jérose, n.f., (bot.) rose of Jericho.
jésuite, n.m., jesuit. — de, or en, robe courte; lay jesuit.
jésuitique, adj., jesuitic, jesuitical.
jésuitisme, n.m., jesuitism.
jésus, n.m., long royal, super royal (paper).
jet (jè), n.m., casting, cast; throwing, throw; shoot, sprout; casting (metal.); (agri.) tiller; jet, gush, spirt (of water); new swarm (of bees). Le — d’un filet; the casting of a net. Un — de pierre; a stone’s throw. — de lumière; ray of light. Le — d’une draperie; (paint.) the folds or lay of a drapery. — d’eau; waterspout, fountain. — d’abeilles; swarm of young bees. D’un seul —; at one stroke, born of a single effort. Faire le —; (com., nav.) to throw (goods) overboard. — de marchandises; (nav., com., jur.) jetsam, jettison.
jeté, n.m., jeté (dancing).
jeté, -e, part., cast, thrown. Le dé, le sort, en est —; the die is cast, the thing is resolved upon, the step has been taken.
jetée, n.f., jetty, pier, mole. — de port; jetty-head, pier-head.
jeter, v.a., to throw, to cast, to fling, to hurl; to throw down, to cast down, to fling down; to hurl down; to mold; to lay, to shoot, to shoot out, to shoot forth, to send forth; to disembogue, to empty; to discharge, to suppurate. — l’ancre; to cast anchor. — un soupir; to heave a sigh. — les fondements d’une maison, d’une fortune; to lay the foundation of a house, of a fortune. — de profondes racines; to take deep root. — les yeux sur quelqu’un; to cast one’s eyes on any one. — à la mer; (nav.) to throw overboard, to jettison. — bas; (dy.) to take out of the copper. — une draperie; to dispose the drapery (paint.). — ses cartes; to play one’s cards. Ce cheval jette sa gourme; that horse has the glanders. — de l’huile sur le feu; to add fuel to the flame. — son argent par les fenêtres; to play ducks and drakes with one’s money.