JACKET, jak'et, _n._ a short coat.--_adj._ Jack'eted, wearing a jacket. [O.
Fr. _jaquette_, a jacket, or sleeveless coat, a dim. of O. Fr. _jaque_, a
coat of mail, prob. ultimately conn. with _Jacques_.]
JACOBEAN, jak-o-b[=e]'an, _adj._ of the period of James I. of England
(1603-25).
JACOBIN, jak'o-bin, _n._ a French Dominican monk, so named from their
original establishment being that of St _Jacques_, Paris: one of a society
of revolutionists in France, so called from their meeting in the hall of
the Jacobin convent: a demagogue: a hooded pigeon.--_adjs._ JACOBIN'IC,
-AL.--_v.t._ JAC'OBINISE.--_n._ JAC'OBINISM, the principles of the Jacobins
or French revolutionists. [Fr.,--L. _Jacobus_, James--Gr. _Jacobos_--Heb.
_Ya`aq[=o]b_.]
JACOBITE, jak'o-b[=i]t, _n._ an adherent of James II. and his descendants:
in Church history, a Syrian monophysite, named after the 6th-century monk,
_Jacobus_ Baradæus.--_adjs._ JAC'OBITE, JACOBIT'IC, -AL.--_n._ JAC'OBITISM.
JACOB'S-LADDER, j[=a]'kobz-lad'[.e]r, _n._ (_naut._) a ladder made of ropes
with wooden steps: a garden plant with large blue flowers. [From the ladder
which _Jacob_ saw in his dream, Gen. xxviii. 12.]
JACOB'S-STAFF, j[=a]'kobz-staf, _n._ a pilgrim's staff: a staff with a
cross-head used in surveying: a sword-cane. [Prob. an allusion to the staff
of the patriarch _Jacob_, Gen. xxxii. 10.]
JACOBUS, ja-k[=o]'bus, _n._ a gold coin of James I. worth 20s.
JACONET, jak'o-net, _n._ a cotton fabric, rather stouter than muslin. [Fr.
_jaconas_.]
JACQUARD LOOM. See LOOM.
JACQUEMINOT, jak'mi-n[=o], _n._ a deep-red hybrid perpetual rose.--Also
JACQUE and JACK. [From General _Jacqueminot_ of Paris.]
JACQUERIE, zhak'e-r[=e], _n._ name given to the revolt of the French
peasants in 1358. [From _Jacques_ Bonhomme, Goodman Jack, a name applied in
derision to the peasants.]
JACTATION, jak-t[=a]'shun, _n._ act of throwing: extreme restlessness in
disease: agitation of the body: boasting.
JACTITATION (of marriage), jak-ti-t[=a]'shun, _n._ a false pretence of
being married to another. [L. _jactit[=a]re_, -_[=a]tum_, to brag, freq. of
_jact[=a]re_, to throw.]
JACULATION, jak-[=u]-l[=a]'shun, _n._ the act of throwing or hurling, as a
dart.--_v.t._ JAC'ULATE, to dart, throw.--_n._ JAC'UL[=A]TOR.--_adj._
JAC'UL[=A]TORY, darting or throwing out suddenly: ejaculatory. [L.
_jacul[=a]ri_, -_[=a]tus_, to throw as a dart--_jaculum_, a
dart--_jac[)e]re_, to throw.]
JADE, j[=a]d, _n._ a mare, esp. an old and sorry one: a worthless nag: a
woman--in contempt or irony.--_v.t._ to tire: to harass:--_pr.p._ jad'ing;
_pa.p._ jad'ed.--_adv._ JAD'EDLY.--_n._ JAD'ERY, the tricks of a
jade.--_adj._ JAD'ISH, worn out: vicious: unchaste--applied to a woman.
[Scot. _yad_, _yaud_; Ice. _jalda_, a mare.]
JADE, j[=a]d, _n._ a dark-green stone used for ornamental purposes--applied
both to _jadeite_ and _nephrite_. [Fr.,--Sp. _ijada_, the flank--L. _ilia_.
It was believed to cure pain of the side.]
JAG, jag, _n._ a notch: a ragged protuberance: (_bot._) a cleft or
division: (_Scot._) a stab.--_v.t._ to cut into notches: to stab or
pierce:--_pr.p._ jag'ging; _pa.p._ jagged.--_adjs._ JAG'GED, JAG'GY,
notched, rough-edged, uneven.--_adv._ JAG'GEDLY.--_ns._ JAG'GEDNESS;
JAG'GER, a brass wheel with a notched edge for cutting cakes, &c., into
ornamental forms--also JAG'GING-[=I]'RON. [Celt.; W., Gael., Ir. _gag_, a
cleft.]
JAG, jag, _n._ a load: a saddle-bag: a quantity: (_U.S._) as much liquor as
one can carry.--_n._ JAG'GER, a peddler.
JAGGERY, jag'[.e]r-i, _n._ a kind of coarse, dark-coloured sugar made in
the East Indies from the sap of the coco-nut palm. [Hind. _shakkar_, Sans.
_çarkara_.]
JAGHIR, JAGHIRE, ja-g[=e]r', _n._ the government revenues of a tract of
land assigned with power to administer.--_n._ JAGHIR'DAR, the holder of
such. [Hind.]
JAGUAR, jag'[=u]-är, or jag-wär', _n._ a powerful beast of prey, allied to
the leopard, found in South America. [Brazilian, _jaguara_.]