Jet

jet, n. a mineral very ornpaci and black used for ornaments. [Fr. jaict— L Cii. gagates, from Gagas, a town and river in Lycia, in Asia Minor, where was obtained Jet, jet, v to tkrotv or shoot forward to jut. v to emit in a stream \—pr.p jett'ing f>a.p. jett'ed. [Fr. jeter— L. jacto freq. of jacio, to throw.]