The litter at the bottom of the jarvy.
T. Hook.
Ja"sey (?), n. A wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, or
resembling, Jersey yarn. Thackeray.
Jas"hawk` (?), n. [A corruption of eyas hawk.] (Zoöl.) A young hawk.
Booth.
Jas"mine (?), n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. ysmn, Pers. ysmn; cf. It.
gesmino, gelsomino. Cf. Jessamine.] (Bot.) 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.
Jasp (?), n. Jasper. [Obs.] Spenser.
Jas"pa*chate (?), n. [L. iaspachates, Gr. &?;.] (Min.) Agate jasper.
[Obs.]
Jas"per (?), n. [OE. jaspre, jaspe, OF. jaspre, jaspe, F. jaspe, L.
iaspis, Gr. &?;; cf. Per. yashp, yashf, Ar. yashb, yasb, yasf, Heb.
yshpheh. Cf. Diaper.] (Min.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of
red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It
admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes,
etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped or
banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper.
Jasper opal, a yellow variety of opal resembling jasper. -- Jasper
ware, a delicate kind of earthenware invented by Josiah Wedgwood. It is
usually white, but is capable of receiving color.
Jas"per*a`ted (?), a. mixed with jasper; containing particles of
jasper; as, jasperated agate.
Jas"per*ize (?), v. t. [Usually p. p. Jasperized (&?;).] To convert
into, or make to resemble, jasper.
Polished specimens of jasperized and agatized woods.
Pop. Sci. Monthly.
Jas"per*y (?), a. Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper.
{ Jas*pid"e*an (?), Jas*pid"e*ous (?), } a. [L. iaspideus. See Jasper.]
Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike.
Jas"pi*lite (?), n. [Jasper + -lite.] (Min.) A compact siliceous rock
resembling jasper.
Jas"poid (?), a. [F. jaspoïde; jaspe jasper + Gr. &?; form.] Resembling
jasper. [R.]
Jasp`o"nyx (?), n. [L. iasponyx, Gr. &?;. See Jasper, and Onyx.] (min.)
An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.
Ja*troph"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of
plants of the genus Jatropha.
Jaunce (?), v. i. [OF. jancer. Cf. Jounce, Jaunt.] To ride hard; to
jounce. [Obs.]
Spurr'd, galled and tired by jauncing Bolingbroke.
Shak.
Jaun"dice (?; 277), n. [OE. jaunis, F. jaunisse, fr. jaune yellow,
orig. jalne, fr. L. galbinus yellowish, fr. galbus yellow.] (Med.) 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.
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Jaun"dice (?), v. t. To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or
envy; to prejudice.
The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul.
Ld. Lytton.
Jaun"diced (?), a. 1. Affected with jaundice.
Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow.
Bp. Hall.