3233 jingle 
liable to be chosen, without reference to ety- jig-pin (jig'pin , n. A pin used by miners to ^gOSffKfffSSSS&^ LTSJtaf taSi 
mology or meaning.] See the etymology. prevent the turn-beams from turning. JgJ , |( . n (r iin , ,{,{. abovl .. mentlon(M i joug, w ^ w \ 
Jig-Saw (jig sa),n. A reciprocating saw caused about and turn about" 
to operate in proper relation with a table upon Jim-CTOW's-nose (jim'kroz'noz'), n. A West 
which the piece to be sawn is held, the motion Indian plant, Xcijlmlium .kunairense, of thenatu- 
of the saw being derived from a crank and pit- mi order Balanophorece. [Local.] 
jigger-mast (jig'er-mast), H. A small mast man . Theae aw are mounted in a great variety of ways, iimiriy, inter;. See Gemini, 2. 
stepped on the extreme aft of small craft for as in saw-gates stretched between powerful bow.sprinKs. ii m iam (jim'jam), n. [A varied redupl. of jim, 
r^'^S'er, 1 A hand lever ^^fS^SST'L^S^S^S^Sff^ ^uiji^ck Cf. j^,,,^ {. A gim- 
Jigger-pump (Jig er-pump), n. 1. Ananu-lever mon |v called a crott-ow. See KroU-mic and bandeau. crack ; a knick-knack, 
force-pump mounted on a portable stand d jihad (ji-hiid'), N. [Ar. Pers. jihad.] A gen- These be as knapplshe knackes 
eral religious war of Mussulmans against Chris- As erer man made, 
tians or other unbelievers in Islam, inculcated AU^.V.r' a tale ' 
in the Koran and Traditions as a duty. skelton co, Ymage of Ypocrtay. 
i n - See gill*. A thousand jimiami and toyes have they In theyr cham- 
bers, which they heape up together with infinite expence. 
Xathe, Pierce Penllesse (1592). 
2. pi. Delirium tremens. [Slang, U. 8.] 
'HI in n, ,riiiti n, i. o. .,->, in', a, liMHMMMi i.vui. jininiult, " An obsolete form of gimbal. 
name, which came to be used generically for a jimmal-ringt, jimmel-ringt (jim'al-, jim 'el- 
young woman, a girl, as Jack for a young man, 
a boy. The two names Jack and Jill were often 
associated as correlatives. The L. name Ju- 
liana is fern, of Julianus, prop. adj v < Julius, a 
jiggered 
" Well, then," said he, " I'm jiygered If I don't see you 
home." This penalty of being jvj'jered was a favourite 
supposititious case uf his. 
"-'- , Great Expectations, xvil. 
A small 
usuully pro viilcd with an attachment for a sue- 
tion-hose or -pipe, an air-chamber, and a nozle 
with which a hose may be connected. ..t is in 
common use for watering lawns and flower-beds 
She's a little blackish woman, has a languishing eye, 
a delicious soft hand, and two pretty jiggeting feet. 
Female TaOer, No. 15. 
2. To act pertly or affectedly ; go about idly ; 
flaunt. [Prov. Eng.] 
Here you stand jiygettimj, and sniggling, and looking 
cunning, as if there were some mighty matter of Intrigue 
and common understanding betwixt you and me. 
Scott, Abbot, xlx. 
jigginess (jig'i-nes), n. [< jig + -y 1 + -ness.'} A 
light jerky movement. [Bare.] 
Moreover, a too frequent repetition of rhyme at short 
Intervals gives Ajigyinets to the verse. 
T. Wood, Jr., Rhymester (ed. Penn), p. 69. 
jigging-machine (jig'ing-ma-shen"), n. 1. A 
power-machine for jigging or dressing ores. See 
jig, v. t., 4. 2. A machine-tool which has a 
vertically adjustable table that can also be 
moved laterally in two directions in a horizon- 
tal plane, and also a frame fitted with a vertical 
spindle adapted to carry either a drill or a cut- 
ting-tool, which latter can cut the edges of the 
work to a given outline or profile. 
jiggish (jig'ish), a. [< jig + -tsfci.] 1. Of or 
pertaining to, resembling, or suitable to a jig. 
This man makes on the violin a certain jiggish noise to 
which I dance. Spectator, No. 276. 
2. Given to movements like those of a jig ; 
frisky. 
She is never sad, and yet not, jiggish; her conscience is 
ring), n. Same as gemel-rtng. 
A ring called a jimmel-ring was broken between the con- 
tracting parties. 
ianus, prop. adj.. <. Jultus, a C. Crolcer, In Jour. Brit Archawl. Asa., IV. a* 
proper name: see Julian, July.] 1. A young jimmer (jim'er), n. [Same as gimmer 3 , var. of 
woman (commonly as a proper name) : same as gimmal, gimbal.'] A gimbal. 
ijilP, 1. jimmy 1 (jim'i), n. ; pi. jimmies (-iz). A short 
Sir, for Jak nor for Qille crowbar: same as jemmy 1 , 1. [U.S.] 
$eiS.h,l,e ^SS^-e^r^fta^r^] 
Same as jemmy 2 . 
jimmy 3 (jim'i), n.; pi. jimmies (-iz). [Cf. Jim 
Crow car.'] A freight-car used for carrying 
coal; a coal-car. [U. 8.] 
The express train . . . ran into a freight . . . The en- 
gines met squarely. . . . The second car on the freight 
[trainl was lifted from the rails and carried on top of two 
Spun a space upon my rok. 
Towneley Mysteries. 
Oar wooing doth not end like an old play ; 
Jack hath not Jill. Shale., L. L. L. , v. 2, 885. 
The proverbe is, each Jack shall have his Qille. 
Satyrieall Epigram* (1619). 
2. [Cf. jack 1 , jug 1 , and E. dial, susan, as names 
of vessels.] A kind of cup. [In the quotation 
with pun on sense 1.] 
Be the Jacks fairwithln theiOfa fair without, the car- jimmy* (jim'i), n. ; pi. jimmies (-iz) 
pets laid, and everything in order? junmj vj , > r j \ 
ShaJc., T. of the 8., iv. 1, 112. grant. 
3. Same as giU&, 2. [Prov. Eng.] 
lillet (jil'et), n. [A var. of gillet, < ME. Gillot, 
Gilot, dim. of Gille^Jille, etc., a fern, personal 
jimmiet loaded with coal. 
" Y. Semi-iceeUy Tribune, March 18, 1887. 
Afreeemi- 
[ Australian convicts' slang.] 
" Why, one," said he, " is a young jimmy (I beg your par- 
don, sir an emigrant) ; the others are old prisoners. ' 
H. Kinysley, Geoifry Hamlyn, p. 259. 
A jillet brak' his heart at last. 
Burns. On a Scotch Bard. 
Were it not well to receive that coy jillet with some- 
. . _ thing of a mumming? Scott, Fair Maid of Perth, xxxi. 
cleare from gilt, and that secures ^^m^rrow.^ ^ jIU . fllrt> . g ee gill _ flirt . 
Addicted or inclined ^^^^^^^^^1 T 
; the fuller form 
She's AS jimp in the middle 
As ony wulow-wand. 
V/,.' Laird oj Waristoun (Child's Ballads, III. 107). 
Thy waist sac jimp, thy limbs sae clean. 
Burnt, Oh, were I on Parnassus' Hill ! 
An obsolete or dialectal form of 
jig-givent (jig'giv'n), a. 
to farces and dramatic trifles generally. 
You dare in these jig-given times to countenance ale- Julian* . [Also spelled gillian; the f ull 
gitimate 1-oem. B. Jon**, Catiline, Ded. J of ^J',^. see ^ % ame asyi/, 2 , 1. 
jiggle (jig 1), v. i. ; pret. and pp. jiggled, ppr. jiuJver . *~ -* 1 ~ t jj-i *-i t. 
jiggling. [Freq. of jig, perhaps suggested by ,,iUiifiower. 
wiggle.] To practise affected or awkward mo- jiu f ert . ^ .. .. .,, 
tions; wriggle. j ilt (jiuj, . [Contr. of jillet, q. v. 
jiggobobt (jig o-bob), . An obsolete form of discards another, after holding the 
jiggumbob. 
Shall we have 
More jiggobobs yet? 
Massinger, Picture, v. 8. 
jiggumbob (jig'um-bob), n. [Formerly also jig- 
1/1 mbob, jiti</ambob,jiggobol> ; (.jig, with an arbi- 
2. 
Short; scanty. [Scotch.] 
[A weakened form otjump 1 , 
q. v.] Barely; scarcely. [Scotch.] 
She had been married to Sir Richard jimp four months. 
Scott, Antiquary, xxiv. 
jimp 2 (jimp), v. t. [Origin obscure.] To jag; 
An obsolete form of gillyflower, indent; denticulate. 
. v.] One who jimply (jimp'h), adv. 1. In a jimp or neat man- 
_ the relation of n r ; neatly. 2. Barely; scarcely; hardly. 
10 J*ruled the state, and statesmen farces writ J^PS (j'imps), . pi. [A weakened form of 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, 1. 638. jumps.] Same as jumps. See jump*. 
But who could expect a jilt and trifler to counsel her jUnpBOn, jimpSOn-Weed (jimp' son, -wed), M. 
husband to any kind of prudence? See jtmsoii, jtnison-weed. 
The Century, XXXVII. 91. jimpy (jhn'pi), a. [An extension of jimp 1 . Cf. 
" Ni ' 
[Scotch.] 
trary addition, as also in thingumbob.^ Some- jut (jnt) r<, Wn .] I. frans. To discard "jim'm^.] Keat; jfinp. 
thmg^ strange, peculiar, or unknown; a kmck- J a ft er treating or encouraging as a lover; trick jimpy (jim' P/ i), adv. Tightly; neatly. [Scotch.] 
knack; a thingumbob. [Slang.] 
On with her chain of pearls, her ruby bracelets, 
Lay ready all her tricks and jiggemboos. 
Middleton, Women Beware Women, 1L 2. 
Klls Monster after Monster, takes the Puppets 
Prisoners, knocks downe the Cyclops, tumbles all 
Our jigambubs and triuckeU to the wall. 
Brome, Antipodes, ill. 5. 
He rifled all his pokes and fobs 
Of gimcracks, whims, and jigyvmbobi. 
S. Bvtler, Hudibras, 111 1. 108. 
jigjog (jig' jog), n. [A varied redupl. of jog. Cf. 
iitjftjog.] A jolting motion ; a jog; a push. 
, _J >8 (J'g'jog)- af l v - With a jolting motion, 
jig-maker (jig'ma*k6r), n. One who makes or 
plays jigs. 
Ofh. You are merry, my lord. . . . 
Hi' /n. O Uod, your only jig-maker. 
Shak., Hamlet, iil. 2, 132. 
Petrarch was a dunce, Dante & jig-maker. 
Ford, Love s Sacrifice, U. 1. 
jig-mold (jig'mold), n. A stone mold, or a 
wooden block with several molds, into which 
melted lead is poured to form the heavy shank 
of a jig. See jig, 6 (c). 
jigot (jig'ot), n. Another spelling of gigot. 
1 hae been at the cost and outlay o' a jigot o' mutton 
and a tlorentine pye. Halt, The Entail, III. 66. 
Add an onion, and It would be a good sauce for n ( 
of mutton. K. W. Dixon, Hist Church of Kng., vi. 
in love. jimson (jim'son), n. [Also jimpson ; abbr. of 
Our fortunes Indeed, weighed in the nice scale of inter- jimson-veed.'] Same as jimson-tceed. 
est, are not exactly equal : which by the_way was the true jimson-weed (jim'son-wed), n. [Also ijimpson- 
cause of Taj jilting him. Spectator, No. 801. 
II. intrans. To play the jilt; practise decep- 
tion in love. 
jimt (jim), a. Same as gim. 
jimber-jaw (jim'ber-ja), n. [For "gimbal-jato : 
Hwjimlicr-jaited.'] A projecting lower jaw. 
jimber-jawed (jim'ber-jad), . Same as gim- 
bal-jaiced. [Colloq.] 
Ab Cayce, the eldest, [was] a lank, lantern-Jawed man. 
Solomon was like him, except that the long chin, of jingal (jing'g&l), 71. 
the style familiarly denominated jimber-jawed, was still 
smooth and boyish. 
M. H. Mwrfree, Prophet of Great Smoky Mountains, ill. 
jimcrack, jimcrackery. See gimeraek, gim- 
craekery. 
Jim-crow (jim'kro), n. [< *jim, equiv. to jimmy 1 , 
+ croit' 2 , a bar.] A tool for bendingor straight- 
ening iron rails or bars. It consista of a strong iron 
frame, with two supports for the rail or bar, and mecha- 
nism, as a screw, for applying pressure to the rail or bar 
at a point midway between the two supports. 
Jim Crow (jim kro), n. A name used as the 
weed; a corruption of Jamestovsn-icecd ; named 
from Jamestown (in Virginia), where it is said 
to have sprung up on heaps of ballast and 
other rubbish discharged from vessels. The 
plant is of Asiatic origin. See jack 1 , etym.] A 
plant, Datura Stramonium. 
She went to the open door and stood in It and looked out 
among the tomato vines and \jimpton weeds that constituted 
the garden. S. L. Clement, Tom Sawyer, p. 18. 
[Also written jingall, and 
improp. gingal, ginjal, giugnid; < Hind, jangal, 
Maratni jejdl, Canarese jajdli, janjdli. a swivel, 
a large musket.] A large swivel-musket or 
wall-piece used in the East by the natives. It 
is fired from a rest and is sometimes mounted 
on a carriage. The Chinese use jingals exten- 
sively. 
Collecting a number of jingale from his associates, the 
Chinaman arranges them on a small flat-bottomed scow, 
so that some sweep a few inches above the surface of the 
water, and others at an elevation, to get the birds on the 
wing. W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 575. 
originally in Massachusetts about 1841. Jim Crow plan- 
, freq. 
, q. v., equiv. 
, q. v. 
