jewel-weed 
jewel-weed ( j<> Yl-wrd i. . [So called from the 
earring-like shape of the flowers, and the silver 
Hheeu of tho under surface of the leaf in water.] 
The American 1 HI /HI tit-it.*, the balsam or touch- 
me-not, /. fulva (see cut under balsam) or 1. 
pallitlu. DM litil.tiini and ln</i<itiens. 
jewely, jewelly (jii'el-i), a. [(jewel + -yl.] 
Like a jewel; brilliant. 
The jeicclly star of life had descended too far down the 
arch towards Betting fur any chance of reascending by 
spontaneous effort. /'< (Juiiuxy, Spanish Nun. 
8931 
Alexas did revolt, and went to Jewry, 
On alfairs of Antony. Shak., A. and C., Iv. 6, 12. 
2t. A part of a city inhabited by Jews (whence 
the name of a street in London). 
Ther was In Asle, In a gret cltee, 
Amonges L'rUten folk a Jeu-rnj. 
Chaucer, Prioress's Tale, 1. 37. 
The London Jewerie was established in a place of which 
no vestige of Its establishment now remains beyond the 
name the Old Jewry. 
Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 128. 
jibe 
I nlike a great deal of modern work of this kind [stained 3. The Jewish people, 
glass], the light does not strike through his panels and 
du/./li' the eye with patches of crudely-coloured light, but 
is held, as it were, in rich and jrmlly suspension. 
The Academy, June 1, 1889, p. 384. 
Jeweriet, " A Middle English form of Jewry. 
Cliaun-r. 
Jewess (jo'es), . [< Jew + -ess.] A Hebrew 
woman ; an Israelitess. 
Her knowledge of medicine . . . had been acquired 
under an aged Jewem, the daughter of one of their most 
celebrated doctors, who loved Kebecca as her own child. 
Scott, Ivanhoe, xxviii. 
jewfish (jo'fish), n. One of several different 
fishes, chiefly of the family Serranidce. (a) Along 
the southern and eastern coasts of the United States, 
Jewfish (Promifrops fttasa). 
Promicrnpt guasa, which sometimes reaches a weight of 
700 pounds. ('<> Along the California!! coast, Stereolepie 
gigai, the black sea-bass, which nearly equals the former 
In size. (> Along the southern coast of the United States, 
Epinephelut niyritus, the black grouper, which has a blu- 
ish-black color above, without red or tracings on the body 
or fins, (d) Along the Florida coast* Meaalops atlanticut, 
the tarpum or tarpon, an elopine. (e) In Madeira, Poly- 
prim ameruxmut or P. cmtchi, the stone-bass. (/) A flat- 
fish, Paralichthys dentatut, the wide-mouthed flounder. 
[Connecticut.] (g) In New South Wales, a sciamoid fish, 
Sriama neylecta, closely related to the European maigre. 
jewing (jo'ing), n. [< Jew + -ing 1 ; in allusion 
to the curvation recognized as characteristic 
of the Jewish nose.] The carunculation of the 
base of the beak of some varieties of the do- 
mestic pigeon: the lobes or wattles of the 
lower mandible, often in the form of three 
small fleshy processes, one at each side and a 
third beneath and before the others. 
Therein/; [in the barb pigeonl is three small knobs of 
cere In the middle of the lower mandible, and each side of 
the gape of the month. The Century, XXXII. 104. 
jewiset, Seejuise. 
Jewish (jo'ish), a. [Cf. AS. ludeisc = D.joodseh 
= OHQ.judcisk, judjisk, judisk, MHG. judisch, 
judesch, Gr. judisch Dan. jodisk = Syr. judisk 
= Goth, iudairisks; as Jetc + -ish 1 .] Relat- 
ing or belonging to or characteristic of the 
Jews or Hebrews ; Hebrew; Israelitish. 
Then haue you Brokers yat shaue poore men by most 
iewith interest. Deklter, Seven Deadly Sins, p. 40. 
Let Egypt's plagues and Canaan's woes proclaim 
The favours pour'd upon the Jetrish name. 
Cooper, Expostulation, 1. 170. 
Jewish Christian. Same as Judaiier, 2. Jewish era. 
See era. 
Jewishly (jo'ish-li), adv. In the manner of the 
Jews. 
Jewishness (jo'ish-nes), . The condition or 
appearance of being Jewish; Jewish character 
or quality. 
Jewismt (jd'izm), n. [< Jew + -ism.] The re- 
ligious system of the Jews ; Judaism. 
These superstitious fetch'd from Paganism or Jewum. 
MOton. 
jewlap (jo'lap), n. [A\8ojcllop,jowlop; appar. 
corrupt forms of dewlap.] In her., a wattle or 
dewlap, (i. T. Clark. 
The Ebrayk Josephns the olde, 
That of Jewes gestes tolde ; 
And he bar on nys shuldres bye 
The fame up of the Jewerye. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1436. 
Statute Of Jewry, an English statute (of about 1276) for- 
bidding Hebrews to practise usury, restricting their right 
of distress, etc., requiring them to wear badges, and sub- 
jecting them to other restraints and disabilities. 
Jews'-apple (joz'ap'l), . Same as egg-plnnt. 
Jew's-ear (jOz'er), n. [Formerly Judas's ear, 
NL. auricula .In/In: It grows most often upon 
the elder, the tree, according to one tradition, 
upon which Judas hanged himself.] 1. A fun- 
gus, Hirneola Aurieula-Judte, bearing some re- 
semblance to the human ear. It formerly had 
some medicinal repute in England, which has now passed 
away; but it is exported In large quantities to China, 
where it is prized as a medicine and an article of diet. 
The mushrooms or toadstoolea which grow vpon the 
trunks or bodies of old trees verie much resembling Auri- 
cula ludir, that is Jewet care, do in continuance of time 
growe vnto the substance of wood, which the fowlers do 
call touchwood. Gerard, llerball, p. 1385. 
2. Any one of several fungi of the genus I'e- 
_eiza. 3. The tomato. [Prov. Eng.] 
jews'-harp (J6z'harp), n. [The name alludes 
vaguely to the use of the harp among the Jews 
("David's harp," etc.). The Sw. giga or mun- 
giga, jews'-harp (mun = E. mouth), was origi- 
nally applied (as in Icel., etc.) to the fiddle (see 
gig 1 and jig), and has nothing to do etymo- 
logically with the E. jews'-harp. Another pro- 
posed derivation, "a corruption of jute's harp," 
is absurd.] 1. A mu- 
sical instrument consist- 
ing of a flexible metal 
tongue set in a small stiff 
iron frame of peculiar 
shape, which is neld to 
the player's mouth and 
pressed against his teeth, 
the metal tongue of the 
instrument being bent 
outward at a right angle j,^.,^. 
so as to be struck with the 
hand. Tones of different pitch are produced by altering 
the shape and size of the mouth-cavity, so as to reinforce 
the various harmonics of the natural tone of the tongue, 
which is low in pitch. The Jews'-harp is capable of sur- 
prisingly sweet and elaborate effects. Formerly sometimes 
called Jews' -trump, and also tramp or trump. 
Yet If they would brynghim hatchets, kniues, and Jevxt- 
harpt, he bid them assure me, he had a mine of gold, and 
could refine it, fe would trade with me. 
HaMuyt't Voyaget, III. 676. 
2. Naut., the shackle by which a cable is se- 
cured to the anchor-ring. 
Jewlingt, 
tie Jew. 
[< Jew + -ling 1 .'] A young or lit- 
i, jews'-harp; 2, club-link; 3, anchor. 
Jews'-mallow (joz'mal'6), . A plant of the 
genus Corchorus (C. olitorius or C. capsularis), 
belonging to the natural order Tiliacea;. The 
leaves are used in Egypt and Syria as a pot- 
herb. See jute. 
Jews'-manna (joz'man'ii), n. See Jews' manna, 
under wanna. 
Jews'-myrtle (jSz'mer'tl), n. 1. The prickly- 
leafed plant Suseus aculeatus. 2. A three- 
leafed variety of 
jews'-tnunpt (jaz'trurap), n. Same M jewJ- 
harp, 1. 
Ant. Can he make rhymes too? 
Sec. Gent. H'as made a thousand, ilr, 
And plays the burden to 'em on a Jew't-trump. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, v. 2. 
Jezebel (jez'e-bel), n. [So called in allusion 
to Jezebel, the infamous wife of Ahab, king of 
Israel (1 Ki. xvi. 31).] An impudent, violent, 
unscrupulous, vicious woman. 
But when she knew my pain. 
Saw my first wish her favour to obtain, 
And ask her hand no sooner was It ask'd, 
Than she, the lovely Jezebel, unmasked. Crabbe. 
Jezid (jez'id), n. One of a religious sect in 
Asiatic Turkey : same as Yezidi. 
jhil, jheel (jel), n. [Also written jeel; repr. Hind. 
jlnl. a lake, pool, mere.] In India, a large pool, 
mere, or lagoon of standing water remaining 
after inundation, and more or less filled with 
rank vegetation. 
Numerous shallow ponds orjhili mark the former beds 
of the shifting rivers. These jhiln have great value, not 
only as preservatives against inundation, but also as res- 
ervoirs for irrigation. KIICIJC. Brit, XVIII. 71. 
jhoom, jhum (jtfm), . [E. Ind. jhum.] A sys- 
tem of cultivation used in India, especially 
on the eastern frontier of Bengal, in which a 
tract of forest or jungle is cleared by fire, cul- 
tivated for a year or two, and then abandoned 
for a new tract. In southwestern India this system 
is called coamry and In Ceylon It Is known as chena. 
_ Yule and Burnett. 
jib 1 (jib), .; pret. and pp. jibbed, ppr. jibbing. 
[Also written jibe, gibe, gybe (with long i, prob. 
after the D. form), < Dan. gibbe, .naut. jib, jibe, 
= Sw. gippa, naut. jib, jibe, dial, jerk, cause 
to jump, = D. gijpeti (of sails), turn suddenly 
(Halma, cited by Wedgwood). The word ap- 
pears nasalized in the MHG. freq. gempelu, 
spring^ and with reg. alteration of vowel in 
Sw. dial, guppa, move up and down, nasalized 
f/timpa, spring, jump, etc.: seejumpeLnd jumble.] 
Same Asjibe 1 . 
I think these vessels are navigated either end foremost, 
and that, in changing tacks, they have only occasion to 
shift ot jib round the sail. Coo*, Third Voyage, 1L 3. 
jib 1 (jib), 11. [So called because readily shifted 
or jibbed; < jib 1 , v. t.] Xaut., a large triangu- 
lar sail set on a stay forward of the foremast. 
In large vessels it extends from the end of the jib-boom, 
toward the foretopmast-head ; in schooners and sloops 
from the bowsprit-end toward the foremast-head. The fly- 
ing jO> is set outside of the jib, and the./io-o'-.^fc ouUide of 
the Hying jib. When two smaller jibs are carried on one 
boom, Instead of one larger one, they are distinguished as 
the inner and outer jibt. See balloon-jib, and cut under 
fail. The cut of one's Jib. See cut. To bouse up the 
Jib. See boute'i. 
jib 2 (jib), f. '.; pret. and pp. jibbed, ppr. jibbing. 
[Alsojibb, improp.jibe; < ME. "gibbcn, only 111 
comp. regibben, kick back, < OF. regiber, later 
and mod. F. regimber, wince, kick, in simple 
form OF. giber, gibber, struggle with the hands 
and feet; perhaps of Scand. origin: < Sw. dial. 
gippa, jerk, = Dan. gibbe, naut. jib, jibe; that 
is, jib'* is ult. identical with jib 1 , q. v.] To pull 
against the bit, as a horse ; move restively side- 
wise or backward. 
jib 2 (jib), . [< jib?, r.] Same as jibber. 
Frequently young horses that will not work in cabs- 
such as jibt are sold to the horse-slaughterers as useless. 
Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, I. 188. 
jib 3 (jib), n. [Also gib: seegib 1 . In def . 3, cf. OF. 
gibbe, a bunch or swelling ; a particular sense of 
gibbe, a sort of arm, etc. : see gib 1 .] 1 . The pro- 
jecting arm of a crane : same as gib 1 , 5. 2. A 
stand for beer-barrels. HalliU!ell.3. The un- 
j__ 1. 
P* TO "fl^g the jib, to look cross. [Prov. Eng. J 
jibb, i'. '. Seeyii 2 . 
Jibber (jib'er), n. [< jib* + -er 1 .] One who 
jibs ; a horse that jibs. Msojib. 
jibbings (jib'ingz), n.pl. The last milk drawn 
from a cow ; stoppings ; the richest part of the 
milk. [Scotch.] 
Jane the lesser (Jean) . . . furnishes butter and after- 
ings (Jibbings) for tea. Carlyle, In Froude. 
Many lewes arc called together into a great chamber, 
where eiirrie of the youthen holdeth a pot hi his hand, . . . 
and the leu-linys presently breake theirearthen pots, where- 
by they signine to the parties prosperitic and abundance. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 21X 
Jewry (jo'ri), . [< ME. Jncery, Jewerie, Jinn - 
rie, Jurrii; June, Giwerie, the Jewish people, 
Jewish quarter, Jewism, < OF. juerie, jeuerie. 
etc.,< Jeu, etc., Jew: see Jew and -ry. ] 1. The 
land of the Jews; Judsea. 
After these things Jesus walked in (ialilee : for he would 
not walk In Jeimj, because the Jews sought to kill him. 
John vll. 1. 
shaped echinus. It is a regular figure, oblong and 
rounded, about three fourths of an inch long and half an 
inch in diameter. Its color is a pale dusky gray, with a 
tinge of red. 
2. The basalt capping the coal-measures on the 
Titterstone and Brown Clee hills in Shropshire, 
England ; also, the local name of a limestone- 
bed belonging to the White Lias (Khsetic) in 
Somersetshire. [Local, Eng.] 
Jews'-thorn (joz'th6rn), n. Same as Christ's- 
tlmni. 
he flying-ji' 
(jib'dor), . [< jib 1 (f) + door.] In 
iirch., a door with its surface in the same plane 
as the wall in which it occurs. Jib-doors are in- 
tended to be concealed, and therefore have no architraves 
or moldings round them ; and their surface is paneled, 
painted, or papered so as to be indistinguishable from the 
rest of the wall. 
jibe 1 (jib), f. ; pret. and pp. jibed, ppr. jibing. 
[Also written gibe, and formerly gybe; Also jib: 
See jib 1 .] I. trims, \tint.. to cause (a fore-aud- 
