Defn: In a jarring or discordant manner.
JARVEY; JARVY
Jar"vey, Jar"vy, n.
1. The driver of a hackney coach. [Slang, Eng.] Carlyle.
2. A hackney coach. [Slang, Eng.] The litter at the bottom of the jarvy. T. Hook.
JASEY
Ja"sey, n.
Defn: A wig; — so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn. Thackeray.
JASHAWK
Jas"hawk`, n. Etym: [A corruption of eyas hawk.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A young hawk. Booth.
JASMINE Jas"mine, n. Etym: [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. yasmin, Pers. yasmin; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf. Jessamine.] (Bot.)
Defn: A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is J. Sambac, and, with J. angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea. [Written also jessamine.] Cape jasmine, or Cape jessamine, the Gardenia florida, a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern United States.