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[A con tract. of gyrfalcon (9. IMG:content-0119.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0120.png:[blocks in formation] jest, *gest, *geste, s. [O. Fr. geste ; from gest a ( res )=(a thing) done, from gest us , pa. par. of gero to carry out, to do.] [GEST.] IMG:content-0121.png:[blocks in formation] *2. An exploit, a deed, an achievement. 3. A joke; something ludicrous said or done to great bravery in the army, though he was not above IMG:content-0122.png:[blocks in formation] "He must observe their mood on whom he jests ." Shakesp.: Twelfth Night , iii. 1. *2. To play a part in a masque or masquerade. 3. To make light, to laugh. "He jests at scars that never felt a wound." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet , ii. 2. jokes in order to please one's self. The jest is directed at the object; the joke is practiced with the person or on the person. One attempts to make a thing laughable or ridiculous by jesting about it, or treating it in a jesting manner; one attempts to excite good humor in others, or indulge it in one's self, by joking with them. To make game of is ap- plicable only to persons; to make a sport of, or sport with, is applied to objects in general. ( Crabb : Eng . Synon .) *Jěst-ee, s . [Eng.jest; -ee.] A person on whom a jest is made; a butt. "The jester and jestee ."- Sterne : Tristram Shandy, 1. 55. jěst-er, *gest-our, s . [Eng.jest; -er.] 2. One who jests or jokes; a merry fellow. 3. A buffoon; a person retained by persons of high rank to make sport for them and their friends. The jester wore a motley or part i colored dre , with a cap or head-dre furnished with bel is and a es' "Dre ed in the motley garb that jesters wear." Long fellow : Sicilian's Tale , i. jěst-fül, a . [Eng. jest : -ful ( 1 ).] Full of jests or jokes; given to jesting or joking. jěst-Ing, pr . par., a. & s. [JEST, v.] B. As adj .: Fit for joking; to be jested about. "He will find that these are no jesting matters."- Macaulay Hist . Eng., ch. xv. C. As subst. The act or practice of joking; a jest. *jesting-beam, s . A beam introduced into a building for appearance, not for use. eral should command, and should have none above him but the Pope, to whom he should give loyal support. Paul III. i ued a bull in 1540 sanctioning the establishment of the order with certain restric- tions, swept away three years later. In 1542 Loyola was chosen general of the order, and afterward re- sided generally at Rome. His followers went every- where giving special attention to the education of youth, the instruction of adults by preaching, the defense of Catholicism against heretics and unbe- lievers, and the conversion of the heathen and Mohammedans. His order spread with great rapid- ity, and at the death of Loyola on July 31, 1556, con- sisted of above 1,000 persons, with 100 houses divided into twelve provinces. The Jesuits ren- dered great service to the Papacy, but ultimately became unpopular with the civil government in most Roman Catholic countries. The people thought them crafty. [See the derivative words which follow.] In September, 1759, an order was given for the expulsion of the Jesuits from Portu- gal and Brazil. In 1764 the order was suppre ed in France, and its property confiscated. On March 31, 1767, similar destruction overtook it in Spain, and soon after in Spanish America, and next, after 1768, in the Two Sicilies and Parma, till at length on July 21, 1773, the Pope i ued a bull suppre ing the order altogether. Austria and the other Roman Catholic states obeyed the decree. In August. 1814, Pope Pius VII. reestablished it. In June, 1817, the Jesuits were expelled from Ru ia, and the British Roman Catholic Emancipation Act, 10 Geo. IV. c. 7, pa ed in 1829, left them under some disabilities, which have since been removed. Upon being ex- pelled from France, many of them sought an asylum in England and this country, succe fully claiming that religious liberty which is considered the right of all religious organizations. 2. Fig .: A sly, crafty, intrigue ing person. Jesuits'-bark, s . Bot.: The nut of Trapa natans . [TRAPA.] pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, Jeş-u-it-ěd, pa. par . & adj . [JESUIT, v. t. & 1.] As pa . par .: (See the verb.) (1) Using polite speech to gain personal ends. (2) Making subtle distinctions to avoid the legit IMG:content-0123.png:[blocks in formation] 3. That which shoots or i ues out; as, a jet of water. 4. Drift, scope, meaning, as of an argument. II. Technically : 1. Foundry: A tube or channel for pa ing melted metal into a mold. IMG:content-0124.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To cast or fling about; to shoot out; to jut out. *2. To act insolently. IMG:content-0125.png:[blocks in formation] Ru ia and even of Germany. jew-bush, s. [JEWBUSH.] Jews'-apple, s. [MAD-APPLE.] jew's-ear, 8. "There will come a Christian by Will be worth a jewe ' eye." *C. As subst: The act of strutting about. jetting-out, s. Arch.: The projection of a corbel or molding beyond the general surface. "Among the Moors, the jettiest black are deemed The be at i full'st." Drayton: Polyolbion , s. 26. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0126.png:[blocks in formation] jews'-stone, s. [JEWSTONE.] jews'-trump, s. [JEWS'-HARP.] jib, jib - of - jibs , . A jib-topsail or balloon-jib extends toward the topmast head, and in cutter yachts is sometimes a very large sail. 2. Mach .: The extended arm of a crane; or that spar of a derrick which is stepped at the bottom IMG:content-0127.png:[blocks in formation] post. The post is maintained vertical by guys, and the tackle affords a means for adjusting the 1. In the same sense as II. 1. *2. A kind of ballad in rhyme. 3. A trick, a prank. clination of the jib, the fall being carried from the top of the post to a small crab on the ground, dis creatures."- Shakesp .: Hamlet , iii. 1. tinct from the larger crab which operates the hoist- ing-tackle. The jib of a derrick is stepped, and is adjustable in inclination. The jib of a crane is fast to the frame and rotates horizontally with it, or is journaled to the frame and is adjustable thereon, sometimes vertically, for height; always horizon- tally for sweep. IMG:content-0128.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To cheat, to impose upon, to delude. II. Technically : 1. Min .: To dre ore in a jigger. [JIGGER.] 2. Felting : To harden and condense a felted fab- ric by repeated quick blows from rods, or by a platen or platens having a rapid vibratory motion. jig-brow, s . [JINNY-ROAD.] and a bottom of sheet-bra , finely perforated. It is used by striking it squarely upon the water, and giving it a semi-rotation simultaneously, to sort the pulverized ore according to gravity. The lighter portions are scraped from the top, and the lower stratum removed for smelting or further concentration. 7. Nautical : on (1) A double and single block tackle, used for such jobs as holding on to the cable, abaft the capstan, as the cable is heaved in. Also used in hauling home the topsail sheet and other similar work. (2) A small tackle attached to the bight of another rope, to increase the purchase. (3) A supplementary sail rigged on a mast and boom, from the stern of a cutter or other ve el. (4) A small mast erected on the stern of a yawl (5) A yawl. (6) A weighted line with several hooks, set back to back, dropped suddenly into the water, and suddenly jerked upward to catch fish. 8. Pottery : (1) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen ve els are shaped; a potter's wheel; a throwing wheel. (2) A templet or former which is used in shaping the interior of a crucible or other ve el when the clay is upon the wheel. 9. Print.: A contrivance used by compositors to keep copy in position, and to mark the lines they are setting. jigger-knife, s. A drawing-knife with a blade bent at one end and curved at the other, used by wheelwrights.