jet 
It la hard when Englishmuns pacience must tie thus 
jetted on by straungcrs, and they nut dare to revemlKe 
their owne wrongs. I'l/i;/ of ,SVV Tlvnnai Mure. 
Insulting tyranny begins l<i jii 
Upon the innocent and awtcss throne. 
Shak., Kich. III., 1L 4, 51. 
4f. To jerk ; jolt, tlineman. 5. To turn round 
or about. [I'vov. Kng.'J 
jet 1 (jet), H. [Karly mod. E. alsojXtr, get; < M K. 
jet, pet, ji-Hi-, iii-lli; a dcvicr, mode, manner, 
fashion, < OF. get, gict, later tject, ject, a throw, 
cast, etc., a joss (q. v.), F. jet, a throw, cast, 
stroke, a gush, spurt, or jet (of water), a shoot 
(of a plant), a jess, etc.,= It. getto, a throw, cast, 
waterspout, etc., < ii.jactus, a throw, cast, (.jit- 
cere, pp. jactitu, throw : see jet 1 , v. Of. jess, n.] 
1. A sudden shoo ting forth; a spouting or spurt- 
ing, as of water or flame from a small orifice. 
The natural jets and elations of a mind energized by the 
rapidity of its own emotions. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 2d let., p. 243. 
2. That which so issues or spurts: as, & jet ol 
water; a jet of blood; a jc t of gas. 
Thus the small jW, which hasty hands unlock, 
SpirU in the gardener s eyes who turns the cock. 
Pope, Dunciad, 11. 177. 
3. A spout, or the end of a spout or nozle, for 
the emission of a liquid or gas: as, a rose-jet; 
a gas-Jet. 4. In metal-casting: (a) A channel 
or tube for introducing melted metal into a 
mold. (&) A small projecting piece of the metal, 
consisting of what remained in the hole through 
which the liquid metal was run into the mold: 
this has to be filed off before the casting can 
be finished. Compare runner. 5. In pyrotech- 
nics, a rocket-case filled with a burning com- 
position, and attached to the circumference of 
a wheel or the end of a movable arm to give it 
motion. 6. A large water-ladle. HMiwell. 
[Prov. Eng.] 7. A descent ; a declivity. Hal- 
liwell. [Prov. Eng.] 8f. Fashion; manner; 
custom; style. 
Also ther Is another newe left, 
A fowle wast of cloth, and excessyf. 
Boolre of Precedence (E. E. T. 8., extra ser.), 1. 106. 
A kirtrl of a fyn wachet, 
Schapen with goores in the newe get. 
Chaucer, Miller s Tale, 1. 136. 
9f. Artifice; contrivance. 
The croslet 
That was ordeyned with that false get. 
Chaucer, Canon's Yeoman s Tale, 1. 266. 
10f. [A form of or substitute for gist 2 , of the 
same ult. origin.] Point; drift; scope. 
How is this, master Rowley? I don't see the jet of your 
scheme. Sheridan, School for Scandal, ill. 1. 
It often happens that the jett or principal point in the 
debate is lost in these personal contests. 
Monti, Travels in England in 1782 (trans.). 
Pelletan Jet, an annular steam-jet used to induce a flow 
of liquid DV an opening through which the jet issues. 
The principle is the same as that of the Olffard injector. 
Sensitive Jet, a jet of air, smoke, water or other liquid, 
or of burning gas. which is sensitive to sound-waves. The 
form and dimensions of the jet are modified by the im- 
pact of the sound-waves. 
jet' 2 (jet), n. and a. [Formerly also jeat,geat, 
get, geet, jayet; < ME. jet,jete, geete, < OF. jet 
(also jettc, f.), jaet, jayet, F. jayet, jats, earlier 
OF. gayet, and restored gagate (cf. also ME. and 
AS., as 1,.,gagates, G. aagat, etc.), < L. gagates, 
< Gr. yayanK, jet, so called from Tdyaf or Tayycu, 
a town and river of Lycia in Asia Minor.] I. 
n. 1. A solid, dry, black, inflammable fossil 
substance, harder than asphalt, susceptible of 
high polish, and glossy in its fracture, which is 
conchoidal or undulating. It is found in beds of 
lignite or brown coal, and chiefly in rocks of Tertiary and 
Secondary age. The most important jet-veins are in York- 
shire, England, near Whitby. It is wrought into toys, but- 
tons, and personal ornaments of various kinds. 
A thousand favours from a maund she drew, 
Of amber, crystal, and of beaded jet. 
Shak., Lover's Complaint, 1. 37. 
A square peece of white stone inserted into a piece of 
tt Coryat, Crudities, 1. 165. 
2. The color of jet ; a deep, rich, glossy black. 
The white pink, and the pansy freak'd with>e. 
Milton, Lycidas, 1. 144. 
Jet-rock series, u portion of the I'pper Lias, near Whlt- 
by, Yorkshire. England : so called because it contains the 
' jet-rock, ' a hard, bituminous shale, containing jet in the 
interstices between the layers in thin lenticular masses. 
II. a. Made of the mineral jet : as, jet beads; 
jt-t ornaments, 
jet-ant (jet'ant), . A kind of ant, Formica 
fuliginosa, 
jet-black (jet'blak'), a. [< jet? + &/<*.] Of 
the deepest black ; black as jet. 
Year after year unto her feet . . . 
The maiden's) jtt-MMk li:iir fi;i^ ^rown. 
Tennyson, The Day-Dream, The sleeping Beauty. 
3229 
jet-break (jot'brak), . In printing, the mark 
left on the bottom of a type by the breaking off 
of the jot projecting from the top of the mold. 
jet d'eau (zha do). [Formerly partly Englished, 
ji i/li-ini, ji I/inn, jetto ; now as mere F., jVf <l'i mi 
(= It. gctto d' acqua), a jet of water: jet, jet; 
de, of; eau, water: see jet 1 , du", eau, we 2 .] A 
fine stream of water spouting from a fountain 
or pipe, especially an upward jet from an or- 
namental fountain. 
There is nothing that more enlivens a prospect than 
rivers, jetdeawt, or falls of water, where the scene is per- 
petually shifting. Adiliion, Spectator, No. 412. 
jetee (je-te'), n. [E. Ind.] The plant Marsdenia 
tenacissima, or bowstring-creeper of Rajmahal, 
found wild in certain hilly parts of India. Its 
fiber is beautiful in appearance, tough and elastic, and 
endures exposure to water. It is made into such articles 
as bowstrings, twine, and rope. The milky juice when 
dried serves as a caoutchouc. 
jet-glass (jet'glas), . Crystal-glass of pure 
black : used for cheap jewelry, in imitation of 
jet. 
jeton, n. See jetton. 
jet-pump (jet'pump), n. A pump in which the 
fluid is impelled by the action of a jet of the 
same or another fluid. 
jetsam (jet'sam), n. [Also jetsom, jetsome; a 
corruption bf the earlier jetson, jettison, as flot- 
sam is of the earlier flotson, 'flottison : see jetti- 
son.] In law and com. : (a) Same us jettison. 
Jettam is where goods are cast into the sea, and there 
sink and remain under water; flotsam is where they con- 
tinue swimming ; ligan Is where they are sunk in the sea, 
but tied to a cork or buoy in order to be found again. 
Blaclatone, Com., I. vili. 
(6) The goods thrown out by jettison. 
These are forgiven matters of the past 
And range v/ith jetsam and with offal thrown 
Into the blind sea of forgetfulness. 
Ti-niin"ii, Queen Mary, 111. 3. 
jetsent, jetsomt, jetsomet, jetsont, . See jet- 
sam, jettison. Coles; Minsheu. 
jetstone (jet'ston), n. Same as jet 2 . Jet was 
formerly supposed to have the property of attracting cer- 
tain objects, like a magnet 
It glues Wits edge, and drawesthem too \Vnejrtstone. 
Danes, Commendatory Poems, p. 13. 
jettage (jet'aj), . [< OF. ietter. throw, cast: 
see Jet 1 .] Certain charges levied upon incom- 
ing vessels; specifically, dues payable to the 
corporation of Hull, England, on vessels enter- 
ing. 
Freemen (of Hull] are exempt from anchorage, but free- 
men as well as non-freemen pay jettage. 
McCuUoeh, Diet. Commerce, p. 543. 
jette (jet), n. The starling, or inclosure of piles, 
of a bridge, 
jetteaut (je-to'), n. A former spelling of jet 
(feau. 
jetteet, An obsolete spelling of jetty 1 . 
jettert (jet'er), n. [< ME. jettourjectour, < OF. 
jettour, jetteur, geteor, etc., < L. jactator, a 
boaster: see jactator and jet 1 .] One who jets 
or struts ; a spruce fellow. 
So were ye better, 
What shulde a begger be & letter f 
J. Heyumtd, Four P's. 
jettiness (jet'i-nes), . The quality of being 
jetty; blackness, 
jettingt (jet'ing), p. a. Same as jutting. See Jut. 
The v&at jetting coat and small bonnet, which was the 
habit In Henry the Seventh's time, is kept on in the yeo- 
men of the guard; not without a good and politic view, 
because they look a foot taller, and a foot and a half 
broader. Steele, Spectator, No. 109. 
jettison (jet'i-son), n. [< OF. (AF.) 'jetaison, 
getaison, gettaison, a throwing, jettison, < L. 
jactatio(n-), a throwing, < jactare, throw: see 
jet 1 , ., and el. jactation, a doublet of jettison. 
The word in E. use became corrupted, through 
jetson, jetsen, to jetsom, jetsome, jetsam : see jet- 
sam, and cf. flotsam, similarly corrupted.] In 
law, the throwing overboard of goods or mer- 
chandise, especially for the purpose of easing 
a ship in time of danger or distress. Stephen. 
If, instead of being thrown overboard, the goods are put 
into boats or lighters, and lost or damaged before reach- 
ing the shore, such loss is regarded as a virtual jetti&m, 
and gives a claim to average contribution. 
Encyc. Brit., III. 146. 
The bottle was eventually picked up on the shore of 
Galveston Island in the (iulf of Mexico, having traversed 
(through the aid of the equatorial current) the Atlantic 
from the point ot jettison to Trinidad or Tobago. 
&. Atner., N. S., LIX. 153. 
jettison (j'l 'i -son), t'. t. [< jetti.ttm, .] To 
throw overboard, especially for the purpose of 
easing and saving a ship in time of danger. 
When a part of a cargo is thrown overboard (or jettisoned, 
as it is termed) to save the ship from foundering in a storm. 
jetty 
or to float her when stranded, or to facilitate her escape 
from an en, mv , the l,,m ,,f tin- goods and of the freight 
attached to them must be made good by average contribu- 
tion. Kncyc. Brit., ILL 146. 
jettot ( je-to'), n. An obsolete spelling otjct 
d'eau. 
The garden has erery variety, hills, dales, rocks, groves, 
aviaries, vivaries, fountalnes, especially one of a\vjfttu$. 
Early u. Diary, Oct. 22, 1644. 
jetton (jet'on), n. [Also jeton; < F. jeton, a 
counter, Of. jeton, geton, a shoot, sprout, etc., 
< jeter, throw, cast : see jet 1 .] A piece of metal, 
generally silver, copper, or brass, bearing vari- 
ous devices and inscriptions, formerly uued as 
Olivers*. Reverse. 
Bronze Jetton of Louis XIV., British Museum. (Sue of Ihe original.) 
a counter in card-playing, or in casting up ac- 
counts; also, an abbey-counter. Jettons came 
Into use in the fourteenth century, and were extensively 
used, especially in the sixteenth and seventeenth centu- 
ries, in the Netherlands, France, Germany, and other coun- 
tries. 
They used to compute with Jetton* and counters ; . . . 
It Is done by laying them on lines increasing in then- 
value from the bottom, which is a line of Vnlts; the sec- 
ond, or next above it, is a line of Tens ; the third a line of 
Hundreds ; the fourth of Thousands ; and so on. 
T. Snetting, View of the Origin of Jettons, p. 13. 
Almost every abbey struck Its own jettrmt or counters, 
which were thin pieces of copper, commonly Impressed 
with a pious legend, and used in casting up accounts. 
Claittn, Wood Engraving, p. 19. 
jetty 1 (jet'i), n.; pi. jetties (-iz). [Also jutty, 
q. v.; < OF. jetee, gctce, gettee, gitee, jettee, a cast, 
a jetty or jutty, etc. ; F. jetee, a pier, break- 
water, jetty ; prop. fern. pp. of OF. jetter, jeter, 
F. jeter, throw, cast: see jet 1 .] 1. A project- 
ing part of a building, especially a part that 
projects so as to overhang the wall below, as 
the upper story of a timber house, a bay-win- 
dow, etc. See extract under jetty 1 , v. i. 2. A 
projection of stone, brick, wood, or other ma- 
terial (but generally formed of piles), afford- 
ing a convenient place for landing from and 
discharging vessels or boats, or serving as a 
protection against the encroachment or as- 
sault of the waves; also, a pier of stone or 
other material projecting from the bank of a 
stream obliquely to its course, for the pur- 
pose of directing the current upon an obstruc- 
tion to be removed, as a bed of sand or gravel, 
or to deflect it from a bank which it tends to 
undermine. Important jetties are those at the mouth 
of the Mississippi river, constructed of willow mattresses 
sunk by weighting with stone, and laid along both banks 
of the river, to contract the current and cause it to scour 
out the channel. See mattress. 
Let us cut all the cables and snap all the chains which 
tie us to an unfaithful shore, and enter the friendly har- 
bour, that shoots far out into the main Its moles and jet- 
teet to receive us. Burke, Economical Reform. 
She was walking much too near the brink of a sort of 
old jetty or wooden causeway we had strolled upon, and I 
was afraid of her falling over. 
Dickens, David Copperfleld, ill. 
The country on both sides of the Mississippi from New 
Orleans up to the month of the Red River is known as the 
I'pper Coast ; that below the city down to the Jettiet, as 
the Lower Coast. The Century, XXXV. 108. 
jetty 1 (jet'i), t. ; pret. and pp. jettied, ppr. jet- 
tying. [Alsojufty, q. v.; an extension of jet 1 , 
jut, after jetty 1 , jutty, .] I. intrans. To jut; 
project. 
An out-butting or jettie of a house thttjettitt oat far- 
ther than any other part of the house. Florio. 
II. trans. To make a jetty. 
Jettying with brush and pile, and finally strengthening 
with stone. SW. Amer.. N. 8., LX. 106. 
jetty 1 ! (jet'i), a. [<>e 1 +-y 1 .] Jetting, or jut- 
ting out ; swelling. 
Twise twentie^rfrM sailes with him 
The swelling streams did take. 
Chapman, Iliad, IL 
jetty 2 (jet'i), a. [< jef2 + -yl.] I. Made of jet. 
2. Black as jet. 
His spear, his shield, his horse, his armour, plume*, 
And jetty feathers, menace death and hell. 
Martoire, Tambnrlalne, I., Ir. L 
All the floods 
In which the full formed maids of Afric lave 
Their jetty limbs. Thornton, Summer, 1. 8S4, 
