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<h1>Japanese</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jap`a*nese"</hw>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <singf>sing.</sing> <def>The language of the people of Japan.</def>

<h1>Japanned</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Ja*panned"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner.</def>

<cs><col>Japanned leather</col>,<cd>leather treated with coatings of Japan varnish, and dried in a stove.</cd></cs>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Japanner</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Ja*pan"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bootblack.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Japanning</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Ja*pan"ning</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.</def>

<h1>Japannish</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Ja*pan"nish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>After the manner of the Japanese; resembling japanned articles.</def>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Jape</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jape</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from the same source as <ets>gab</ets>,influenced by F. <ets>japper</ets> to yelp. See <er>Gab</er> to deceive.]</ety> <def>To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Jape</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jape</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To mock; to trick.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>I have not been putting a <b>jape</b> upon you. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has imparted his latest merry <b>jape</b>. <i>W. Besant.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Japer</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jap"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A jester; a buffoon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Japery</h1> <Xpage=797>