Jean, jān, n. a twilled cotton cloth.—n. Jeanette′, coarse jean, for lining.—Satin jean, a smooth, glossy, hard-twilled cotton goods. [Jane.]
Jebusite, jeb′ū-zīt, n. one of a Canaanitish race who long defied the Israelites from their stronghold on Mount Zion.—adj. Jebusit′ic.
Jeddart, jed′dart, n. an old name for Jedburgh.—Jeddart axe, a stout steel-headed pole, four feet long; Jeddart, or Jedwood, justice, hanging first and trying afterwards.
Jedge, jej, n. (Scot.) a gauge or standard.
Jeer, jēr, v.t. to make sport of: to treat with derision.—v.i. to scoff: to deride: to make a mock of.—n. a railing remark: biting jest: mockery.—n. Jeer′er, a scoffer or mocker.—adv. Jeer′ingly. [Acc. to Skeat, from the Dut. phrase den gek scheeren, lit. 'to shear the fool,' to mock, the words gek scheeren (now scheren) being corr. into jeer.]
Jeff, jef, v.i. to gamble with printers' quadrats thrown like dice.
Jeff, jef, n. a rope, in circus slang.
Jeffersonite, jef′er-son-īt, n. a greenish-black variety of pyroxene. [Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826.]
Jehoiada-box, jē-hoi′a-da-boks, n. a child's savings-bank—from 2 Chron. xxiv. 6-11.
Jehovah, je-hō′va, n. the eternal or self-existent Being, the chief Hebrew name of the Deity.—n. Jehō′vist, one who holds that the vowel-points annexed to the word Jehovah in Hebrew are the proper vowels of the word, some maintaining that they are those of the word Adonai or of Elohim: the supposed writer of the passages in the Pentateuch, in which the name applied to God is Jehovah.—adj. Jehovist′ic. [Heb. Yahōwāh, hardly from hāwāh, to be.]