Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Jill'-flirt, n. p. 727A light, wanton woman.Jilt, n. p. 727A woman who gives her lover hopes, and capriciously deceives and disappoints him; a coquette; a flirt. Otway. 2. A name of contempt for a woman. Pope.Jilt, v. t. p. 727To encourage, and then frustrate the hopes of, as a lover; to cast off capriciously or unfeelingly; to trick in love.Jilt, v. i. p. 727To play the jilt; to practice deception in love, and discard lovers. Congreve.Jim'-crăck, n. p. 727See GIMCRACK.Jim'mer, n. p. 727A hinge. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Jim'my, n. p. 727A short bar used by burglars in breaking open doors.Jimp, a. p. 727Neat; handsome; elegant of shape. See GIMP.Jim’son, n. p. 727(Bot.) A plant (the Datura stramonium, or common stramonium) having large, showy flowers, which exhale a nauseous, disgusting odor.Jin-gal', n. p. 727A small, portable piece of ordnance, to be fired from the ground or on a wall, resting on a long, slender butt-end, and two legs. See GINGAL. [India.] Simmonds.Jin'gle, v. i. p. 727To sound with a fine, sharp rattle; to clink. [Written also gingle.] With strange and several noises Of roaring, shrieking, howling, jingling chains. Shak.Jin'gle, v. t. p. 727To cause to give a sharp sound, as a little bell, or as pieces of metal. The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. Pope.Jĭn'gle, n. p. 727A rattling or clinking sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal. 2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle, and the like. 3. Correspondence of sound in rhymes; artificial or senseless…Jin'go, n. p. 727A word often used in a vulgar oath. “By the living jingo.” Goldsmith.Jin'nee, n. p. 727(Mohammedan Myth.) A genius or demon;—a name applied to genii, angels, or demons, supposed to have transparent bodies, with the power of assuming various forms.Jip'po, n. p. 727A waistcoat or kind of stays for females.Jō, n. p. 727A sweetheart. [Scot.] Burns.Job, n. p. 727A piece of work; any thing undertaken, or assumed to be done, whether of more or less importance. 2. An undertaking with a view to profit; a public transaction done for private profit; something…Jŏb, v. t. p. 727To strike or stab with a sharp instrument. L'Estrange. 2. To drive in, as a sharp-pointed instrument. Morum. 3. To hire by the job, or period of use and service; as, to job a carriage. Thackeray. 4.…Jŏb, v. i. p. 727To perform pieces of work; to work by the job. 2. To seek private gain under the pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage. The judge shall job, the bishop bite the…Jo-bā'tion, n. p. 727A scolding; a long, tedious reproof. [Low.] Grose.Jŏb'ber, n. p. 727One who jobs; a worker by the job. 2. A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stock-jobber. 3. One who purchases goods from importers, and sells to retailers. 4. One who turns official actions to…Jŏb'ber-nōwl, n. p. 727A loggerhead; a blockhead.Jŏb'ber-y, n. p. 727The act of jobbing; the practice of jobbing. [Rare.]Jŏb'bing-house, n. p. 727A mercantile establishment which purchases from importers and sells to retailers. [U. S.]Job's'-tears, n. p. 727(Bot.) A grass-like plant of the genus Coix (C. lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly seeds, resembling falling tears.Jo'cant-ry, n. p. 727The art or practice of jesting. [Obs.] More.Jŏck'ey, n. p. 727Jôck'ey, v. i. p. 727To play the jockey, toward; to cheat; to trick; to deceive in trade. 2. To jostle by riding against. Johnson.Jôck'ey, v. i. p. 727To play or act the jockey.Jôck'ey-ism, n. p. 727Practice of jockeys.Jôck'ey-ship, n. p. 727The art or practice of being a jockey. Go flatter Surrey for his jockeyship. Chatterton. 2. The character of being a jockey, or one who bears this character. Where can at last his jockeyship retire?…Jo-cōse', a. p. 727Given to jokes and jesting; merry; waggish;— said of persons. Jocose and pleasant with an adversary whom they would choose to treat in a very different manner. Shaftesbury. 2. Containing a joke…Jo-cōse'ly, adv. p. 727In jest; for sport or game; waggishly.Jo-cōse'ness, n. p. 727The quality of being jocose; waggery; merriment.Jô-co-sê'ri-ôus, a. p. 727Partaking of mirth and seriousness.Jo-cōs'i-ty, n. p. 727A jocose act or saying; jocoseness.Jōc'ū-lar, a. p. 727Given to jesting; jocose; — said of persons. 2. Containing jokes; sportive; not serious; as, a jocular expression or style.Jôc'û-lâr'i-ty, n. p. 727Merriment; jesting.Jōc'ū-lar-ly, adv. p. 727In jest; for sport or mirth.Jŏc'ū-lar-y, a. p. 727Jocular. [Obs.] Brown.Jŏc'ŭ-lā'tor, n. p. 727A jester; a droll; a minstrel. [Obs.] Strutt.Jŏc'ŭ-la-to-ry, a. p. 727Droll; merrily said. [Obs.] Cockerson.Jō'cund, a. p. 727Merry; gay; airy; lively; sportive. “Rural sports and jocund strains.” Prior.Jo-cûn'di-ty, n. p. 727State of being merry; gayety.Jôc'und-ly, adv. p. 727Merrily; gayly.Jôc'und-ness, n. p. 727The state of being jocund; jocundity.Jōe, n. p. 727A Portuguese coin. See JOHANNES.Jŏg, v. t. p. 727To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to give notice to, or excite the attention of, by a slight push; to urge gently or repeatedly. Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid Fast by my side. Pope.Jŏg, v. i. p. 727To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot. So hung his destiny, never to rot, While he might still jog on, and keep his trot. Milton. 2. To walk or travel idly, heavily, or slowly.…Jŏg or Jog-trot, n. p. 727A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push. “To give them by turns an invisible jog.” Swift. 2. A rub; a small stop; obstruction. Glanville. Jog-trot, a slow…Jôg'ger, n. p. 727One who walks or moves heavily and slowly. 2. One who gives a sudden push.Jôg'gie, n. p. 727A devotee among the Hindoos, who lives on alms; a mendicant. [Written also joghis.]Jŏg'ging, n. p. 727A slight push or shake.Jŏg'gle, v. i. p. 727To shake slightly; to give a sudden but slight push; to jostle, or cause to move irregularly. 2. (Arch.) To join or match by jogs or notches, so as to prevent sliding apart. The struts of a roof are…Jôg'gle, v. i. p. 727To shake or totter.Jôg'gle, n. p. 727(Arch.) A joint between two bodies so constructed by means of jogs or notches, as to prevent their sliding past each other; — called also joggle-joint and joggled-joint. Greth. 2. (Masonry.) A…Jŏg'gle-pièce, n. p. 728(Arch.) A truss-post whose shoulders and sockets receive the lower ends of the struts. Brande.Jŏg'his, n. p. 728See JOGGIE.Jo-hăn'nēz, n. p. 728(Numis.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars; — contracted often into joe; as, a joe, or half-joe. It is named from the figure of King John, which it bears.