jaspery 
jaspery (.jas'per-i), . [< jasper + -u 1 .] Re- 
sembling jasper; mixed with jasper: us, jaspery 
quartz. 
jaspidean (jas-pid'e-an), a. [< L. iaspideus, < 
inxpiH, jasper: see jasper.] Like jasper; con- 
sisting of jasper, or containing jasper. 
jaspideous (jas-pid'e-us), a. [= Pg. jaspidfo, < 
L. iaspideus, < iaspis, jasper: see jasper.] Like 
jasper. 
jaspoid (jas'poid), a. [< jasp-er, F. jaspc, + 
-OK/.] Resembling jasper. 
jasponyi (jas'po-niks), . [L. iasponyx, < Gr. 
fao-TroWf, < fcwirtf, jasper, + owf, onyx.] A jas- 
per with the structure of an onyx. 
jasp-opal (jasp'o'pal), n. Same as jasper- 
opal. 
jaspure (jas'pur), n. [< F. jaspure (= Pg. jas- 
peadura), marbling, < jasper, make like jasper, 
marble : see jospe".] Decoration with veins of 
color like those of jasper or agate. 
Jassidffl (jas'i-de), n.pl. [NL., < Jassus + -id<E.] 
An extensive family of homopterous insects, 
named from the genus Jassus, of wide geo- 
graphical distribution, and containing many 
bugs ordinarily called leaf-hoppers. They are 
mostly of small size, slender and often spindle-shaped, 
with very long hind legs, and curved tlbire armed with a 
double row of spines. They occur in nearly all parts of 
the world, and many of them are notably noxious to agri- 
culture and horticulture. Also Jaesida. 
Jassus (jas ' us), n. [Prop. lassus, < L. lasstts 
or Idsits, < Gr. 'laffooc. or "Ia<TOf, a town on the 
coast of Caria, now Askem.] The name-giving 
genus of Jassidte, at present restricted to a few 
species not characteristic of the family, 
jataka (ja'ta-ka), . [Skt. jdtaka, < jdta, born, 
pp. of VJa or jan, be born.] A nativity ; birth- 
story; specifically, an account of the life of 
Buddha in one of his successive human exis- 
tences. 
Jatamansi (jat-a-man'si), . [E. Ind.] The 
supposed spikenard of the ancients, Nardosta- 
chys Jatamansi. 
Jateorhiza (jat'e-o-ri'z&), n. [NL. .(Miers, 
1851), irreg. < Gr. iarr/p or iarfc, a physician (< 
100601, cure), + Mi a root.] A genus of Me- 
nispermacea, containing, with one or two other 
species, the J. Calumba, whose root is the co- 
lumbo of commerce. They belong to the forests of 
Mozambique, and are woody climbers with large, deeply 
cleft leaves on long petioles, and the flowers in axillary 
racemes. The flower has 6 sepals in two sets, 6 petals 
shorter than the sepals, and in the male plant stamens 
whose anthers open by a transverse slit near the extrorse 
tip In the female flower there are 8 sterile stamens, and 
3 ovaries which become ovoid drupes. See cut under co- 
luinbo. 
Jatropha (jat'ro-fS), n. [NL. (Linnaeus), irreg. 
' < Gr. (orpof, a physician, + Tpotfi, sustenance, 
food, < rpttetv, nourish, sustain.] A genus of 
plants of the natural order Euphorbiaceee, and 
tribe Crtone<e, embracing some 68 species be- 
longing to the warmer parts of both hemi- 
spheres, but 
chiefly Ameri- 
can. They are mo- 
noecious herbs or 
shrubs with alter- 
nate petioled and 
stipulate leaves, 
which are entire or 
palmately lobed. 
The small flowers 
areindichotomous 
cymes, the fertile 
toward the center. 
The male flowers, 
and sometimes the 
female, have a co- 
rolla with five pet- 
als or lobes. The 
numerous stamens 
are in two or more 
series, with their 
filaments more or 
less united in a 
column. The ovary 
is two- or three- 
celled, with one 
seed in a cell. J. 
Cured* furnishes 
the seeds known 
as />'<(/?"('/(>* nut*. 
also, on account of their properties, called physic- or purg- 
in'i-niit* These with the seeds of J. multi/ida (called 
coral-plant\ yield the jatropha-oil. J. glattta of the East 
Indies yields a stimulating oil, used externally. J. ureiu, 
var. etiinutusa, calh'il uptiriir-itettle and tread-*iflly, is a 
stinging weed of the southern United States. J. poda- 
trrica is a curious species sometimes cultivated in conser- 
vatories. 
jaud (jad), n. A Scotch form of jade 1 . 
I heard ane o' his gillies bid that auld rndasjaud of a 
gudewife gie ye that Scott, Rob Roy, xxix. 
jauk (jak), v. i. [Origin obscure.] To trifle ; 
spend one's time idly. [Scotch.] 
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The younkers a' are warned to obey, 
An' mind their labours wi' an eydent hand, 
An' ne'er, though out o' sight, to jauk or play. 
Burnt, Cottar's Saturday Night 
jauk(jaV), n. [<jA-,.] 1. A trifle; trifling; 
dallying. 2. An idler; trifler. Jamieson. 
jault, ''. i. A former spelling of jowl. 
jaulingite (you 'ling-it), . [< Jaulinq (see 
def.) + -te*.] A mineral resin obtained from 
the lignite of Jauling in Lower Austria, 
iaum, jaumb, . Obsolete or dialectal forms 
of ja wife 1 , 
jaunt [Cf. ML. (AL.)janwm, jampnum; < 
Bret, jaon, jan (Du Cange), furze.] Furze ; 
tone. 
jauncet (jans or jans). v. [The verb jounce, 
q. v., is older, being found in ME.; the later 
jaunce may be a different word, being appar. < 
OF.jancer, j'aunce, jounce (a horse) : see jaunt 1 
and jounce.] L trans. To jolt or shake, as a 
horse by rough riding; ride hard. Also jaunt. 
II. intrans. 1. To ride hard. 
Spur-gall'd, and tir'd byjounciiw Itollngbroke. _^ 
2. To be jolted or shaken up, as by much walk- 
ing ; walk about till much fatigued. See quota- 
tion under jaunt 1 , v. ., 1. 
jauncet (jans or jans), n. [Also jounce, q. v. ; 
from the verb.] A jolting; a shaking up, as 
by much walking. See quotation under jaunt 1 , 
jaunder (jan'- or jan'der), r. i. [Also jauner, 
jawner, janner (cf. also cAanr); appar. a freq. 
of jaunt; perhaps influenced by the partlyequiv. 
daunder, q. v.] To talk idly or in a jocular 
way. 
They war only jokin'; . . . they war just jaunderin' wi- 
the bridegroom for fun. 
Edinburgh Monthly Mag., June, 1817, p. 24a 
TO Jaunder about, to go about Idly from place to place, 
jaunder (jan'- or jan'der), n. [Also jauner, 
jander; from the verb.] 1. Idle talk; gossip; 
chatter. 
Oh haud your tongue now, Lnckie Lalng, 
Oh haud your tongue an' jauner. 
Burnt, Oat ye Me. 
2. Ramblingordesultory conversation. [Scotch 
in both senses.] 
jaunders (jan'- or jan'derz), n. A dialectal 
form of jaundice. 
jaundice (jan'- or jan'dis), n. [Early mod. E. 
also jaundize, jaundies; E. dial, jaunders, jan- 
ders; < ME. jaundys, jandis, jandise, also jaicn- 
jaup 
jaunest, jaunyst, Obsolete forms of jaun- 
dice. 
jaunt 1 (jant or jant), t>. [Sometimes spelled 
jant; history defective, the word being con- 
fused with other words of similar or related 
meanings: et.jiiiinri-.jiiuiice, also jaunder, jan- 
der, jaun ft, jump, etc., all prob. of Scaud. ori- 
gin. The relations of these forms are unde- 
termined.] I.t trans. Same as jaunce. 
He was set upon an unbroken coult, . . . and taunted 
til he were breathless*. 
Bp. Bale, Pageant of Popes, fol. 127. 
II. intrans. If. Same as jaunce, 2. 
O, my back, my back 1 
Beshrew your heart for sending me about 
To catch my death with jaunting |var. jaunting] op and 
down ! Shak., R. and J., u. 5, IBS. 
2. To wander here and there ; ramble ; make 
an excursion, especially for pleasure. 
'Las, I'm weary with the walk 1 
My iauntina days are done. 
Beau, and Fl., Wit at Several Weapons, v. 2. 
jaunt 1 (jant or jant), . [< jaunt, r.] It. A 
jolting; a shaking up, as by much walking. 
I am aweary, give me leave a while : 
>'le, bow my tones ache ! what a .Jaunt [var. jaunet} fen* 
I had! SAaJ-., R. and J., II. 5, 26. 
2. A ramble; an excursion; a short journey, 
especially one made for pleasure. 
His first jaunt is to court Sir R. L'Ettrange. 
> fadorrica. 
a, inflorescence ; *, male flower. 
dres (with excrescent d and r), earlier jaunes, 
jawnes,jaunys, < OF. jaunisse, later jaulnisse, F. 
jaunisse, jaundice, yellows, lit. 'yellowness,' < 
OF. jaune, yellow: see jaune.] 1. In pathol., a 
morbid state characterized by the presence of 
bile-pigments in the blood, which gives nse to 
a yellow staining of the skin and the whites of 
the eyes and to a dark coloring of the urine. 
The stools are usually light in color, and there is more or 
lr*s iHs-sitmU- ami loss of aiijiftitf. X:uith<>i>sy, or >flli>w 
vision, occurs in some very rare instances. Also called 
ictenu. 
Then on the Liver doth the laundue fall, 
Stopping the passage of the cholerick Gall ; 
Which then, for good blood, scatters all about 
Her fiery poyson, yellowing all without. 
Sylcetter, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, U., The Furies. 
Hence 2. A state of feeling or emotion that 
colors the view or disorders the judgment, as 
jealousy, envy, and the like. 
Jealousy, the jaundice of the soul. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, 111. 73. 
jaundice (jan'- or jan'dis), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
jaundiced, ppr. jaundicing. [< jaundice, n.] 1. 
To affect with jaundice. 
All looks yellow to the jaundiced eye. 
Pope, Easay on Criticism, 1. 560. 
Hence 2. To affect with prejudice or envy. 
He beheld the evidence of wealth, and the envy of wealth 
jaundiced his soul. Bulwer, My Novel, ii. 10. 
jaundice-berry, jaundice-tree (jan'dis-ber'i, 
-tre), n. [So called with ref . to the yellow un- 
der-bark.] The barberry, Berberis vulgaris. 
jaunet, [ME., < OF. jnune, jalne, jaulne, F. 
;V;i(M = Pg. jalne, yellow, < L. galbinus, also 
galbanus, yellowish-green, < L. galbus, yellow; 
prob. of Teut. origin ; cf . OHG. gelo (geltc-), G. 
gelb = E. yellow, of which the proper L. form is 
helvus: seeyeUow, heh'in, and rti/orin.] Yellow. 
Wine of Tonrain, and of Bewme also, 
Which iatrne colour applied noght vnto. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.\ L 970. 
I won't be known by my colors, like a bird. I have 
made up my mind to wear theidui*. 
C. Reade, Love me Little, L 
jauner (ja'- or ja'ner), v. and n. See jaunder. 
I designed a jaunt into the city to-day to be merry, but 
was disappointed. Sv^ft, Journal to Stella, rmiv. 
Spring, which Is now in full vigour, and every hedge and 
bush covered with flowers, rendered our jaunt delightful. 
U. Sirinburne, Travels through Spain, x\ v. 
= Syn. 2. Trip, tour, stroU. 
jaunt 2 (jant), n. [Prob. of Scand. origin, namely 
< 8w. ganta, play the buffoon, romp, sport, jest 
(refl. gantas, Dan. gantes, jest), < Sw. dial, gant, 
a fool, buffoon (cf. gan, droll, Icel. gan, fren- 
zy, frantic gestures). Cf. jaunfl-.'] A sneer; 
gibe; taunt. [Scotch.] 
jaunt 3 (jant), n. [< OF. jante, also spelled 
gente, in pi. jantes, the fellies of a wheel; ori- 
gin obscure.] A felly of a wheel, 
jauntily (jan'- or jan'ti-li), adv. Briskly; air- 
ily; gaily. Also spelled jantily. 
jauntiness (jan'- or jan'ti-nes), n. The qual- 
ity of being jaunty; airiness; sprightliness. 
Also spelled jantiness. 
A certain stiffness in my limbs entirely destroyed that 
jauntmest of air I was once master of. 
Additon, Spectator, No. 530. 
jaunting-car (jan'ting-kar), n. [ Appar. (.jaunt- 
ing, verbal n. of jaunt 1 , r. i., 2, + ear 1 ; but the 
var. janty-car. if not a corruption, makes this 
doubtful.] A light two-wheeled vehicle, very 
popular in Ireland, having two seats extended 
back to back over the low wheels for the ac- 
commodation of passengers, a compartment be- 
tween the seats, called the well, for the receipt 
of luggage, and a perch in front for the driver. 
jaunty (jan'ti or jan'ti), a. [First in the lat- 
ter part of the 17th century, with various spell- 
ings janty, jantce, jawntee, etc., also accented as 
ifF., Jan te, jan tee, being an imperfect imitation, 
in E. spelling, of the contemporary F. pronun- 
ciation of F. gen til, otherwise Englished as gen- 
teel and in older form gentle; the form genty, 
with E. vowel sound, also occurs, and, in ME., 
gent, < OF. gent, an abbr. of gentil: see gentle, 
genteel, genft, genty.~] It. Genteel. 
I desire my Reformation may be a Secret, because, as you 
know, for a Man of my Address, and the rest tta not 
altogether so JanUe. Mn. Behn, Sir Timothy Tawdry, I. i. 
2. Gay and sprightly in manner, appearance, 
or action; airy; also, affectedly elegant or 
showy. 
Not every one that brings from beyond seas a new gin 
orjanty device, is therefore a philosopher. 
Uobbtt Considered (1662). (Todd. ) 
Turn your head about with a janU air. 
Farquhar, The Inconstant, i. 
No wind blows rude enough to jostle the jauntieit hat 
that ever sat upon a human head. 
H. Janet, Subs, and Shad., p. 382. 
The Jaunty self-satisfaction caused by the bias of patriot- 
lam when excessive. U. Spencer, Study of Sociol., p. 217. 
jaup (jap), r. [Also written jairp,jalp ; . 
origin obscure.] I. trans. 1. To strike; chip 
or break by a sudden blow. 2. To spatter, as 
water or mud. 
Rosmer sprang I' the nut sea oat, 
And jatcp'd it up i' the sky. 
Roimer Ha/mand (Child's Ballads, I. 257). 
II. intrant. To dash and rebound as water; 
make a noise like water agitated in a close ves- 
sel. [Scotch in all uses.] 
