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<hw>Jas"per*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; <as>as, <ex>jasperated</ex> agate</as>.</def>

<h1>Jasperize</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jas"per*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Usually p. p. <er>Jasperized</er> (<?/).]</ety> <def>To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.</def>

<blockquote>Polished specimens of <b>jasperized</b> and agatized woods. <i>Pop. Sci. Monthly.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jaspery</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jas"per*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper.</def>

<h1>Jaspidean, Jaspideous</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw><hw>Jas*pid"e*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Jas*pid"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>iaspideus</ets>. See <er>Jasper</er>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike.</def>

<h1>Jaspilite</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jas"pi*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Jasper</ets> + -<ets>lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper.</def>

<h1>Jaspoid</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jas"poid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>jaspo\'8bde</ets>; <ets>jaspe</ets> jasper + Gr. <?/ form.]</ety> <def>Resembling jasper.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Jasponyx</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jasp`o"nyx</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>iasponyx</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>. See <er>Jasper</er>, and <er>Onyx</er>.]</ety> <fld>(min.)</fld> <def>An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.</def>

<h1>Jatrophic</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Ja*troph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of the genus <spn>Jatropha</spn>.</def>

<h1>Jaunce</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jaunce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>jancer</ets>. Cf. <er>Jounce</er>, <er>Jaunt</er>.]</ety> <def>To ride hard; to jounce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Spurr'd, galled and tired by <b>jauncing</b> Bolingbroke. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jaundice</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jaun"dice</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>jaunis</ets>, F. <ets>jaunisse</ets>, fr. <ets>jaune</ets> yellow, orig. <ets>jalne</ets>, fr. L. <ets>galbinus</ets> yellowish, fr. <ets>galbus</ets> yellow.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the f\'91ces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood.</def>

<cs><col>Blue jaundice</col>. <cd>See <er>Cyanopathy</er>.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Jaundice</h1> <Xpage=798>

<hw>Jaun"dice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.</def>

<blockquote>The envy of wealth <b>jaundiced</b> his soul. <i>Ld. Lytton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jaundiced</h1> <Xpage=798>

<hw>Jaun"diced</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>affected with jaundice.</def>

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