||Je*ni"quen (?), n. [Sp. jeniquen.] (Bot.) A Mexican name for the
||Sisal hemp (Agave rigida, var. Sisalana); also, its fiber. [Written
||also henequen.]
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Je"nite (?), n. (Min.) See Yenite.
Jen"kins (?), n. A 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.
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Jen"net (jn"nt), n. [F. genet, Sp. jinete, orig., a mounted soldier,
Ar. zenta a tribe of Barbary celebrated for its cavalry.] A small
Spanish horse; a genet.
Jen"net*ing, n. [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.] A variety of early apple. See Juneating. [Written also
geniting.]
Jen"ny (?), n.; pl. Jennies (&?;).