Jum"bler (?), n. One who confuses things.
Jum"bling*ly (?), adv. In a confused manner.
Ju"ment (?), n. [L. jumentum a beast of burden: cf. F. jument a mare,
OF., a beast of burden.] A beast; especially, a beast of burden. [Obs.]
Fitter for juments than men to feed on.
Burton.
Jump (?), n. [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. Juppon.] (a) A
kind of loose jacket for men. (b) pl. A bodice worn instead of stays by
women in the 18th century.
Jump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jumping.] [Akin
to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.]
1. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet
and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound;
to leap.
Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the
square.
Shak.
2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. "The jumping
chariots." Nahum iii. 2.
A flock of geese jump down together.
Dryden.
3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with. "It
jumps with my humor." Shak.
To jump at, to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly;
as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance.
Jump (?), v. t. 1. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to
jump a stream.