Part 6198

<hw>Jum"bler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who confuses things.</def>

<h1>Jumblingly</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>Jum"bling*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a confused manner.</def>

<h1>Jument</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>Ju"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jumentum</ets> a beast of burden: cf. F. <ets>jument</ets> a mare, OF., a beast of burden.]</ety> <def>A beast; especially, a beast of burden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Fitter for <b>juments</b> than men to feed on. <i> Burton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jump</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>Jump</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>jupe</ets> a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. <er>Juppon</er>.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A kind of loose jacket for men.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.</def>

<h1>Jump</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>Jump</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Jumped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Jumping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Akin to OD. <ets>gumpen</ets>, dial. G. <ets>gumpen</ets>, <ets>jumpen</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.</def>

<blockquote>Not the worst of the three but <b>jumps</b> twelve foot and a half by the square. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.</def> "The <i>jumping</i> chariots."

<i>Nahum iii. 2.</i>

<blockquote>A flock of geese <b>jump</b> down together. <i> Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by <i>with</i>.</def> "It <i>jumps</i> with my humor."

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>To jump at</col>, <cd>to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish <i>jumps at<i> a bait; to <i>jump at<i> a chance.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jump</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>Jump</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; <as>as, to <ex>jump</ex> a stream</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to jump; <as>as, he <ex>jumped</ex> his horse across the ditch</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>jump</b> a body with a dangerous physic. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Smithwork)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To join by a butt weld.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Quarrying)</fld> <def>To bore with a jumper.</def>

<cs><col>To jump a claim</col>, <cd>to enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation. <mark>[Western U. S. & Australia]</mark> See <er>Claim</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3.</cd> -- <col>To jump one's bail</col>, <cd>to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. <mark>[Slang, U. S.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Jump</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>Jump</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.</def> "To advance by <i>jumps</i>."