jimp

& adv. [GIMP.] A. As adj .: Neat, spruce, handsome. B. As adv .: Barely, scarcely, simply. jimp-lý, adv. [English jimp, a.; -ly.] Barely, scarcely, hardly. Jimps, s . pl . [Etym. doubtful; cf. jimp , a.] Easy stays. (Scotch.) Jimp'-ỹ, a . & adv . [Eng. jimp , a.; -ly .] A. As adj .: Neat, jimp. B. As adv.: Neatly, tightly. jim-son, s. (A corruption of James town.] Bot.: An American name for Datura stramonium. This name was given to the plant because it is said that the early English settlers at James town, Va., mistaking it for an edible vegetable, partook largely of it, many of them being, in consequence, disabled, and a few dying. Jin, jinn, s . [Arab. jinni one of the genii; pl. jinn the genii.] Mohammedan Mythol.: One of a race of genii said to have had for their male progenitor Jan, and for their female one Marija. They differ from man in their nature, their form and their speech. They are spirits residing in the lowest firmament, and have the power of rendering themselves visible to man in any form they please. The bodies they a ume are material, but not gro er than the e ence of fire and smoke. The extent of their knowledge is unknown. Their character is good. jin-gall', s. [GINGAL.] jin-gle, *gin-gel-en, *gin-glen, *gin-gle, v . i . . [A frequent, formation from jink , itself a form of chink (q. v.).] A. Intransitive : 1. To clink; to sound with a tinkling metallic noise; to chink; to tinkle. "Every chime that jingled from Ostend." Byron: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. 2. To correspond in rhyme or sound, so as to catch the ear. "From sermons with sixteen heads down to jingling street ballads." - Macaulay : Hist. Eng., ch. xv. 3. To make rhymes, po ibly doggerel. "Whene'er my Muse does on me glance, I jingle at her." Burns: To John Lapraik. B. Trans.: To cause to sound with a tinkling metallic noise; to tinkle.