Jill, jil, n. a young woman, often associated with Jack. [Short for Gillian—i.e. Juliana.]
Jilt, jilt, n. a woman who encourages a lover and then rejects him.—v.t. to encourage and then discard a lover. [Formerly jillet, dim. of Jill.]
Jimcrack. See Gimcrack.
Jim Crow, jim krō, n. one of the earliest negro-minstrel songs: a kind of generic name for the negro.
Jim-crow, jim′-krō, n. a tool for bending or straightening iron rails or bars.
Jimmy, jim′i, n. (U.S.) a coal-car.
Jimp, jimp, adj. (Scot.) slender, elegant.—adv. Jimp, Jimp′ly, neatly, hardly.—adj. Jimp′y, neat.
Jimson-weed. See Stramonium.
Jingal, jing′gal, n. a large Chinese swivel-musket.
Jingle, jing′l, n. a clinking sound: that which makes a rattling sound: a correspondence of sounds: a covered two-wheeled car.—v.i. to sound with a jingle.—ns. Jing′le-jang′le, a jingling sound; Jing′let, a ball serving as the clapper of a sleigh-bell; Jīng′ling, a game in which blindfolded players within a ring try to catch a player with a bell tied to him. [Imit.]