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<hw>Jeal"ous*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Jealousies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[ F. <ets>jalousie</ets>. See <er>Jealous</er>, and cf. <er>Jalousie</er>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.</def>

<blockquote>I was jealous for <b>jealousy.</b> <i>Zech. viii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Jealousy is the</b> . . . apprehension of superiority. <i>Shenstone.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whoever had qualities to alarm our <b>jealousy</b>, had excellence to deserve our fondness. <i>Rambler.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jeames</h1> <Xpage=798>

<hw>Jeames</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrup. of <ets>James</ets>.]</ety> <def>A footman; a flunky.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Jean</h1> <Xpage=798>

<hw>Jean</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. named from <ets>Genoa</ets>. See <er>Jane</er>.]</ety> <def>A twilled cotton cloth.</def>

<cs><col>Satin jean</col>, <cd>a kind of jean woven smooth and glossy, after the manner of satin.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jears</h1> <Xpage=798>

<hw>Jears</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See 1st <er>Jeer</er> <sd>(b)</sd>.</def>

<h1>Jeat</h1> <Xpage=798>

<hw>Jeat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Jet</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Jedding ax</h1> <Xpage=798>

<hw>Jed"ding ax`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Jee</h1> <Xpage=798>

<hw>Jee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>See <er>Gee</er>.</def>

<h1>Jeel</h1> <Xpage=798>

<hw>Jeel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>jh\'c6l</ets>.]</ety> <def>A morass; a shallow lake.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>jhil</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[India]</mark>

<i>Whitworth.</i>

<h1>Jeer</h1> <Xpage=798>

<hw>Jeer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gear</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A gear; a tackle.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.</def>

<cs><col>Jeer capstan</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jeer</h1> <Xpage=798>

<hw>Jeer</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Jeered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Jeering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Perh. a corrup. of <ets>cheer</ets> to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more prob. fr. D. gek<ets>scheren</ets> to jeer, lit., to shear the fool; <ets>gek</ets> a fool (see 1st <er>Geck</er>) + <ets>scheren</ets> to shear. See <er>Shear</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <def>To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; <as>as, to <ex>jeer</ex> at a speaker</as>.</def>

<blockquote>But when he saw her toy and gibe and <b>jeer</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>