Defn: A Mexican name for the Sisal hemp (Agave rigida, var.
Sisalana); also, its fiber. [Written also heniequen.]
JENITE
Je"nite, n. (Min.)
Defn: See Yenite.
JENKINS
Jen"kins, n.
Defn: name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] G. W. Curtis.
JENNET
Jen"net, n. Etym: [F. genet, Sp. jinete, orig., a mounted soldier,
Ar. zenata a tribe of Barbary celebrated for its cavalry.]
Defn: A small Spanish horse; a genet.
JENNETING
Jen"net*ing, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. a dim. of Jean John, so named as
becoming ripe about St. John's day, June 24. F. Jean is fr. L.
Johannes. See Zany.]
Defn: A variety of early apple. See Juneating. [Written also geniting.]
JENNY
Jen"ny, n.; pl. Jennies (.