jaw-tooth 
ayi.] 1. Any bird of the subfamily jazey, n. . heejasey. 
; specifically, Garrulus glandarius, a jealous Gel' us), a. [Early mod. 
uropean bird, about 13 inches long, < ME^etojw, gelous, gelus, rtsoj 
ddih vried with *, Pilate**- Pr. sretos = Sp. 
gay: see gayi.~\ 
Garrulincg 
common Europi 
of a gray color tinged with reddish, varied with 
black, white, and blue, and having the head 
crested. The jays are birds usually of bright and varied 
colors, among which blue is the most conspicuous, thus 
contrasting with the somber crows, their nearest allies. 
The tail is comparatively long, sometimes extremely so, 
jaw-tooth (iil'toth), n. A tooth in the back jay-pie (jii'pi), . 1. The common jay, 
part of the jaw; a molar; a grinder. IKK glainlaritu. [Prov. Eng.] 2. The missel- 
jaw-wedge (ja'wej), . A wedge used to tighten thrush. [Prov. Eng.] 
an axle-box in an axle-guard. jay-piet (ja'pi'et), n. Same as jay-pie. 
jawyt (ja'i), a. [< jmfl + -y 1 .] Relating or jay-teal (ja'tel), n. The common teal or teal- 
pertaining to the jaws, duck, <)>irr<iinilitla crecca. 
The dew-laps and thc>w port of the face. jay-thrush (ja'thrush), n. Any bird of the ge- 
iiin'iiiiii. ' Nut. -si in i>(in iftilxnto, p. 42. mis (!<irri(liu; or of some related genus, as 
jay 1 (ia), w. [</ + -ay, as in froi/, the name of />'"'"''"/''""' or Grammatoptila P. L. Sclater. 
'- The name of the letter j. It' is rarely writ- jayweed (ja' wed), n. The plant mayweed, 
Antlicinix Cutiilii. [Prov. i.ng.] 
A 
See 
See jasey. 
' -mod. E. also jelous; 
also jalous, < OF. ja- 
lous, F. jaloux = Pr. 'gelos = Sp. zeloso = It. gc- 
loso, zeloso, < ML. zelosus, full of zeal, < L. zelux, 
< Gr. C<7^>r, zeal : see zeal. Cf . zealous, which is 
a doublet of jealous.'] 1. Full of zeal!; zealous 
in the service of a person or cause ; solicitous 
for the honor or interests of one's self or of an- 
other, or of some institution, cause, etc. : fol- 
lowed by for. 
I have been very jealout for the Lord God of host*. 
1 K i. xix. 10. 
Then will the Lord be jealout for his land. Joel it 18. 
2. Anxiously watchful; suspiciously vigilant; 
much concerned ; suspicious. 
I am jealout over you with godly jealousy. 2 Cor. xi. 2. 
A soldier, . . . 
Jealout in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel. 
Mnl;., As you Lik . it it 7, 161. 
The court was notjealout of any evil intention in Mr. 
Saltonstall. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 78. 
During the service a man came into neere the middle of 
the church with his sword drawne. ... In this jealout 
time it put the congregation into greate confusion. 
Evelyn, Diary, March 26, 1687. 
Specifically 3. Troubled by the suspicion or 
the knowledge that the love, good will, or suc- 
cess one desires to retain or secure has been 
diverted from one's self to another or others: 
suspicious or bitterly resentful of successful 
rivalry: absolute or followed by of with an ob- 
ject: as, a jealous husband or lover; to'be jeal- 
ous of a competitor in love or in business, of 
one's mistress, or of the attentions of others 
toward her. 
The Courtesies of an Italian, if you make him jealout of 
you, are dangerous, and so are his Compliments. 
Uowell, Letters, ii. 12. 
The lady never made unwilling war' 
With those fine eyes; she had her pleasure in it, 
And made her good m&njealous with good cause. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
4f. Fearful; afraid. 
My master is very jealous of the pestilence. 
Middleton, Your Five Gallants, L 1. 
By the trechery of one Fonle, In a manner turned hea- 
then, wee were very iealous the Saluages would surprize 
vs. Quoted iu Copt. John SmitVt Works, II. 89. 
5f. Doubtful. 
European Jay (Garrvlus 
as in the magpie. They are noisy, restless birds, of ar- 
boreal habits, found in most parts of the world, reach- 
ing their highest development In the warmer parts of 
America, where some large and magnificent species are 
found. With the exception of the boreal genus Peri- 
soreus, the jays of the old and the new world belong to 
entirely different genera. The commonest and best- 
known jay of the United States is the blue Jay, Cyanuna 
mstofw* or CyanocUta cristate, a bird about 12 inches long 
with a flue crest, purplish-blue color on the back and 
purplish-gray below, a black collar, and wings and tail 
rich blue varied with black and white. (See cut under 
Cyanocitta.) Another crested species of the United States 
is Steller's jay, C. ttellrri, resembling the last, but much 
darker in color, and confined to the west. The Canada 
Jay or whiskyjack, Perimreus canadenrit, IB a plain gray- 
ish bird. The Florida jay, Aphelocoma floridana, is mostly 
gray and blue. The Rio Grande jay, Xanthura luxvata, is 
rich yellow, green, blue, and black. Some birds not prop- 
erly belonging to the Gamtlince are also called jays, and 
some members of this subfamily have other common 
names, as the magpies. 
And startle from his ashen spray, 
Across the glen, the screamin -'- 
Warton, The 
2t. A loud, flashy woman. 
Some ja 
Whose mother was her paintin 
That you do love me, I am nothing jealout. 
Shalt., 3. C., L 2, 162. 
ig jay. = Syn. See envy. 
Hamlet, odes, ii. jealous (jel'us), v. t. [Also dial. (Sc.) jealouse, 
jalous,.jalouse,jaloose; < jealnus, a.~\ To sus- 
pect; distrust. 
The brethren and ministers . . . did very much fear and 
jealouse Mr. James Sharp. Wodrmv, I. 7. (Jamieson.) 
Will you begood neighboursorbad? I cannotsay, Mrs. 
Carlyle ; but I jealoute you, I jealoute you. However, we 
are to try. Carlyle, in Froude, I. L 22. 
Some jay of Italy, 
ing, hath be 
Shale., Cymbeline, ill. 4, 61. 
, 
, hath betray'd him. 
3. (a) In actors' slang, an amateur or a poor 
actor. (6) A general term of contempt applied 
to a stupid person: as, an audience of jai/s . 
Blue-headed Jay, pinon jay. See Cimnocephalut and jealoushoodt (jel'us-hud), n. [< jealous + 
Qymnoritta. Gray Jay, any species of the genus feriso- -hood.} A jealouswoman; jealousy personified. 
rewt. 
jay-bird (ja'berd), H. A jay; especially, the 
common blue jay of the United States. 
La. Cap. Ay, you have been a mouse-hunt in your time; 
But I will watch you from such watching now. 
Cap. A jealous-hood, a jealous-hood! 
Ska*., R. and J., iv. 4, 11. 
jay-cuckoo (ja'kuk*6), n. A cuckoo of the ge- 
nus Coccystes, as the European C. glandarius. jealously (jel'us-li), adv. With jealousy or sus- 
jayett, . An obsolete form of jc(2. 
jayhawk (jii'huk), r. *. [< jaghwck-er, n.] To 
harry as a jayhawker. [Slang, U. S.] 
' Say something. Brennet," he cried angrily. "There's 
picion ; with suspicious fear, vigilance, or cau- 
tion. 
The strong door sheeted with iron the rugged stone 
stairs . . . jealously barred. Bulwer, My Novel, xii. 6. 
no use in jay-hawking me." jealousness ( jel'us-nes), n. [< ME. jelousnesse, 
M. If. Murfree, Where the Battle was Fought, p. 48. gelousnes ; (jealous + -ness.'] The state or char- 
jayhawker (ja'luV'ker), n. [Said to be so called acter of being jealous ; suspicion; suspicious 
from a bird of this name ; but evidence is lack- vigilance. Bailey, 1727. 
ing.] 1. In [T. S. h int., in the early part of the jealousy (jel'us-i),.; pi. jealousies (-iz). [Early 
civil war and previously, a member of one of mod. E. &\8ojelottsy,jeloi<sie; <.tSK.jelousic,jelo- 
the bands which carried on an irregular war- sie, gelousy, gelottsie, gelusie, also jalousie, (. OF. 
fare in and around eastern Kansas. getosie, jalousie, V. jalousie (= Pr. gelosia, gilosia 
He and his father arc catching the horses of the dead = Pg. It. gelosia), jealousy, < jalous, jealous: 
and djrtnf /gyhMstat see jealous.] 1. The state or character of be- 
0. W. Cable. The Century, XXXIII. 300. ; n ^ jealous; zealous watchfulness; earnest so- 
2. A large spider or tarantula, as species of licitude for that which concerns one's self or 
Mygale. [Western U. S.] Others; suspicious care ; suspicion. 
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jee 
I am still upon myjealowry, that the king brought thither 
some disaffection towards im;, grounded upon some other 
demerit "f mine, and took it not from the sermon. 
Donne, Letten, Ixxv. 
Infinite jealautia, infinite regards, 
l)o watch about the true virginity. 
B. Jonton, Cynthia's Revels, v. 3. 
Specifically 2. Distress or resentment caused 
by suspected or actual loss, through the rivalry 
of another, of the love, good will, or success 
one desires to retain or secure; fear or suspi- 
cion of successful rivalry, especially in love. 
0, beware, my lord, of jealousy; 
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock 
The meat it feeds on : that cuckold lives in bliss 
Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger ; 
But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er 
Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves I 
Shak., Othello, UL 3, 166. 
And leloutie that never sleeps for fear 
(Suspicions Flea still nibbling in her ear), 
That leaues repast and rest, necr pin'd and blinde 
With seeking what she would be loth to flnde. 
SyloeOer, tr. of Du liartas's Weak*, It, The Furies. 
3. The plant Sedum rupestre. [Prov. Eng.] 
=8yn. See envy. 
Jeames (jemz), n. [A colloquial form (in Eng- 
land) of James, formerly in good use: see 
jacfci.] A flunky or footman ; a lackey. [Col- 
loq., Eng.] 
That noble old race of footmen is well nigh gone, . . . 
and Uncas with his tomahawk and eagle's plume, and 
Jeamet with his cocked hat and long cane, are passing out 
of the world where they once walked in glory. 
Thackeray, Virginians, xxxvii. 
jean (jan), n. [8eejan.] If. Same as jane, 1. 
2. A twilled cotton cloth, used both for under- 
wear and for outer clothing: commonly, of gar- 
ments, in the plural. Also written jane. 
You most coarse frieze capacities, ye jane judgments. 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, ill. 5. 
Clean was his linen, and his jacket blue : 
Of finest jean his trousers, tight and trim. 
Crabbe, The Parish Register. 
lie was a tall, lank countryman, clad in a suit of coun- 
try jeani. Tourgee, A Fool's Errand, p. 26. 
Satin jean, a thick cotton cloth, a variety of Jean, with a 
glossy surface : used for shoes and for similar purposes. 
jean-cherry (jen'cher'i), n. Same as gean. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
jeanette(ja-net'), n. [<jean + -ette.] A coarse 
kind of jean, employed chiefly for linings. 
Jeanpaulia (jen-pal'i-ii), n. [NL. (Unger, 
1845), appar. so called after some one named 
Jean Paul, perhaps Jean Paul Friedrich Rich- 
ter.] A genus of fossil plants with flabellate, 
deeply dichotomously pinnatifid leaves (the 
linear divisions strongly nerved with parallel 
veins which branch dichotomously from below), 
amentaceous male flowers, and ovate drupa- 
ceous fruit. Before the flowers and fruit were known, 
these leaf-impressions were regarded as the fronds of cryp- 
togamic plants, either as llydropterideie or as ferns. They 
are now recognized as coniferous and as related to the 
living genus Ginkfio, of which Jeanpaulia is probably the 
ancestral form. It occurs chiefly in the Mesozoic, rang- 
ing from the Rhetic to the Cretaceous. Modern writers 
are disposed to refer it to Saiera, with which it Is prob- 
ably Identical, and which has priority. 
jeantt, A Middle English form of giant. 
jearH, and it. An obsolete form of jeer 1 . 
jear 2 , . Seejeer-2. 
jeatt, An obsolete form of jet 2 . 
jeauntt, A Middle English form of giant. 
Jebusite (jeb'u-zit), n. One of a Canaanitish 
nation which long withstood the Israelites. The 
stronghold of the Jebusites was Jebus on Mount Zlon, a 
part of the site of Jerusalem, of which they were dispos- 
sessed by David. 
Jebusitic (jeb-u-zit'ik), a. [< Jebusile + 40.] 
Of or pertaining to the Jebusites. 
And suited to the temper of the times, 
Then groaning under Jebutitick crimes. 
Dryden, Miscellanies (ed. 1602X > 66. 
jectourt, A Middle English form ofjetter. 
jecur (je'ker), n. [L., liver: see hepar.] In 
anat., the liver. 
ied (jed), n. and t>. Same &sjad. 
Jeddart justice. See justice. 
Jeddart staff. See staff. 
jedding-ax (jed'ing-aks), n. [Cf. jadding-pick.] 
A stone-masons' tool; a eavel. 
iedge 1 (jej), n. [A dial, assibilated form of 
gage, after OF. jauge: see gage%.~\ A gage or 
standard. Jedge and warrant, in Scott lav, the au- 
thority given by the dean of gild to rebuild or repair a ruin- 
ous tenement agreeably to a plan. 
iedge' 2 (jej), . and v. A dialectal form of judge. 
Jedwood ax. Same as Jeddart staff (which 
see, under staff). 
Jedwood justice. See justice. 
Jee 1 , v. i. See gee 1 . 
ee'-', -. < and . See gee 2 . 
