jaруx

[Cla . myth.=a son of Daedal us; a W. N. W. wind blowing in the south of Italy.] Zool.: The typical genus of the family Japygide (q. v.). Japyx solifugus is a white species, about half an inch long, from the south of Europe, and J. gigas , about an inch, is from Cyprus. jar, v . i . & t . [Representing an older * char , only found in its diminutive * charken =to creak like a cart or door, from the same base as Eng. care, crane, and Lat. garrio =to croak.] A. Intransitive : The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia "That saying jars you, let us only say- 'Twere better that he never had been born." Byron: Cain, iii. 1. IMG:content-0106.png:[blocks in formation] "Instead of harmony, 'tis jar , And tumult, and intestine war." IMG:content-0107.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0108.png:[blocks in formation] jar-ring-ly, adv . [Eng. jarring ; -ly.] In a jar ring, harsh, or discordant manner. *jar'-ry, a . [Eng.jar: -ry.] Jarring, reverber- ating. ( Stanyhurst : Virgil's Æneid , i. 63.) Jar'-veň, jar-vě, s . [Etym. doubtful.] 1. The driver of a hackney-coach. ( Eng .) 2. A hackney-coach. ( Eng .) jāş-eš, jāz-ey, s. [Supposed to be a corruption of Jersey , as being made of Jersey yarn.] A worsted Hebrew Literature : The Book of the Upright, a lost work referred to in Josh. x. 13. ("Is not this written in the book of Jasher") and 2 Sam. i. 18 ("In the book of Jasher"). In 1751 a pretended translation of it appeared. This was republished at Bristol, England, in 1829, and again in 1833, but was a forgery. Ja-sid-i-anş, s . pl . [YEZIDIS.] ( Mosheim .) jas-1-ō-nē, s. [Gr. iasiōnē a plant described by Theophrastus, either the Convolvulus or the Colum bine.] Bot.: Sheep's-bit; a genus of Campanulacese, sub-order Campanulese. The corolla segments are linear, the anthers connate, the flowers in terminal centripetal heads. Ten species are known from Europe, North Africa, and the West of Asia. One, Jasione montana , Annual Sheep's-bit or Scabious, a plant with heads of small lilac-blue flowers, is found on heathy pastures, flowering from June to IMG:content-0109.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0110.png:[blocks in formation] Jasper-headed, a. Headed or tipped with jas- Jasper-opal, s . jas-min-ā-çě-æ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. jasmin (um) jasper.] Like jasper; of the nature of or contain- (q. v.); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceӕ .] Bot.: Jasmin worts, Jasmine worts; an order of Perigynous Exogens, alliance Echiales. It consists of shrubs often with twining stems, opposite or alternate leaves, generally compound, ternate, or pinnate with an odd one, sometimes simple, nearly always with an articulated petiole, calyx persistent, five to eight-toothed, corolla monopetalous with five to eight divisions, stamens two, ovary two- celled, two-lobed, with from one to four erect an at- ropal ovules in each cell. Fruit either a double berry or a capsule. Known genera five, species 100, from India, South America, Africa, Australia, . jas-mine, jăs-min, jěs-sa-min, jěs-sa-mine, jasmin-um, s. [Fr. jasmine ; Sp.jazmin: Port. jasmin =the flower, jasmine ire the tree; Ital. ges- mino , gelosmino , from Arab. & Pers. jasuman , jas- IMG:content-0111.png:[blocks in formation] Cape Jasmine is Gardenia florida ; Carolina Jas- mine, Gelsemium nitidum ; Chili Jasmine, Mande- villa suaveolens ; French Balsam, Calo trop is pro- cera; Ground Jasmine, Pa er in a stelleri ; Night Jasmine, Nyctanthes arbor trist is ; the Red Jasmine of the West Indies, Plumier a rubra ; Wild Jasmine, jaud highly esteemed as a stimulant application in rheumatism and paralysis. Taken internally, they are violently purgative, irritant, and poisonous. Those of J. multifid a are also purgative, emetic, and poisonous. The expre ed oil of J. glauca is used in India as an external application in chronic rheumatism and paralysis; the root of J. officinal is is given in Brazil in syphilis. J. manihot , of Linnæus, is now Manihot utili ima ; and his J. purgans, Curcas purgans ; his J. urens is Cnidoscolus quin que lobus. jaud, jadd, s . [JADE, 8.] A jade, a mare. ( Scotch .) Jauk, v. i . [JOKE, v.] Τo dally, to trifle. jâuk-Ing, s . [JAUK, v.] Trifling, dallying. "An' aye she win't, an' ay she swat, I wat she made nae jauk in '." Burns: Halloween. Jau-ling'-Ite (au as ow), 8. [Named by Zepharovich from its locality, Jauling, Austria; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min.: A hyacinth-red resin, resembling amber; hardne , 2.5; specific gravity, 1'09 to 1'11. Jaumange (pron. zhō-mang), s. [Fr. jaune= yellow, and manger to eat.] Dutch flummery; a variety of blancmange. *jaunçe, v. i. [O. Fr. jancer.] [JAUNT, υ.] Το ride hard; to work or drive a horse hard. Jaun-dêr, v. i. [Afreq. form of Scotch jaunt =to talk idly.] [JAUNT, U.] To go about idly from place to place; to rove about aimle ly. jâun der, s. [JAUNDER, v.] A roving about idly or aimle ly. (Scotch.) Jaundice, Jaun-dise, *jaunes, *jaunis, *Jaunys, jawnes, s. [Fr. jauni e , from jaune , *jalne =yellow; Port. jalne , jalda : Sp. jalde ; from Lat. galbinus, galbanus =yellowish; galbus - yellow.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit .: In the same sense as II. "He [the Pope] was long before sicke of the yelowe taundise."-Bale: Pageant of Popes , fo. 196. 2. Fig .: Anything which disorders the judgment, presenting things in a false color or light. "And jealousy, the jaundice of the soul." Dryden: Hind and Panther, iii. 73. 2397 Jaunt'-I-ne (au asa), *Jant'-I-ne , *Jaunt-yne , s. [Eng. jaunty ; -ne .] The quality or state of being jaunty; lightne , briskne , sprightline . "I felt a certain stiffne in my limbs, which entirely destroyed that jaunty ne of air I was once master of." Add is on : Spectator , No. 530. Jaunt-ing (au as a), pr . par . or a. [JAUNT, v .] jaunting-car, s. An Irish vehicle having two seats, back to back, over the wheels, a well in the middle, and a seat for the driver in front. jaun-ty (au as a), *jan-ty, *Jaun-teě, a . [Eng. jaunt; y.] Easy and sprightly in manner; airy, showy, finical; affecting unconcern; self-satisfied. "We owe most of our janty fashions now in vogue to some adept beau among them."- Guardian , No. 149.