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Jel"ly, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jellied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jellying.] To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.

Jel"ly*fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See Medusa.

||Jem"i*dar` (jm"*där`), n. [Per. & Hind. jama-dr.] The chief or leader ||of a band or body of persons; esp., in the native army of India, an ||officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English ||army. [Written also jemadar, jamadar.] || Jem"lah goat` (jm"l gt`). (Zoöl.) The jharal.

Jem"mi*ness (?), n. Spruceness. [Slang, Eng.] Pegge (1814).

Jem"my (?), a. [Cf. Gim, and Gimp, a.] Spruce. [Slang, Eng.] Smart.

Jem"my, n. 1. A short crowbar. See Jimmy.

2. A baked sheep's head. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.

||Je*ni"quen (?), n. [Sp. jeniquen.] (Bot.) A Mexican name for the ||Sisal hemp (Agave rigida, var. Sisalana); also, its fiber. [Written ||also henequen.] || 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 (&?;).

1. A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.

2. (Zoöl.) A familiar name of the European wren.

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.

Jeop"ard*er (?), n. One who puts in jeopardy. [R.]

Jeop"ard*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jeopardized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jeopardizing (?).] To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.

That he should jeopardize his willful head Only for spite at me.

H. Taylor.

Jeop"ard*ous (?), a. Perilous; hazardous.