Instance (R. III. iii. 2, Ham. iii. 2), motive, cause, (Tr. and Cr. v. 2) proof.
Intrenchant (Macb. v. 7) seems to mean which cannot be cut so as to remain divided. It is only found in this place.
Jack. From the universality of this familiar form of John, it became the usual appellation of servants and others of the lower orders, something like the Jacques of the French. Jack and Jill (L. L. L. v. 2, M. N. D. iii. 2, T. Sh. iv. 1), therefore, represented the two sexes in humble life.
Jack-a-Lent (M. W. iii. 3, v. 5), a stuffed figure set up to be thrown at in Lent, as cocks were on Shrove Tuesday.
Jack-o'-the-clock (R. II. v. 5, R. III. iv. 2), figures of men that used to strike the hours on clocks.
Jade (possibly akin to Germ. Gaul), a name for a horse, indicating sometimes a vicious ("Jade, a naughty horse," Baret), sometimes a contemptible one, at other times expressing pity. It sometimes, however, was equivalent to horse, steed, as in
"When Hyperion's son
Shall couch in west his foam-bedabbled jades."
Fuimus Troes.
Jesses (Oth. iii. 3), short straps of leather or silk fastened to the legs of a hawk, with rings on them, through which passed a leash or strap, which the falconer twisted round his hand. When the hawk was let go, the leash was drawn out of the rings.