Chapter 850

6. (Mach.) (a) A small machine or handy tool ; esp.: (Metal Working) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing . (b) (Mining) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.

Drill jig , a jig for guiding a drill. See Jig , 6 (a) . -- Jig drilling , Jig filing (Metal Working) , a process of drilling or filing in which the action of the tool is directed or limited by a jig. -- Jig saw , a sawing machine with a narrow, vertically reciprocating saw, used to cut curved and irregular lines, or ornamental patterns in openwork, a scroll saw; -- called also gig saw .

Jig <Xpage=800>

Jig , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jigged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jigging (?) .]

1. To sing to the tune of a jig.

Jig off a tune at the tongue's end. Shak.

2. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.

Ford.

3. (Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging , n.

4. (Metal Working) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

Jig <Xpage=800>

Jig , v. i. To dance a jig; to skip about.

You jig , you amble, and you lisp. Shak.

Jigger <Xpage=800>

Jig"ger (?) , n. [A corrupt. of chigre .] (Zo\'94l.) A species of flea ( Sarcopsylla, &or; Pulex, penetrans ), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe .

Jigger <Xpage=800>

Jig"ger , n. [See Jig , n. & v. ]

1. One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging.

2. (Pottery) (a) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel. (b) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.

3. (Naut.) (a) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle. Totten . (b) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. [New Eng.] (c) A supplementary sail. See Dandy , n. , 2 (b) .

4. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack , 4 (i) .

Jigger mast . (Naut.) (a) The after mast of a four-masted vessel . (b) The small mast set at the stern of a yawlrigged boat.

Jigging <Xpage=800>

Jig"ging (?) , n. (Mining) The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.

Jigging machine . (a) (Mining) A machine for separating ore by the process of jigging . (b) (Metal Working) A machine with a rotary milling cutter and a templet by which the action of the cutter is guided or limited; -- used for forming the profile of an irregularly shaped piece; a profiling machine.

Jiggish <Xpage=800>

Jig"gish (?) , a. 1. Resembling, or suitable for, a jig, or lively movement.

Tatler.

2. Playful; frisky. [R.]

She is never sad, and yet not jiggish . Habington.

Jiggle <Xpage=800>

Jig"gle (?) , v. i. [Freq. of jig .] To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.

Jigjog <Xpage=800>

Jig"jog` (?) , n. A jolting motion; a jogging pace.

Jigjog <Xpage=800>

Jig"jog , a. Having a jolting motion.

Jill <Xpage=800>

Jill (?) , n. [See Gill sweetheart.] A young woman; a sweetheart. See Gill .

Beau. & Fl.

Jill-flirt <Xpage=800>

Jill"-flirt` (?) , n. A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt .

Jilt <Xpage=800>

Jilt (?) , n. [Contr. fr. Scot. jillet a giddy girl, a jill-flirt, dim. of jill a jill.] A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt.

Otway.

Jilt <Xpage=800>

Jilt , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jilted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jilting .] To cast off capriciously or unfeeling, as a lover; to deceive in love.

Locke.

Jilt <Xpage=800>

Jilt , v. i. To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously.

Congreve.

Jimcrack <Xpage=800>

Jim"crack` (?) , n. See Gimcrack .

Jim-crow <Xpage=800>

Jim"-crow` (?) , n. (Mach.) 1. A machine for bending or straightening rails.

2. A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways.

Jimmy <Xpage=800>

Jim"my (?) , n. ; pl. Jimmies (#) . [Cf. Jemmy .] A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors. [Written also jemmy .]

Jimp <Xpage=800>

Jimp (?) , a. [Cf. Gimp , a. ] Neat; handsome; elegant. See Gimp .

Jimson weed <Xpage=800>

Jim"son weed` (?) . See Jamestown weed . [Local, U.S.]

Jin, Jinn <Xpage=800>

Jin , Jinn (?) , n. See Jinnee . "Solomon is said to have had power over the jin ."

Balfour (Cyc. of India).

Jingal <Xpage=800>

Jin*gal" (?) , n. [Hind. jang\'bel a swivel, a large musket.] A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel. [Written also gingal and jingall .] [India]

Jingle <Xpage=800>

Jin"gle (?) , v. i. [OE. gingelen , ginglen ; prob. akin to E. chink ; cf. also E. jangle .]

1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle . [Written also gingle .]

2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. " Jingling street ballads."

Macaulay.

Jingle <Xpage=800>

Jin"gle , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jingled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jingling (?) .] To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.

The bells she jingled , and the whistle blew. Pope.

Jingle <Xpage=800>

Jin"gle , n. 1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.

2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.

If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles ,but use them justly. Bacon.

3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself. " The least jingle of verse."

Guardian.

Jingle shell . See Gold shell (b) , under Gold .

Jingler <Xpage=800>

Jin"gler (?) , n. One who, or that which, jingles.

Jingling <Xpage=800>

Jin"gling (?) , n. The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink. "The jingling of the guinea."

Tennyson.

Jinglingly <Xpage=800>

Jin"gling*ly , adv. So as to jingle.

Lowell.

Jingo <Xpage=800>

Jin"go (?) , n. ; pl. Jingoes (#) . [Said to be a corruption of St. Gingoulph .]

1. A word used as a jocular oath. "By the living jingo ."

Goldsmith.

2. A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs. [Cant, Eng.]

&hand; This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular during the Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The first two lines were as follows: --

We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we do, We 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money too.

Jingoism <Xpage=800>

Jin"go*ism (?) , n. The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo , 2. [Cant, Eng.]

Jinnee <Xpage=800>

Jin"nee (?) , n. ; pl. Jinn (#) . [Ar.] (Arabian & Mohammedan Myth.) A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of assuming various forms. [Written also jin , djinnee , etc.]

&hand; Jinn is also used as sing. , with pl. jinns (<?/) .

Jinny road <Xpage=800>

Jin"ny road` (?) . [Cf. Gin an engine, Ginnycarriage .] (Mining) An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones.

Knight.

Jinrikisha <Xpage=800>

Jin*rik"i*sha (?) , n. [Jap. jin man + riki power + sha carriage.] A small, two-wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one more men. [Japan]

Jippo <Xpage=800>

Jip"po (?) , n. [Abbrev. fr. juppon .] A waistcoat or kind of stays for women.

Jo <Xpage=800>

Jo (?) , n. ; pl. Joes (#) . [Etymol. uncertain.] A sweetheart; a darling. [Scot.]

Burns.

Job <Xpage=800>

Job (?) , n. [Prov. E. job , gob , n. , a small piece of wood, v., to stab, strike; cf. E. gob , gobbet ; perh. influenced by E. chop to cut off, to mince. See Gob .]

1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

2. A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars .

3. A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.

4. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately. [Colloq.]

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5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job . [Colloq.]

&hand; Job is used adjectively to signify doing jobs , used for jobs , or let on hire to do jobs ; as, job printer; job master; job horse; job wagon, etc.

By the job , at a stipulated sum for the work, or for each piece of work done; -- distinguished from time work ; as, the house was built by the job . -- Job lot , a quantity of goods, usually miscellaneous, sold out of the regular course of trade, at a certain price for the whole; as, these articles were included in a job lot . -- Job master , one who lest out horses and carriages for hire, as for family use. [Eng.] -- Job printer , one who does miscellaneous printing, esp. circulars, cards, billheads, etc. -- Odd job , miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional work, of various kinds, or for various people.

Job <Xpage=801>

Job (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jobbed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jobbing .]

1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.

L'Estrange.

2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.

Moxon.

3. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract .

4. (Com.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods .

5. To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage .

Thackeray.

Job <Xpage=801>

Job , v. i. 1. To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.

Authors of all work, to job for the season. Moore.

2. To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

And judges job , and bishops bite the town. Pope.

3. To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.

Job <Xpage=801>

Job (?) , n. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.

Job's comforter . (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. (b) A boil . [Colloq.] -- Job's news , bad news. Carlyle . -- Job's tears (Bot.) , a kind of grass ( Coix Lacryma ), with hard, shining, pearly grains.

Jobation <Xpage=801>

Jo*ba"tion (?) , n. [Prov. E. job to scold, to reprove, perh. fr. Job , the proper name.] A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof. [Law]

Grose.

Jobber <Xpage=801>

Job"ber (?) , n. 1. One who works by the job.

2. A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stockjobber. [Eng.]

3. One who buys goods from importers, wholesalers, or manufacturers, and sells to retailers.

4. One who turns official or public business to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office, politics, or intrigue.

Jobbernowl <Xpage=801>

Job"ber*nowl` (?) , n. [OE. jobbernoule , fr. jobarde a stupid fellow; cf. E. noll .] A blockhead. [Colloq. & Obs.]

H. Taylor.

Jobbery <Xpage=801>

Job"ber*y (?) , n. 1. The act or practice of jobbing.

2. Underhand management; official corruption; as, municipal jobbery .

Mayhew.

Jobbing <Xpage=801>

Job"bing (?) , a. 1. Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter .

2. Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician .

London Sat. Rev.

Jobbing house , a mercantile establishment which buys from importers, wholesalers or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. [U.S.]

Jocantry <Xpage=801>

Jo"cant*ry (?) , n. [L. jocans , p. pr. of jocare to jest, fr. jocus a jest.] The act or practice of jesting. [Obs.]

Jockey <Xpage=801>

Jock"ey (?) , n. ; pl. Jockeys (#) . [Dim. of Jack , Scot. Jock ; orig., a boy who rides horses. See 2d Jack .]

1. A professional rider of horses in races.

Addison.

2. A dealer in horses; a horse trader.

Macaulay.

3. A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.

Jockey <Xpage=801>

Jock"ey , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jockeyed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jockeying .] 1. " To jostle by riding against one."

Johnson.

2. To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer .

Jockey <Xpage=801>

Jock"ey , v. i. To play or act the jockey; to cheat.

Jockeying <Xpage=801>

Jock"ey*ing (?) , n. The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery.

Beaconsfield.

Lockeyism <Xpage=801>

Lock"ey*ism (?) , n. The practice of jockeys.

Lockeyship <Xpage=801>

Lock"ey*ship , n. The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.

Go flatter Sawney for his jockeyship . Chatterton.

Where can at last his jockeyship retire? Cowper.

Jocose <Xpage=801>

Jo*cose" (?) , a. [L jocosus , fr. jocus joke. See Joke .] Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.

To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary. Shaftesbury.

All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded. I. Watts.

Syn. -- Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical.

-- Jo*cose"ly , adv. -- Jo*cose"ness , n.

Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely , but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity. Broome.

He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness ; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life. Buckle.

Jocoserious <Xpage=801>

Jo`co*se"ri*ous (?) , a. [ Joco se + serious .] Mingling mirth and seriousness.

M. Green.

Jocosity <Xpage=801>

Jo*cos"i*ty (?) , n. A jocose act or saying; jocoseness.

Sir T. Browne.

Jocular <Xpage=801>

Joc"u*lar (?) , a. [L. jocularis , fr. joculus , dim. of jocus joke. See Joke .]

1. Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person .

2. Sportive; merry. " Jocular exploits."

Cowper.

The style is serious and partly jocular . Dryden.

Jocularity <Xpage=801>

Joc`u*lar"i*ty (?) , n. Jesting; merriment.

Jocularly <Xpage=801>

Joc"u*lar*ly (?) , adv. In jest; for sport or mirth; jocosely.

Joculary <Xpage=801>

Joc"u*la*ry (?) , a. [L. jocularius . Cf. Jocular .] Jocular; jocose; sportive.

Bacon.

Joculator <Xpage=801>

Joc"u*la`tor (?) , n. [L. See Juggler .] A jester; a joker. [Obs.]

Strutt.

Joculatory <Xpage=801>

Joc"u*la*to*ry (?) , a. [L. joculatorius .] Droll; sportive. [Obs.]

Cockeram.

Jocund <Xpage=801>

Joc"und (?) , [L. jocundus , jucundus , orig., helpful, fr. juvare to help. See Aid .] Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.

Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. Shak.

Rural sports and jocund strains. Prior.

-- Joc"und*ly (#) , adv. -- Joc"und*ness , n.

Jocund <Xpage=801>

Joc"und , adv. Merrily; cheerfully.

Gray.

Jocundity <Xpage=801>

Jo*cun"di*ty (?) , n. [L. jocunditas jucunditas . See Jocund , and cf. Jucundity .] The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.

Joe <Xpage=801>

Joe (?) , n. See Johannes .

Joe Miller <Xpage=801>

Joe" Mil"ler (?) . [From Joseph Miller , a comic actor, whose name was attached, after his death, to a popular jest book published in 1739.] A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke. [Colloq.]

It is an old Joe Miller in whist circles, that there are only two reasons that can justify you in not returning trumps to your partner's lead; i. e., first, sudden illness; secondly, having none. Pole.

Joe-Pye weed <Xpage=801>

Joe`-Pye" weed` (?) . (Bot.) A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium ( E. purpureum ), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.

Jog <Xpage=801>

Jog (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jogged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jogging (?) .] [OE. joggen ; cf. W. gogi to shake, and also E. shog , shock , v.]