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<blockquote>Tired as a <b>jade</b> in overloaden cart. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>She shines the first of battered <b>jades</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt.</def>

<blockquote>A souple <b>jade</b> she was, and strang. <i>Burns.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jade</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jade</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Jaded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Jading</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To treat like a jade; to spurn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make ridiculous and contemptible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I do now fool myself, to let imagination <b>jade</b> me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.</def>

<blockquote>The mind, once <b>jaded</b> by an attempt above its power, . . . checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To fatigue; tire; weary; harass.</syn> <usage> -- To <er>Jade</er>, <er>Fatigue</er>, <er>Tire</er>, <er>Weary</er>. <i>Fatigue</i> is the generic term; <i>tire</i> denotes fatigue which wastes the strength; <i>weary</i> implies that a person is worn out by exertion; <i>jade</i> refers to the weariness created by a long and steady repetition of the same act or effort. A little exertion will <i>tire</i> a child or a weak person; a severe or protracted task <i>wearies</i> equally the body and the mind; the most powerful horse becomes <i>jaded</i> on a long journey by a continual straining of the same muscles. <i>Wearied</i> with labor of body or mind; <i>tired</i> of work, <i>tired</i> out by importunities; <i>jaded</i> by incessant attention to business.</usage>

<h1>Jade</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jade</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become weary; to lose spirit.</def>

<blockquote>They . . . fail, and <b>jade</b>, and tire in the prosecution. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jadeite</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jade"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Jade</er>, the stone.</def>

<h1>Jadery</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jad"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The tricks of a jade.</def>

<h1>Jadish</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jad"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Vicious; ill-tempered; resembling a jade; -- applied to a horse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unchaste; -- applied to a woman.</def>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<h1>Jaeger</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jae"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Jager</er>.</def>