JASPONYX Jasp`o"nyx, n. Etym: [L. iasponyx, Gr. . See Jasper, and Onyx.] (min.)
Defn: An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.
JATROPHIC
Ja*troph"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of the genus Jatropha.
JAUNCE
Jaunce, v. i. Etym: [OF. jancer. Cf. Jounce, Jaunt.]
Defn: To ride hard; to jounce. [Obs.]
Spurr'd, galled and tired by jauncing Bolingbroke. Shak.
JAUNDICE Jaun"dice, n. Etym: [OE. jaunis, F. jaunisse, fr. jaune yellow, orig. jalne, fr. L. galbinus yellowish, fr. galbus yellow.] (Med.)
Defn: A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the fæces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood. Blue jaundice. See Cyanopathy.
JAUNDICE
Jaun"dice, v. t.
Defn: To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to
prejudice.
The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul. Ld. Lytton.