<blockquote><b>Jaundiced</b> eyes seem to see all objects yellow. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Prejudiced; envious; <as>as, a <ex>jaundiced</ex> judgment</as>.</def>
<h1>Jaunt</h1> <Xpage=798>
<hw>Jaunt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Jaunted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Jaunting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. Scot. <ets>jaunder</ets> to ramble, <ets>jaunt</ets> to taunt, jeer, dial. Sw. <ets>ganta</ets> to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perh. akin to E. <ets>jump</ets>. Cf. <er>Jaunce</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To ride on a jaunting car.</def>
<cs><col>Jaunting car</col>, <cd>a kind of low-set open vehicle, used in Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting back to back.</cd> <altsp>[Written also <asp>jaunty car<asp>.]</altsp></cs>
<i>Thackeray.</i>
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<hw>Jaunt</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To jolt; to jounce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Bale.</i>
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<hw>Jaunt</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A wearisome journey.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<blockquote>Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his a\'89ry <b>jaunt</b>, though hurried sore. Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.</def>
<h1>Jauntily</h1> <Xpage=798>
<hw>Jaun"ti*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a jaunty manner.</def>
<h1>Jauntiness</h1> <Xpage=798>
<hw>Jaun"ti*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being jaunty.</def>
<blockquote>That <b>jauntiness</b> of air I was once master of. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Jaunty</h1> <Xpage=798>
<hw>Jaun"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Jauntier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Jauntiest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Formerly spelt <ets>janty</ets>, fr. F. <ets>gentil</ets>. See <er>Gentle</er>, and cf. <er>Genty</er>.]</ety> <def>Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.</def>
<h1>Java</h1> <Xpage=798>
<hw>Ja"va</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java.</def>
<cs><col>Java cat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the musang.</cd> -- <col>Java sparrow</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a species of finch (<spn>Padda oryzivora</spn>), native of Java, but very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also <altname>ricebird</altname>, and <altname>paddy bird</altname>. In the male the upper parts are glaucous gray, the head and tail black, the under parts delicate rose, and the cheeks white. The bill is large and red. A white variety is also kept as a cage bird.</cd></cs>
<h1>Javanese</h1> <Xpage=798>
<hw>Jav`a*nese"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java.</def> -- <def2><tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <def>A native or natives of Java.</def></def2>
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