Jenny ass (Zoöl.), a female ass.
Jen"ny, n. [A corruption of gin an engine; influenced by Jenny, the
proper name. See Gin an engine, and cf. Ginny-carriage.] A machine for
spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories.
Jent"ling (?), n. (Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub
of the Danube.
Jeof"ail (jf"l), n. [F. j'ai failli I have failed.] (Law) An oversight
in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.
Blackstone.
Jeop"ard (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jeoparded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jeoparding.] [From Jeopardy.] To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or
injury; to imperil; to hazard. Sir T. North.
A people that jeoparded their lives unto the death.
Judg. v. 18.
Syn. -- To hazard; risk; imperil; endanger; expose.