Jed"ding ax` (?), n. A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a
pointed part. Knight.
Jee (?), v. t. & i. See Gee.
Jeel (?), n. [Hind. jhl.] A morass; a shallow lake. [Written also
jhil.] [India] Whitworth.
Jeer (?), n. [Cf. Gear.] (Naut.) (a) A gear; a tackle. (b) pl. An
assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the
lower yards of a ship.
Jeer capstan (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed between the
foremast and mainmast.
Jeer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jeered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jeering.] [Perh.
a corrup. of cheer to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense;
or more prob. fr. D. gekscheren to jeer, lit., to shear the fool; gek a
fool (see 1st Geck) + scheren to shear. See Shear, v.] To utter
sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision;
to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.
But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer.
Spenser.
Syn. -- To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock.
Jeer (?), v. t. To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with
jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves.
B. Jonson.
Jeer, n. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting
jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his
ears.
Swift.
Jeer"er (?), n. A scoffer; a railer; a mocker.
Jeer"ing, a. Mocking; scoffing. -- n. A mocking utterance. --
Jeer"ing*ly, adv.
Jeers (?), n. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer (b).
||Jef`fer*so"ni*a (?), n. [NL. Named after Thomas Jefferson.] (Bot.) An
||American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply
||two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf.
||
Jef`fer*so"ni*an (?), a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas
Jefferson or his policy or political doctrines. Lowell.
Jef"fer*son*ite (?), n. [Named after Thomas Jefferson.] (Min.) A
variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It
contains zinc.
Jeg (?), n. (Mach.) See Jig, 6.
Je*ho"vah (?), n. [Heb. usually yhvh (with the vowel points of dni
Lord), sometimes (to avoid repetition) yhvih (with the vowel points of
lhm God); but only the four Heb, consonants yhvh are conceded to be
certainly known.] A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he
was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the
theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not
pronounced by the Jews.
Je*ho"vist (?), n. 1. One who maintains that the vowel points of the
word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; -- opposed
to adonist.
2. The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of
the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See
Elohist.
The characteristic manner of the Jehovist differs from that of his
predecessor [the Elohist]. He is fuller and freer in his
descriptions; more reflective in his assignment of motives and
causes; more artificial in mode of narration.
S. Davidson.
Je`ho*vis"tic (?), a. Relating to, or containing, Jehovah, as a name of
God; -- said of certain parts of the Old Testament, especially of the
Pentateuch, in which Jehovah appears as the name of the Deity. See
Elohistic.
Je"hu (?), n. [From Jehu, son of Nimshi. 2 Kings ix. 20.] A coachman; a
driver; especially, one who drives furiously. [Colloq.]
Je*ju"nal (?), a. Pertaining to the jejunum.
Je*june" (?), a. [L. jejunus fasting, hungry, dry, barren, scanty; of
unknown origin.]