A name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper.

A small Spanish horse; a genet.

A variety of early apple. See Juneating.

A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories. Also called spinning jenny.

A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the Danube.

An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.

To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to jeopardize; to hazard.

One who puts in jeopardy.

To expose to loss or injury; to risk.

Perilous; hazardous.

To jeopardize.

The seed of the wild licorice (Abrus precatorius) used by the people of India for beads in rosaries and necklaces, as a standard weight, etc.; -- called also jumble bead.

Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. Dipus Aegyptius, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail.

A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.

A tale of sorrow, disappointment, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; -- generally used satirically.

The gyrfalcon.

See Jerquer.

Same as Jereed.

To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.

To masturbate.

A male gyrfalcon.

The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk.

The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.

A lazy, foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person; -- an offensive and disparaging term.

small and remote and insignificant; as, a jerkwater college.

Meat, especially beef, that has been cut in strips and dried; meat that has been jerked; see first jerk, v.; as, beef jerky

The Himalayan snow partridge.

One belonging of the medi/val religious orders called Hermits of St. Jerome.

See Geropigia.

A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.

The searching of a ship for unentered goods.

Flimsy; jerry-built.

A professional builder who erects cheap dwellings of poor materials and unsubstantial and slovenly construction.

Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.

The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ.

A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also jervina.

A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon.

Same as Jasmine.

Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or animal.

Any representation or suggestion of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art A genealogical tree represented in stained glass. A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse.

Having jesses on, as a hawk.

A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.

Given to jesting; full of jokes.

The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.

In a jesting manner.

Jesus.

One of a religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola, and approved in 1540, under the title of The Society of Jesus.

Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits.

One of an order of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1633.

In a jesuitical manner.

Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a country.

Jesuitism; subtle argument.

The Savior; the name of the Son of God as announced by the angel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in distinction from Christ, his official appellation.

To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.

an international group of wealthy individuals who travel frequently to international resorts. -- the group is not organized, but membership is defined solely by frequent travel for pleasure.

Black as jet; deep black. See first jet.

a member of the jet set.

frequent international travel for pleasure, as contrasted with business.

A yellowness of the parts of plants which are normally green; yellows.

Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan (or lagan), goods which are sunk attached to a buoy.

See Jetty, n.

One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop.

The state of being jetty; blackness.

being propelled violently in a usually narrow stream; -- of liquids.

A metal counter used in playing cards.

To jut out; to project.

To bargain down (a person) in price; as, I jewed him down to ten dollars.

someone who hates and would persecute Jews; an anti-Semite.

A widely distributed species of edible fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae, formerly Hirneola Auricula-Jud/, or Hirneola Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the human ear and growing on decaying wood.

An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump.

A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (Pedilanthus tithymaloides), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities.

To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels; to bejewel.

One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments.

covered with beads or jewels or sequins.

See Jewelry.

An erect plant (Talinum paniculatum) with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers, grwing from Southwestern North America to Central America; it has been widely introduced elsewhere.

See Impatiens.

A female Jew; a Hebrew woman; a female adherent of Judaism.

A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw.

Same as Juise.

Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish.

Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter.

A large clavate spine of a fossil sea urchin.

A bold, vicious woman; a termagant.

A wild goat (Capra Jemlaica) which inhabits the loftiest mountains of India. It has long, coarse hair, forming a thick mane on its head and neck.

To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk.

To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.

A horse that jibs.

To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe.

A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy.

To dance a jig; to skip about.

A negro, especially an African-American; -- an offensive term usually intended as an ethnic slur.

To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.

A verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of a person in some way.

The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.

Resembling, or suitable for, a jig, or lively movement.

To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.

Having a jolting motion.

A religious war against infidels or Muslim heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief.

A young woman; a sweetheart. See Gill.

A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt.

To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously.

A negro; -- said to be so called from a popular negro dance song, the refrain of which is /Wheel about and turn about and jump Jim Crow,/ produced in 1835 by Thomas D. Rice (1808-1860), a famous negro minstrel; -- considered disparaging and offensive.

A machine for bending or straightening rails.

See Gimcrack.

someone excellent of their kind; as, he's a jimdandy of a soldier.

Same as jimdandy.

Small cylindrical bits of sweet chocolate used as a granular topping on e.g. ice cream.

A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.

To pry open (a door, window, etc.) with a jimmy or similar device; often used with open; as, the burglar jimmied open the back door and stole the TV set.

Neat; handsome; elegant. See Gimp.

A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel.

A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.

One who, or that which, jingles.

The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink.

So as to jingle.

The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo, 2.

One who is jingoistic; a bellicose patriot; an extreme bellicose nationalist; an aggressive chauvinist.

fanatically and bellicosely patriotic; aggressively chauvinistic; belligerent in international relations.

To move quickly, esp. with a sudden turn; hence, to dodge; to escape by a quick turn; -- obs. or dial., except as a hunting term in pig-sticking.