<B>jade</B> (1), noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a hard stone used for jewelry and ornaments; jadeite or nephrite. Most jade is green, but some is whitish. <DD><B> 2. </B>any of various other stones of similar appearance and use. <DD><B> 3. </B>an object or carving made from jade. <BR> <I>Ex. a collection of jades.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a light green; jade green. <DD><I>adj. </I> light-green; jade-green. adj. <B>jadelike.</B> </DL>
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<B>jade</B> (2), noun, verb, <B>jaded,</B> <B>jading.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an inferior or worn-out horse. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) disreputable or shrewish woman; hussy (used contemptuously or playfully). <BR> <I>Ex. a light-minded, jilting jade.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to wear out; tire; weary. <BR> <I>Ex. In the second half the Old Boys, now a little jaded, failed to pierce a stubborn defence (London Times).</I> (SYN) fatigue, exhaust. <DD><B> 2. </B>to dull by continual use; surfeit; satiate. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) to make a fool of. <BR> <I>Ex. I do not now fool myself, to let imagination jade me (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become tired or weary; grow dull. </DL>
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<B>jaded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>worn-out; tired; weary. <BR> <I>Ex. a jaded horse, a jaded look. Perhaps the fashion writers, ... at the end of a long season, have grown a little jaded (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>dulled from continual use; surfeited; satiated. <BR> <I>Ex. a jaded appetite.</I> adv. <B>jadedly.</B> noun <B>jadedness.</B> </DL>
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<B>jade green,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the color of jade, a light green. adj. <B>jade-green.</B> </DL>
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<B>jadeite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rare mineral consisting of a silicate of sodium and aluminum. It is the harder and more highly prized of the two minerals (nephrite and jadeite) commonly called jade, because of its beautiful colors of light green or lilac. </DL>
<B>jaeger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a genus of hawklike sea birds related to the gulls, that pursue weaker birds such as terns and make them disgorge their prey; hunting gull. <DD><B> 2. </B>a German or Swiss hunter. <DD><B> 3. </B>a member of a military unit of German or Austrian sharpshooters. <DD><B> 4. </B>a servant dressed like a hunter. Also <B>jager,</B> <B>yager.</B> </DL>
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<B>Jael, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Hebrew woman who killed Sisera (in the Bible, Judges 4:17-22). </DL>
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<B>jag</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>jagged,</B> <B>jagging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a sharp point sticking out; pointed projection. <BR> <I>Ex. a jag of rock.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Dialect.) a shred, as of cloth. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Dialect.) a prick; jab. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cut or tear unevenly. <BR> <I>Ex. to jag cloth.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make notches in. (SYN) nick, notch. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Dialect.) to prick; pierce; jab. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Scottish.) to irritate; vex. <BR> <I>Ex. Easie Haggart jagged the minister sorely (James Barrie).</I> </DL>
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<B>jag</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a period of unrestrained activity. <BR> <I>Ex. a crying jag.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>a drinking bout or spree. <DD><B> b. </B>rather more liquor than one can carry. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Dialect.) a small load, especially of hay or wood. Also, <B>jagg.</B> </DL>
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<B>JAG</B> (no periods) or <B>J.A.G.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> judge advocate general. </DL>
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<B>jagadguru, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the title of a widely revered Hindu guru or religious leader. </DL>
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<B>Jagannath, </B>noun. <B>=Juggernaut.</B></DL>
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<B>Jagatai, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of the Turkic languages spoken in Turkestan, including Uigur and Uzbek. </DL>
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<B>jager, </B>noun. <B>=jaeger.</B></DL>
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<B>jagg, </B>noun. <B>=jag</B> (2).</DL>
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<B>jagged, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> with sharp points sticking out; unevenly cut or torn; notched. <BR> <I>Ex. a jagged streak of lightning. We cut our bare feet on the jagged rocks. Algeria, a land of fertile coastal valleys, jagged mountains, and barren deserts (Newsweek).</I> (SYN) serrated. adv. <B>jaggedly.</B> noun <B>jaggedness.</B> </DL>
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<B>jagger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that jags. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small wheel with a jagged or wavy edge and a handle, for cutting pastry. <DD><B> 3. </B>a toothed chisel. </DL>
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<B>jaggery, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a coarse, dark-brown sugar made in southeastern Asia from the sap of palm trees. </DL>
<B>jaguar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fierce animal much like a leopard, but more heavily built; panther. It lives in forests in tropical America. Jaguars belong to the same genus as lions, tigers, and leopards. </DL>
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<B>jaguarundi</B> or <B>jaguarondi, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dis.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a slender, short-legged wildcat, 3 to 4 feet long, found from the southwestern United States south to Argentina; eyra. It occurs in two color phases, gray or reddish-brown. </DL>
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<B>Jah, </B>noun. <B>=Yahweh </B>(in the Bible, Psalms 68:4).</DL>
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<B>Jahve</B> or <B>Jahveh, </B>noun. <B>=Yahweh.</B></DL>
<B>jai alai,</B> or <B>jaialai, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a game like handball, played on a walled court with a hard ball, popular in Spain, Latin America, and parts of the United States; pelota. The ball is caught and thrown with a curved wicker basket fastened to the arm. </DL>
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<B>jail, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a prison, especially one for people awaiting trial or being punished for some small offense. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to put in jail; keep in jail; imprison. <BR> <I>Ex. The police arrested and jailed the suspected thief.</I> <DD> Also, (British,) <B>gaol.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>break jail,</B> </I>to escape from jail. <BR> <I>Ex. A posse has been out after the man who broke jail.</I> adj. <B>jaillike.</B> </DL>
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<B>jailbait, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a girl who has not reached the legal age of consent and is therefore likely to get a lover or seducer in trouble with the law. </DL>
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<B>jailbird, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a prisoner in jail. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who has been in jail many times. </DL>
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<B>jailbreak, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an escape from jail or prison. </DL>
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<B>jail delivery,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an escape from jail or prison. <DD><B> 2. </B>(in English law) the clearing of a jail of prisoners by bringing them to trial. </DL>
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<B>jailer</B> or <B>jailor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the keeper of a jail. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who keeps someone or something confined. Also, (British,) <B>gaoler.</B> </DL>
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<B>jailhouse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a jail. </DL>
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<B>jailmate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a companion in jail; fellow prisoner. </DL>
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<B>Jain, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a member of a religion of southern Asia, believing in transmigration of the soul and other doctrines of Jainism. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Jains or their religion. <BR> <I>Ex. Jain architecture is characterized by horizontal courses.</I> </DL>
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<B>Jaina, </B>noun, adjective. <B>=Jain.</B></DL>
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<B>Jainism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> religious system of southern Asia, established in the 500's B.C., stressing transmigration of the soul, nonviolence, and asceticism; the religious system of the Jains. </DL>
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<B>jake, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><I>adj. </I> fine, first-rate. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an alcoholic drink made from Jamaica ginger extract as a substitute for whiskey. <DD><B> 2. </B>methylated spirits. </DL>
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<B>jake-leg</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a paralyzed condition or sensation caused by drinking too much alcoholic liquor. </DL>
<B>jakes, </B>noun, pl. <B>jakes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British Dialect.) a privy or toilet. </DL>
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<B>Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, =Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.</B> <I>Ex. It was diagnosed as Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, and there are few recorded cases of it. Something about a galloping degeneration of the nerve cells. The prognosis for him: up to six months (William F. Buckley, Jr.).</I> </DL>
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<B>jalap, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a yellow, sweet powder made from the dried roots of a Mexican vine of the morning-glory family, used as a purgative. <DD><B> 2. </B>the plant itself. <DD><B> 3. </B>the roots. </DL>
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<B>jalapic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or consisting of jalap or jalapin. </DL>
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<B>jalapin, </B>noun,<DL COMPACT><DD> or <B>jalap resin,</B> <DD> a glycosidic resin made from jalap roots, used as a purgative. </DL>
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<B>jalopy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lopies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) an old automobile or airplane that is in bad condition, or otherwise inferior. </DL>
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<B>jalousie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a shade or shutter made of adjustable, horizontal slats which may be tilted to let in light and air but keep out sun and rain. <DD><B> 2. </B>a window having a similar function, made of adjustable, horizontal glass louvers set at an angle. </DL>
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<B>jalousied, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> furnished with jalousies. </DL>
