jellify 
The Jeweller nearly fainted with alarm, and poor But- 
ter-Fingers was completely jellified with fear. 
J. T. Field*, Underbrush, p. 230. 
Development had occurred in the various fluid media, 
and upon the jellified blood serum. Medical Kews, L. 287. 
II. intrans. To become gelatinous ; turn into 
jolly. 
.i< llti'ini'i IB a term applied to soap which, after being 
dissolved in a certain quantity of water, sets Into a jelly 
when cold. Watt, Soap-making, p. 235. 
jellop (Jel'op), . See jeu-la/i. 
jelloped (jel'opt), a. In her., same as wattled. 
jelly' (ji'l'i), ii.; pi. jellies (-iz). [Formerly (jelly; 
< ME. ycli/, gele, < OF. gelee, a frost, also jelly, 
prop. fern, of r/ele (<. L. gelatus), frozen, pp. of 
geler, < L. gelare, freeze, congeal : see congeal, 
>/< lid, gelatin.] 1. A viscous or glutinous sub- 
stance obtained by solution of gelatinous mat- 
ter, animal or vegetable ; hence, any substance 
of semisolid consistence. 
Out, vile jelly [an eye] 1 
Where is thy lustre now? Skak., Lear, lit 7, 83. 
Were 't not in court, 
I would beat that fat of thine, rais'd by the food 
Snatch 'd from poor clients' mouths, into ;\ j< ll</. 
Fletcher, Spanish Curate, iii. 3. 
[Kdlngtonite] affords & jelly with muriatic acid. 
Dana, Mineralogy (1868), p. 417. 
2. The thickened juice of fruit, or any gelati- 
nous substance, prepared for food : as, currant 
OT gu&va, jelly ; calf 's-foot jelly ; vie&t jelly. 
Jellies soother than the creamy card, 
And lucent syrops tinct with cinnamon. 
Keoti, Eve of St. Agnes. 
3. A mixture of gelatin and glycerin, used as 
a medium for mounting microscopic objects. 
Jelly of hartshorn. See ArtAorn. wharton's Jelly. 
Same as yelatin of Wharton (which see, under gelatin). 
jelly'-'t (jel'i), a. [Prob. avar.of jolly.] Excel- 
lent of its kind ; worthy. [Scotch.] 
He's doen him to & jelly hunt's ha', 
Was far frae ony town. 
King Henry (Child's Ballads, I. 147). 
The Provost o' the town, 
A jelly man, well worthy of a crown. 
Shirre/s, Poems, p. 83. 
jelly-bag (jel'i-bag), n. A bag through which 
jelly is distilled. 
jellyfish, (jel'i-fish), n. A popular name of many 
kinds of acalephs, medusas, sea-blubbers, or 
sea-nettles : so called from the soft, gelatinous 
structure. As commonly used, the name applies espe- 
cially to those discophorous hydrozoans which have an 
umbrella-like disk, by the pulsation of which, or its alter- 
nate dilatation and contraction, they are propelled through 
the water, trailing long appendages, which nave the prop- 
erty of nettling or stinging when they are touched. Jelly- 
fish are often found swimming in shoals in summer, to 
the great annoyance of bathers. The different genera and 
species are very numerous. Some of the ctenophorans or 
comb-jellies are also called by this name. See Acalephce, 
Diecophora, Hydrozoa. 
jelly-lichen (jel'i-li'ken), n. One of a class of 
lichens which dissolve, when wet, into a gelati- 
nous pulp. See Collemei. 
jelly-plant (jel'i-plant), n. An Australian sea- 
weed, Eucheuma speciosum, which affords an ex- 
cellent jelly. 
jemblet (jem'bl), n. An obsolete form of gim- 
bal. 
For a pare of JemVUt for the stoole dore r>. 
Leurrton (Thwardeni Aeets., 1688 (Arch., XLL 366). 
jemidar.jamadar (jem'i-, jam'a-dar), n. [Also 
jamidar, jemudar, jemmidar, jematdar, jemattt- 
dar, < Hind. Pers. jamdddr, the chief or leader 
of any number of persons, an officer of police, 
customs, or excise, a native subaltern officer, 
etc., < Hind, jama, jame, amount, aggregate, 
applied esp. to the debit or receipt side of 
an account, to rent, revenue, etc. (< Ar. jam?, 
all, jimS, union, <jama'a, gather, assemble), + 
-ddr, holding, a holder.] In the army of India, 
a native officer next in rank to a subadar, or 
captain of a company of Sepoys; a lieutenant: 
the name is also applied, in the civil service, to 
certain officers of police, of the customs, etc., 
and, in large domestic establishments, to an 
overseer or head servant having general con- 
trol of the others. 
The Bishop took him into his service as njemautdar or 
head officer of the peons. 
Bp. lleber, Journey through Upper India (ed. 1844), I. 65, 
[note. 
Calliaud had commenced an intrigue with some of the 
jeinatdarx, or captains of the enemy's troops. 
James Mill, Hist. Brit. India, III. 175. 
jemminess (jem'i-nes), . The state of being 
jemmy or spruce ; spruceness; neatness. [Col- 
loq.] 
Its fort shall be either Convenience or jemminess. 
Vremllt. 
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jemmy 1 (jem'i), . ; pi. jrmmifx (-iz). [Appar. 
a particular use of Jemmg, .///;;/, dim. of .li-m, 
Jim, rolloq. abbreviations of Jeaii*, 
See jack 1 , and cf. in first sense billy and betty. 
Less prob. due itijiminal, jimmcr, forms of gim- 
tiii'l, ijiiiiiiiiil, i/imbal, a double ring, in the obs. 
occasional sense of a mechanical device.] 1. 
A short crowbar, especially as used by burg- 
lars : often made in sections, so as to be carried 
without discovery. Alsojiiumi/. 
They call for crow-bars Jemmies is the modem name 
they bear. 
They burst through lock, and bolt, and bar. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 117. 
2. A sheep's head baked. [Eng.] 
She . . . returned with a ... dish of sheep's heads, 
which gave occasion to several pleasant witticisms, . . . 
founded upon the singular coincidence of jemmies being a 
cant name common to them and ... an Ingenious In- 
strument much used in his profession. 
Dickens, Oliver Twist, xx. 
3. A great-coat. [Prov. Eng.] 4. pi. A kind 
of woolen cloth. Jamieson. [Scotch.] 
jemmy 1 * (jem'i), a. and . [Same as jimmy 2 , 
q. v.J I. a. Spruce; neat; smart; handy; dex- 
terous. Also spelled gemmy. [Colloq.] 
A cute man Is an abbreviation of acute, . . . and signi- 
fies a person that is sharp, clever, neat, or, to use a more 
modern term, jemmy. Gentleman's May., Sept., 1707. 
n.t n. A sort of boot of fine make. 
Buck. Hark'ee, Mr. Subtle, 111 out of my tramels when 
I hunt with the king. 
Subtle. Well, well. 
Buck. I'll on with myjemmys: none of your black bags 
and jack-boot* for me. Foote, Englishman In Paris, i. 
jeneperet, n. An obsolete form of juniper. 
jenequen (jen'e-ken), n. Same as henequen. 
jenite (yen'it),'n. A different orthography of 
yenite: a .synonym of ilvaite. 
jennet 1 (jen'et), n. [Also written gennet, genet, 
early mod. E. ginnet, genette, < OF. genette, < Sp. 
ginete, a nag, also, as orig., a horseman, a horse- 
soldier ; of Stoorish origin, traced by Dozy to Ar. 
Zenata, a tribe of Barbary celebrated for its 
cavalry.] A small Spanish horse. 
The government Is held of the Pope by an annual tribute 
of 40,000 ducats and a white genet. 
Evelyn, Diary, Feb. 8, 1645. 
They were mounted a la gineta, that is, on the light 
jennet of Andalusia a cross of the Arabian. Prescntt. 
jennet 2 , n. See genefl. 
jenneting (jen'et-ing), n. [Formerly also jcnt<- 
ing, genniting, geneting, geniting, ginniting, also 
jenetin, geniton, the term, being conformed to 
that of hasting (see quotation from Holland), 
sweeting, and other apple-names, and the first 
syllable conformed to that of E. Jenkin, Jenny, 
Jinny, etc., from the same ult. source: < OF. 
Janet, earlier Jchannet, Jehennet, and Janot, 
Jannot, earlier Jeanot, Jeannot, Jehannot (with 
corresponding fern. Jehannette, Jeannette, Jean- 
neton,K. Janet, etc.), dim. of OF. Jan, Jean, 
Jehan, etc., ME. Jan, Jon, etc., E. John, a per- 
sonal name; in reference to St. John's apple, 
OF. pomme de St. Jean; so called, it seems, be- 
cause, like a certain pear similarly named A mire 
Joannct, or Joannet, or Jeannette, or Petit St. 
Jean, it is ripe in some places as early as St. 
John's day (June 24th). Cf. ME. pere-ionettes, 
Jeannot pears (Piers Plowman (C), xiii. 221). 
The apple called John-apple or apple-John, which 
does not ripen till late in the season, being 
considered in perfection when withered (see 
apple-john), may owe its name to another cause. 
See John. The explanation attempted in the 
perverted form June-eating (through junetin, in 
Bailey) is absurd.] A kind of early apple. 
Apple trees live a very short time : and of these the 
hastic kind, orjetutinyg, continue nothing BO long as those 
that bear and ripen later. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xvi. 44. 
In July come . . . plums in fruit, gennttingg, quodlins. 
Bacon, Gardens (ed. 1887). 
Thy sole delight is, sitting still, 
With that gold dagger of thy bill 
To fret the summer jenneting. 
Tennyson, The Blackbird. 
Jennie harp. See harp-seal. 
jenny (jeu'i), n. ; pi. jennies (-iz). [A familiar 
use in various senses of the common fern, name 
Jenny, vulgarly Jinny, Jen, Jin, early mod. E. 
Jeny, another form of Janie, Janey, dim. of Jane, 
< F. Jeanne (< ML. Joanna), fern, of Jean, < 
LL. Joannes, John: see John. Cf. jenneting. 
The spinning-jenny (called in F., after 'E.,jean- 
iii'ttr) (def . 4) is said to have been so named by 
Arkwright after his wife, Jenny; but accord- 
ing to a grandson of Jacob Hargreaves, the in- 
ventor, it is a corruption of gin, a contraction 
of ni(/in<' (Webster's Diet., ed.' 1864). Gin would 
easily suggest Jin, Jinny, Jenny, familiar per- 
jeopardy 
Bonal names beingoften attached to mechanical 
contrivances (fl.jucl^ , jt lining, In Hi/, He.) ; but 
in tlie present case there is prob. an allusion to 
E. dia.l.jenny-sj>inner, jinny-spinner, the crane- 
fly, also called in 8c. spinning-Maggie and Jenny 
Nettles.'] 1. A female bird: used especially as 
a prefix, as in jenny-heron, jenny-hov/let, jenny- 
jay, jenny-wren, etc. [Prov. Eng.] Specifically 
2. A wren: usually called jenny-wren. 3. 
A female ass : also called jenny-ana. 
Down trots a donkey to the wicket-gate, 
With Mister Simon Oubbins on his back; . . . 
',!< ini'i be dead, Mies but 1'ze brought ye Jack ; 
He doesn't give no milk but he can bray." 
Hood, Ode to Bae Wilson. 
4. A spinning-jenny (which see). 
jenny-ass (ien'i-as), n. A female ass; ajeiiny. 
jenny-crudle (jen'i-knid'l), . Same &a jenny- 
irren, 1. 
jenny-spinner (jen'i-spin'er), n. [Alsoj'inwy- 
spinner; < Jenny, fern, name (see jenny), + spin- 
ner.] The crane-fly. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
jenny-wren (jen'i-ron'), n. 1. A wren. Also 
jenny-crudle. 2. Herb-robert, Geranium Ro- 
bertianum. 
jenteryt. An obsolete form of gentry. 
jentlet, jentilt, a. Obsolete forms of gentle. 
jentmant, A gentleman. Davies. 
Bawawe what ye say (ko I) of such njentman. 
Nay, I feare him not (ko she), doe the best he can. 
I in/I, Bolster Doister, 111 3. 
jeofailt (jet'Sl), n. [In old law-books jcofaile, 
repr. OF. je (jeo) faille, I fail, I am mistaken, 
or fai failli, I have failed : je, < L. ego = E. / ; 
ai, 1st pers. pres. ind. of aver, avoir, < L. habere 
= E. have; faille, pres. ind., failli, pp., of fail- 
Mr (see/aifi).] In law, an error in pleading or 
other proceeding, or the acknowledgment of a 
mistake or an oversight Statutes of jeofalL the 
statutes of amendment, particularly an English statute of 
134O, whereby irregularities and mistakes in legal proceed- 
ings are allowed to be corrected or to be disregarded. 
jeopard (jep'ard), v. t. [Formerly also jepard; 
< ME. jeoparden, juparten, hazard, < jeopardie, 
jeopardy: see jeopardy.] To put in jeopardy ; 
expose to loss or in jury ; hazard; imperil; en- 
danger. 
Er that yeruparten so youre name, 
Beth noght to hastif in this hote fare. 
Chaucer, Trollus, Iv. 1666. 
Zebnlnn and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their 
lives unto the death in the high places of the field. 
Judges v. 18. 
Obviously too well guarded to jeopard the interests of 
the Spanish sovereigns. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., IL 1. 
=Syn. To peril, imperil, risk. 
jeoparder (jep'ilr-der), n. One who jeopards or 
puts to hazard, 
jeopardise! (jep'ar-dis), n. [ME.; as jeopardy 
+ -we 2 .] Jeopardy. 
jeopardize (jep'ar-diz), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
jeopardized, ppr. jeopardising. [< jeopard + 
-ize; perhaps suggested by jeopardise, .] To 
jeopard. Also spelled jeopardise. 
That he should jeopardize his wilful head 
Only for spite at me ! Tis wonderful ! 
Sir 6. Taylor, Ph. van Artevelde, II., UL 11. 
Yea. I have lost my honor and my wife. 
And, being moreover an Ignoble hound, 
I dare not jeopardize my life for them. 
Browning, Ring and Book, L 188. 
jeopardlesst (jep'Srd-les), a. [< jeopard(y) + 
-less.] Without jeopardy, or hazard or dan- 
ger- 
Better is it therfore to embrace thys llbertie, yf it be 
eyther In thy power, or ieopardles. J. Udall, On 1 Cor. vii. 
jeopardoust (jep'ar-dus), a. [< jeopardy + 
-ous.] Exposed to jeopardy or danger ; peril- 
ous; hazardous. 
The fore-fronts or frontiers of the two corners [of Uto- 
pia], what with boards and shelves, and what with rocks, 
oejeopardous and dangerous. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by RoblnsonX II. 1. 
If a man lead me through ajeopardoia place by day, he 
cannot hurt me so greatly as by night. 
Tyndale, Ana. to Sir T. More. 
jeopardouslyt (jep'ar-dus-li), adv. In a jeop- 
ardous manner; with risk or danger; hazard- 
ously. 
jeopardy (jep'ftr-di), n. [Early mod. E. also 
jeopardie, jeo}>erdie ; < ME. jejtardie, jeopardie, 
jopardie, jeperdie, jeupardyc (appar. simulat- 
ing OF. jew perdu, a lost game), more correct- 
ly jupartie,jupertie, < OF. jeu parti, lit. a divid- 
ed game, i. e. an even game, an even chance, < 
ML. jocus partitus, an even chance, an alterna- 
tive: li.jocus ( > OF. jeu), jest, play, game; par- 
titus (> OF. parti), pp. of partire, divide: see 
joke and party.] If. An even chance; a game 
evenly balanced. 
