JACQUARD
Jac*quard", a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. Jacquard apparatus or arrangement, a device applied to looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper succession for producing the required figure. — Jacquard card, one of the perforated cards of a Jacquard apparatus. — Jackquard loom, a loom with Jacquard apparatus.
JACQUEMINOT
Jacque"mi*not, n.
Defn: A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; — so named after General Jacqueminot, of France.
JACQUERIE
Jacque`rie", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants.
JACTANCY Jac"tan*cy, n. Etym: [L. jactantia, fr. jactans, p. pr. of jactare to throw, boast, freq. fr. jacere to throw; cf. F. jactance.]
Defn: A boasting; a bragging. [Obs.]
JACTATION
Jac*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. jactatio, fr. jactare: af. F. jactation.
See Jactancy.]
Defn: A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation. Sir.
W. Temple.