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Jesses
() of Jess
Jess
() 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.
Jessamine
() Same as Jasmine.
Jessant
() Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or animal.
Jesse
() Any representation or suggestion of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art
Jesse
() A genealogical tree represented in stained glass.
Jesse
() A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse.
Jessed
() Having jesses on, as a hawk.
Jest
() A deed; an action; a gest.
Jest
() A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
Jest
() Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i.
Jest
() The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.
Jested
() of Jest
Jesting
() of Jest
Jest
() To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.
Jest
() To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.
Jester
() A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.
Jester
() A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk.
Jestful
() Given to jesting; full of jokes.
Jesting
() Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.
Jesting
() The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
Jestingly
() In a jesting manner.
Jesuit
() One of a religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola, and approved in 1540, under the title of The Society of Jesus.
Jesuit
() Fig.: A crafty person; an intriguer.
Jesuited
() Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits.
Jesuitess
() One of an order of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1633.
Jesuitic
() Alt. of Jesuitical
Jesuitical
() Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.
Jesuitical
() Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word.
Jesuitically
() In a jesuitical manner.
Jesuitism
() The principles and practices of the Jesuits.
Jesuitism
() Cunning; deceit; deceptive practices to effect a purpose; subtle argument; -- an opprobrious use of the word.
Jesuitocracy
() Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a country.
Jesuitry
() Jesuitism; subtle argument.
Jesus
() 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.
Jet
() Same as 2d Get.
Jet
() A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber.
Jet
() A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.
Jet
() Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
Jet
() The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
Jetted
() of Jet
Jetting
() of Jet
Jet
() To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
Jet
() To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
Jet
() To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
Jet
() To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.
Jet-black
() Black as jet; deep black.
Jets d'eau
() of Jet d'eau
Jet d'eau
() A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), in a public place or in a garden, for ornament.
Jeterus
() A yellowness of the parts of plants which are normally green; yellows.