<B>Jersey, </B>noun, pl. <B>-seys.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a breed of small, fawn-colored cattle that came originally from the island of Jersey. Jerseys give very rich milk. </DL>
<A NAME="jerseyan">
<B>Jerseyan, </B>noun. =Jerseyite.</DL>
<A NAME="jerseyblackgiant">
<B>Jersey Black Giant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large, black American chicken that produces brown-shelled eggs. </DL>
<A NAME="jerseyed">
<B>jerseyed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> wearing a jersey. </DL>
<A NAME="jerseyite">
<B>Jerseyite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of New Jersey; New Jerseyite. </DL>
<A NAME="jerusalemartichoke">
<B>Jerusalem artichoke,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. </B>a kind of sunflower native to North America that bears edible tubers. <DD><B> 2. </B>its tuber, that tastes somewhat like an artichoke, used as a vegetable. </DL>
<A NAME="jerusalemcherry">
<B>Jerusalem cherry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an ornamental species of nightshade having poisonous orange or scarlet berries. </DL>
<A NAME="jerusalemcricket">
<B>Jerusalem cricket,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large, yellow long-horned grasshopper with a brown striped body, that digs in sandy soil and is often injurious to plants, found in western North America. </DL>
<A NAME="jerusalemite">
<B>Jerusalemite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of Jerusalem, the capital of Israel. </DL>
<A NAME="jerusalemsage">
<B>Jerusalem sage,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a hairy lungwort having white spotted leaves and blue or purple flowers, grown in Europe as an herb. It belongs to the borage family. <DD><B> 2. </B>a shrub having yellow flowers in a whorl, ovate or oblong leaves, found in southern Europe. It belongs to the mint family. </DL>
<A NAME="jerusalemthorn">
<B>Jerusalem thorn,</B> =Christ's-thorn.</DL>
<A NAME="jess">
<B>jess, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a short strap fastened around a falcon's leg, to which a leash can be attached. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to put jesses on (a hawk). </DL>
<A NAME="jessamine">
<B>jessamine, </B>noun. =jasmine.</DL>
<A NAME="jesse">
<B>Jesse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the father of David (in the Bible, I Samuel 16). </DL>
<A NAME="jessewindow">
<B>Jesse window,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a stained-glass window showing Christ's image. </DL>
<A NAME="jest">
<B>jest, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a joke; something said to cause laughter. <BR> <I>Ex. With long-ear'd cap, and motley vest, the licensed fool retail'd his jest (Scott).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of poking fun; mockery. <BR> <I>Ex. a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) sport, ridicule. <DD><B> 3. </B>a thing to be laughed at or mocked; laughingstock. <BR> <I>Ex. Queens may die a jest (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a piece of raillery or banter; mocking or jeering speech; taunt; jeer. <BR> <I>Ex. Too bitter is thy jest (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) <DD><B> a. </B>a story, tale, or romance, originally in verse; gest. <DD><B> b. </B>an exploit; deed. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to joke. <DD><B> 2. </B>to poke fun (at); make fun. <BR> <I>Ex. He jested at other people's ideas. He jests at scars that never felt a wound (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to joke at; ridicule; banter. <BR><I>expr. <B>in jest,</B> </I>in fun; not seriously. <BR> <I>Ex. He spoke in jest. His eyes do drop no tears; his prayers are in jest (Shakespeare).</I> adv. <B>jestingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="jester">
<B>jester, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who jests. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who amused the family of a king or nobleman by performing antics similar to those of a clown. </DL>
<A NAME="jesu">
<B>Jesu, </B>noun. =Jesus</DL>
<A NAME="jesuit">
<B>Jesuit, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order of men founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola in 1534. Some of the first explorers in America were Jesuits. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who is like the conception of Jesuits held by their opponents; a crafty, intriguing, or equivocating person, especially one skilled at subtle reasoning (used in an unfriendly way). </DL>
<A NAME="jesuitic">
<B>jesuitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> crafty; scheming; using subtle reasoning. </DL>
<A NAME="jesuitic">
<B>Jesuitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Jesuits. adv. <B>Jesuitically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="jesuitical">
<B>jesuitical, </B>adjective. =jesuitic.</DL>
<A NAME="jesuitical">
<B>Jesuitical, </B>adjective. =Jesuitic.</DL>
<A NAME="jesuitism">
<B>jesuitism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>crafty or tricky practice; craft; casuistry (used in an unfriendly way). <DD><B> 2. </B>a quibble; very subtle point. </DL>
<A NAME="jesuitism">
<B>Jesuitism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the system, principles, or practices of the Jesuits. </DL>
<A NAME="jesuitize">
<B>Jesuitize, </B>verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to make a Jesuit of. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to become a Jesuit. <DD><B> 2. </B>to be Jesuitical. </DL>
<A NAME="jesuitnut">
<B>Jesuit nut,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the fruit of the water chestnut. </DL>
<A NAME="jesus">
<B>Jesus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Also, <B>Jesus Christ.</B> <DD> the founder of the Christian religion, born between 8 and 4 B.C. and crucified about A.D. 29. <DD><B> 1. </B>the author of Ecclesiasticus, a book of the Apocrypha. </DL>
<A NAME="jesusfreak">
<B>Jesus freak,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) one of the Jesus people. <BR> <I>Ex. Jesus freaks ... have blended the counterculture and conservative relation (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="jesusmovement">
<B>Jesus Movement,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Protestant Christian movement in the United States, consisting chiefly of young people who spread the teachings of Jesus Christ, independent of any of the established churches or denominations. </DL>
<A NAME="jesuspeople">
<B>Jesus people,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) people belonging to the Jesus Movement. </DL>
<A NAME="jesusshop">
<B>Jesus shop,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a store specializing in popular religious articles used by members of the Jesus Movement, such as posters, buttons, and shirts inscribed with Biblical verses and religious messages. </DL>
<A NAME="jet">
<B>jet</B> (1), noun, adjective, verb, <B>jetted,</B> <B>jetting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a stream of water, steam, gas, or any fluid, sent out with force, especially from a small opening. <BR> <I>Ex. The fountain sent up a jet of water.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>such a shower of solid bodies, such as stones. <DD><B> 2. </B>a spout or nozzle for sending out a jet. <BR> <I>Ex. The jet was clogged and the gas could not come out.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B><B>=jet plane.</B> <DD><B> b. </B><B>=jet engine.</B> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of, for, or by a jet plane. <BR> <I>Ex. a jet airfield, jet speed, jet-powered transports.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>resembling or characteristic of the speed or power of jet propulsion. <BR> <I>Ex. off to a jet start (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to shoot forth in a jet or forceful stream; gush out. <BR> <I>Ex. Water jetted from the broken pipe.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to fly by jet plane. <BR> <I>Ex. Critic John Crosby ... jetted to London to see the show (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to fly by jet propulsion. <BR> <I>Ex. Airliners would be jetting through the sky at 500 miles an hour (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to send forth in a stream; shoot out. <DD><B> 2. </B>to take by jet plane. <BR> <I>Ex. Doctors and nurses were jetted to the disaster area to help the victims.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="jet">
<B>jet</B> (2), noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a hard, black kind of coal, glossy when polished, used for making beads, buttons, and ornaments. <DD><B> 2. </B>a deep, glossy black. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>made or consisting of jet. <DD><B> 2. </B>deep, glossy black. <BR> <I>Ex. Her white dress contrasts with her jet hair.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="jetage">
<B>jet age,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the present era or period of history, especially as characterized by the development and use of jet propulsion in flight. </DL>
<A NAME="jetairplane">
<B>jet airplane,</B> =jet plane.</DL>
<A NAME="jetavator">
<B>jetavator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a steering device on a rocket consisting of vanes or a ring that can be moved against the jet stream to alter the direction of the rocket. </DL>
<A NAME="jetbead">
<B>jetbead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hardy Japanese shrub of the rose family, grown for its shiny black fruit and showy white flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="jetblack">
<B>jet-black, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> black as jet; very black. </DL>
<A NAME="jetboat">
<B>jetboat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a boat propelled by a jet engine. </DL>
<A NAME="jetborne">
<B>jetborne, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> carried or transported by jet aircraft. <BR> <I>Ex. Today's jetborne businessman ... often zips in and out of two or three cities in a single day (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="jete">
<B>jete, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) (in ballet) a leap from one foot to the other with an outward kick of the leg. See also <B>grand jete.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="jetengine">
<B>jet engine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an engine driven by a jet of air or gas; engine using jet propulsion; jet. </DL>
<A NAME="jetexhaustion">
<B>jet exhaustion,</B> =jet lag.</DL>
<A NAME="jetfatigue">
<B>jet fatigue,</B> =jet lag.</DL>
<A NAME="jetfoil">
<B>jetfoil, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a jet-propelled hydrofoil. <BR> <I>Ex. Three times a day, its jetfoil will "fly" down the river from the heart of London to Belgium and back for less than it costs to go by plane (Listener).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="jethelicopter">
<B>jet helicopter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a helicopter powered by one or more jet engines. </DL>
<A NAME="jethop">
<B>jet-hop, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-hopped,</B> <B>-hopping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to travel from place to place by jet aircraft. </DL>
<A NAME="jethro">
<B>Jethro, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses (in the bible, Exodus 18). </DL>
<A NAME="jetinjector">
<B>jet injector,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an air gun that injects vaccine through the pores of the skin. <BR> <I>Ex. A jet injector ... had been developed by the U.S. Army. Under high pressure it injected a tenth of a millimeter of vaccine into the superficial layers of the skin (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="jetlag">
<B>jet lag,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an upset of the body clock, characterized by apathy, fatigue, and other symptoms, caused by traveling in a jet plane through several time zones in twelve hours or less. </DL>
