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<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after <i>Jacob</i> Barad\'91us, its leader in the sixth century.</def>

<h1>Jacobite</h1> <Xpage=795>

<hw>Jac"o*bite</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.</def>

<h1>Jacobitic, Jacobitical</h1> <Xpage=795>

<hw><hw>Jac`o*bit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Jac`o*bit"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Jacobites; characterized by Jacobitism.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Jac`o*bit"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Jacobitism</h1> <Xpage=795>

<hw>Jac"o*bit*ism`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The principles of the Jacobites.</def>

<i>Mason.</i>

<h1>Jacobus</h1> <Xpage=795>

<hw>Ja*co"bus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Jacobuses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[See <er>Jacobite</er>.]</ety> <def>An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.</def>

<h1>Jaconet</h1> <Xpage=795>

<hw>Jac"o*net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>jaconas</ets>.]</ety> <def>A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>jacconet</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Jacquard</h1> <Xpage=795>

<hw>Jac*quard"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or invented by, <ets>Jacquard</ets>, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Jacquard apparatus</col> &or; <col>arrangement</col></mcol>, <cd>a device applied to looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper succession for producing the required figure.</cd> -- <col>Jacquard card</col>, <cd>one of the perforated cards of a Jacquard apparatus.</cd> -- <col>Jackquard loom</col>, <cd>a loom with Jacquard apparatus.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jacqueminot</h1> <Xpage=795>

<hw>Jacque"mi*not</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after General <ets>Jacqueminot</ets>, of France.</def>

<h1>Jacquerie</h1> <Xpage=795>

<hw>Jacque`rie"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, <i>Jacques Bonhomme</i>, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants.</def>

<h1>Jactancy</h1> <Xpage=795>

<hw>Jac"tan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jactantia</ets>, fr. <ets>jactans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>jactare</ets> to throw, boast, freq. fr. <ets>jacere</ets> to throw; cf. F. <ets>jactance</ets>.]</ety> <def>A boasting; a bragging.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<h1>Jactation</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jac*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jactatio</ets>, fr. <ets>jactare</ets>: af. F. <ets>jactation</ets>. See <er>Jactancy</er>.]</ety> <def>A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation.</def>

<i>Sir. W. Temple.</i>

<h1>Jactitation</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jac"ti*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jactitare</ets> to utter in public, from <ets>jactare</ets>. See <er>Jactancy</er>.]</ety>