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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Jet

Jet, n.

noun

n. [Written also jet, jayet.] [Fr. jayet, jaiet, jayet, from Lat. gagates, Gr. γαγάτης, λίθος γαγάτης, so called from Gagæ or Gagæ, a town and river in Lycia.] (Min.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture, and velvet-black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into toys, buttons, mourning jewels, and the like. Dana.

Jĕt, n.

noun

n. [Fr. jĕt, O. Fr. get, giet, It. getto, a throw, cast, a water-spout, Lat. jactus, a throwing, a throw, from jācĕre, jactum, to throw.]

  1. A shooting forth; a spouting stream; a sudden rush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.
  2. A yard. [Obs.] Tusser.
  3. Drift; scope. [Obs.]

Jĕt, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. JETTED; p. pr. & vb. n. JETTING.] [Fr. jeter, Pr. getar, gitar, Sp. jitar, It. gettare, gittare, to throw, from Lat. jactare, v. freq., from jacere, to throw. See supra.]

  1. To shoot forward; to shoot out; to project; to jut; to intrude.
  2. To strut; to throw or toss the body in haughtiness. [Obs.]

Consumption makes a rare turkey-cock of him: how he jets under his advanced plumes? Shak. 3. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.

Jĕt, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To spout forth; to emit in a stream or spout.

A dozen angry models jetted steam. Tennyson.