Part 445

She is never sad, and yet not jiggish.

Habington.

Jig"gle (?), v. i. [Freq. of jig.] To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.

Jig"jog` (?), n. A jolting motion; a jogging pace.

Jig"jog, a. Having a jolting motion.

Jill (?), n. [See Gill sweetheart.] A young woman; a sweetheart. See Gill. Beau. & Fl.

Jill"-flirt` (?), n. A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt.

Jilt (?), n. [Contr. fr. Scot. jillet a giddy girl, a jill-flirt, dim. of jill a jill.] A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt. Otway.

Jilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jilting.] To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love. Locke.

Jilt, v. i. To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously. Congreve.

Jim"crack` (?), n. See Gimcrack.

Jim"-crow` (?), n. (Mach.) 1. A machine for bending or straightening rails.

2. A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways.

Jim"my (?), n.; pl. Jimmies (#). [Cf. Jemmy.] A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors. [Written also jemmy.]

Jimp (?), a. [Cf. Gimp, a.] Neat; handsome; elegant. See Gimp.

Jim"son weed` (?). See Jamestown weed. [Local, U.S.]

{ Jin, Jinn (?) }, n. See Jinnee. "Solomon is said to have had power over the jin." Balfour (Cyc. of India).

Jin*gal" (?), n. [Hind. jangl a swivel, a large musket.] A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel. [Written also gingal and jingall.] [India]

Jin"gle (?), v. i. [OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E. chink; cf. also E. jangle.]

1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also gingle.]

2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. "Jingling street ballads." Macaulay.

Jin"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jingling (?).] To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.

The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew.

Pope.

Jin"gle, n. 1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.

2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.

If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles, but use them justly.

Bacon.