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<hw>Jet"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made of jet, or like jet in color.</def>

<blockquote>The people . . . are of a <b>jetty</b>. <i> Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jetty</h1> <Xpage=800>

<hw>Jet"ty</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Jetties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F.<ets>jet\'82e</ets> a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See <er>Jet</er> a shooting forth, and cf. <er>Jutty</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A wharf or pier extending from the shore.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Hydraul. Engin.)</fld> <def>A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; <as>as, the Eads system of <ex>jetties</ex> at the mouth of the Mississippi River</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Jetty ad</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a projecting part at the end of a wharf; the front of a wharf whose side forms one of the cheeks of a dock.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jetty</h1> <Xpage=800>

<hw>Jet"ty</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To jut out; to project.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Florio.</i>

<h1>Jeu d'esprit</h1> <Xpage=800>

<hw>Jeu" d'es`prit"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F., play of mind.]</ety> <def>A witticism.</def>

<h1>Jew</h1> <Xpage=800>

<hw>Jew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>Juis</ets>, pl., F. <ets>Juif</ets>, L. <ets>Judaeus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ the country of the Jews, Judea, fr. Heb. <ets>Y<?/h<?/d\'beh</ets> Judah, son of Jacob. Cf. <er>Judaic</er>.]</ety> <def>Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite.</def>

<cs><col>Jew's frankincense</col>, <cd>gum styrax, or benzoin.</cd> -- <col>Jew's mallow</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an annual herb (<spn>Corchorus olitorius</spn>) cultivated in Syria and Egypt as a pot herb, and in India for its fiber.</cd> -- <col>Jew's pitch</col>, <cd>asphaltum; bitumen.</cd> -- <col>The Wandering Jew</col>, <cd>an imaginary personage, who, for his cruelty to the Savior during his passion, is doomed to wander on the earth till Christ's second coming.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jewbush</h1> <Xpage=800>

<hw>Jew"bush`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus <spn>Pedilanthus</spn> (<spn>P. tithymaloides</spn>), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities.</def>

<h1>Jewel</h1> <Xpage=800>

<hw>Jew"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>juel</ets>, <ets>jowel</ets>, OF. <ets>jouel</ets>, <ets>juel</ets>, <ets>joiel</ets>, F. <ets>joyau</ets>, dim. of OF. <ets>joie</ets> joy, jewel, F. joie joy. See <er>Joy</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.</def>

<blockquote>Plate of rare device, and <b>jewels</b> Of rich and exquisite form. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A precious stone; a gem.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing.</def> "Our prince (<i>jewel</i> of children)."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.</def>

<cs><col>Jewel block</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studding sail is rove.</cd></cs>