazard. NWAD JEOPARDER.1

JEOPARDIZE, v.t. 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 therefore useless.] NWAD JEOPARDIZE.1

JEOPARDOUS, a. jep’ardous. Exposed to danger; perilous; hazardous. NWAD JEOPARDOUS.1

JEOPARDOUSLY, adv. jep’ardously. With risk or danger. NWAD JEOPARDOUSLY.1

JEOPARDY, n. jep’ardy. Exposure to death, loss or injury; hazard; danger; peril. NWAD JEOPARDY.1

They were filled with water and were in jeopardy. Luke 8:23. NWAD JEOPARDY.2

JERBOA, n. A quadruped having very short fore legs. NWAD JERBOA.1

JERK, v.t. [This is probably the Ch. Heb. to reach, to spit, that is, to throw out with a sudden effort.] NWAD JERK.1

1. To thrust out; to thrust with a sudden effort; to give a sudden pull, twitch, thrust or push, as, to jerk one under the ribs; to jerk one with the elbow. NWAD JERK.2

2. To throw with a quick, smart motion; as, to jerk a stone. We apply this word to express the mode of throwing to a little distance by drawing the arm back of the body, and thrusting it forward against the side or hip, which stops the arm suddenly. NWAD JERK.3

JERK, v.t. To accost eagerly. [Not in use.] NWAD JERK.4

JERK, n. A short sudden thrust, push or twitch; a striking against something with a short quick motion; as a jerk of the elbow. NWAD JERK.5

His jade gave him a jerk, NWAD JERK.6

1. A sudden spring. NWAD JERK.7

Lobsters swim by jerks. NWAD JERK.8

JERKIN, n. A jacket; a short coat; a close waistcoat. NWAD JERKIN.1

1. A kind of hawk. NWAD JERKIN.2

JERSEY, n. [from the island so called.] NWAD JERSEY.1

1. Fine yarn of wool. NWAD JERSEY.2

2. The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool. NWAD JERSEY.3

JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE, n. A plant, a species of Helianthus or Sunflower. NWAD JERUSALEM_ARTICHOKE.1

JESS, n. Short straps of leather tied round the legs of a hawk, by which she is held on the fist. NWAD JESS.1

1. A ribbon that hangs down from a garland or crown in falconry. NWAD JESS.2

JESSAMIN, n. A genus of plants and their flowers. [See Jasmin.] NWAD JESSAMIN.1

JESSE, n. A large brass candlestick branched into many sconces, hanging down in the middle of a church or choir. NWAD JESSE.1

JESSED, a. Having jesses on; a term in heraldry. NWAD JESSED.1

JEST, n. [L. gestio.] NWAD JEST.1

1. A joke; something ludicrous uttered and meant only to excite laughter. Religion should never be the subject of jest. NWAD JEST.2

2. The object of laughter or sport; a laughing stock. NWAD JEST.3

Then let me be your jest, I deserve it. NWAD JEST.4

In jest, for mere sport or diversion; not in truth and reality; not in earnest. NWAD JEST.5

--And given in earnest what I begged in jest. NWAD JEST.6

3. A mask. NWAD JEST.7

4. A deed; an action. NWAD JEST.8

JEST, v.i. To divert or make merry by words or actions; to joke. NWAD JEST.9

Jest not with a rude man, lest thy ancestors be disgraced. NWAD JEST.10

1. To utter in sport; to say what is not true, merely for diversion. NWAD JEST.11

2. To play a part in a mask. NWAD JEST.12

JESTER, n. A person given to jesting, sportive talk and merry pranks. NWAD JESTER.1

--He rambled up and down NWAD JESTER.2

With shallow jesters. NWAD JESTER.3

1. One given to sarcasm. NWAD JESTER.4

Now, as a jester, I accost you. NWAD JESTER.5

2. A buffoon; a merry-andrew, a person formerly retained by princes to make sport for them. NWAD JESTER.6

JESTING, ppr. Joking; talking for diversion or merriment. NWAD JESTING.1

JESTING, n. A joking; concise wit; wit that consists in a trope or verbal figure, in a metaphorical sense of words, or in a double sense of the same word, or in similitude of sound in different words. NWAD JESTING.2

JESTINGLY, adv. In a jocose manner; not in earnest. NWAD JESTINGLY.1

JESTING-STOCK, n. A laughing stock; a butt of ridicule. NWAD JESTING-STOCK.1

JESUIT, n. s as z. One of the society of Jesus, so called, founded by Ignatius Loyola; a society remarkable for their cunning in propagating their principles. NWAD JESUIT.1

JESUITED, a. Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits. NWAD JESUITED.1

JESUITESS, n. A female Jesuit in principle. NWAD JESUITESS.1

JESUITIC, JESUITICAL, a. Pertaining to the Jesuits or their principles and arts. NWAD JESUITIC.1

1. Designing; cunning; deceitful; prevaricating. NWAD JESUITIC.2

JESUITICALLY, adv. Craftily. NWAD JESUITICALLY.1

JESUITISM, n. The arts, principles and practices of the Jesuits. NWAD JESUITISM.1

1. Cunning, deceit; hypocrisy; prevarication; deceptive practices to effect a purpose. NWAD JESUITISM.2

JESUITS’-BARK, n. Peruvian bark; the bark of the Cinchona, a tree of Peru. NWAD JESUITS-BARK.1

JET, n. [L. gagates.] A solid, dry, black, inflammable fossil substance, harder than asphalt, susceptible of a good polish, and glossy in its fracture, which is conchoidal or undulating. It is found not in strata or continued masses, but in unconnected heaps. It is wrought into toys, buttons, mourning jewels, etc. NWAD JET.1

Jet is regarded as a variety of lignite, or coal originating in wood. NWAD JET.2

JET, n. [L. jactus.] NWAD JET.3

1. A spout, spouting or shooting of water; a jet d’eau. NWAD JET.4

2. A yard. Tusser. Drift; scope. [Not in use or local.] NWAD JET.5

JET, v.i. [See the Noun.] To shoot forward; to shoot out; to project; to jut; to intrude. NWAD JET.6

1. To strut; to throw or toss the body in haughtiness. NWAD JET.7

2. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. NWAD JET.8

[This orthography is rarely used. See Jut.] NWAD JET.9

JETTEAU, n. jet’to. A throw or spout of water. NWAD JETTEAU.1

JETSAM, JETSON, JETTISON, n. In law and commerce, properly, the throwing of goods overboard in order to lighten a ship in a tempest for her preservation. The word may however be used for the goods thus thrown away, or adverbially. NWAD JETSAM.1

Jetsam is where goods are cast into the sea, and there sink and remain under water; flotsam, is where they continue swimming; ligan is where they are sunk in the sea, but tied to a cork or buoy. NWAD JETSAM.2

JETTEE, n. A projection in a building. NWAD JETTEE.1

JETTY, v.i. To jut. NWAD JETTY.1

JETTY, n. A small pier or projection into a river for narrowing it and raising the water above that place. NWAD JETTY.2

JETTY, a. Made of jet, or black as jet. NWAD JETTY.3

JETTYHEAD, n. The projecting part of a wharf; the front of a wharf whose side forms one of the cheeks of a dock. NWAD JETTYHEAD.1

JEW, n. [a contraction of Judas of Judah.] A Hebrew or Israelite. NWAD JEW.1

JEWEL, n. [Low L. jocale.] NWAD JEWEL.1

1. An ornament worn by ladies, usually consisting of a precious stone, or set with one or more; a pendant worn in the ear. NWAD JEWEL.2

2. A precious stone. NWAD JEWEL.3

3. A name expressive of fondness. A mother calls her child, her jewel. NWAD JEWEL.4

JEWEL, v.t. To dress or adorn with jewels. NWAD JEWEL.5

JEWEL-HOUSE, JEWEL-OFFICE, n. The place where the royal ornaments are reposited. NWAD JEWEL-HOUSE.1

JEWEL-LIKE, a. Brilliant as a jewel. NWAD JEWEL-LIKE.1

JEWELED, pp. Adorned with jewels. NWAD JEWELED.1

JEWELER, n. One who makes or deals in jewels and other ornaments. NWAD JEWELER.1

JEWELING, ppr. Adorning with jewels. NWAD JEWELING.1

JEWELRY, n. Jewels in general. NWAD JEWELRY.1

JEWESS, n. A Hebrew woman. Acts 24:24. NWAD JEWESS.1

JEWISH, a. Pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews. Titus 1:14. NWAD JEWISH.1

JEWISHLY, adv. In the manner of the Jews. NWAD JEWISHLY.1

JEWISHNESS, n. The rites of the Jews. NWAD JEWISHNESS.1

JEWRY, n. Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews, whence the name of a street in London. NWAD JEWRY.1

JEWS-EAR, n. The name of a species of Fungus, the Peziza auricula, bearing some resemblance to the human ear. NWAD JEWS-EAR.1

JEWS-FRANKINCENSE, n. A plant, a species of Styrax. NWAD JEWS-FRANKINCENSE.1

JEWS-HARP, n. [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 modulated by the breath into soft melody. It is called also Jews-trump. NWAD JEWS-HARP.1

JEWS-MALLOW, n. A plant, species of Corchorus. NWAD JEWS-MALLOW.1

JEWS-PITCH, n. Asphaltum, which see. NWAD JEWS-PITCH.1

JEWS-STONE, n. 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 half an inch in diameter. Its color is a pale dusky gray, with a tinge of dusky red. NWAD JEWS-STONE.1

JEZEBEL, n. An impudent, daring, vitious woman. NWAD JEZEBEL.1

JIB, n. 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 extends towards the lower mast-head. NWAD JIB.1

JIB-BOOM, n. 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. NWAD JIB-BOOM.1