jaup, jawp

i. & t. [Etym. doubtful.] A. In trans.: To dash and rebound as water; to make a noise like water shaken in a close ve el. B. Trans.: To bespatter, as with water or mud. jawn *Jav-e-lot-tiër, s . [O. Fr., from javelot =a javelin.] The same as JAVELINIER (q. v.). jaw (1), *châw, *chew, *Jawe, *jowe, *geo we, s . [From the verb to chaw or chew (q. v.); Dan. kiæve =a jaw; O. Dut. kauwe the jaw of a fish, kouwe = the cavity of the mouth; Dut. kaauwen =to chew.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit .: In the same sense as II. 1. "His feeble jawes and hollo we voyce could make None other sounde." Gas coigne: Dan Bar thole mew of Bathe. 2. Fig.: Coarse raillery, abuse, impudent language, wrangling. ( Vulgar. ) "Stop your jaw about him."-H. Kingsley : G. Hamlyn, ch. xxvi. II. Technically : little quantity of water dashed or splashed up. Ja-va, s. & a. [Native name.] A. As substantive : Geog.: One of the Sunda Islands. The chief seat of the Dutch power in Southern Asia. B. As adj.: Of, belonging to, or in any way connected with the island described under A. Java-plum, s . Bot.: Calyptranthes jambolana . from itself. It has a middle and horizontal part, with two rami or ascending branches. The superior or alveolar portion of it is hollowed out, so as to constitute sockets for the lower range of teeth. The upper jaw, or superior maxilla, consists inferiorly of a thick ridge, the alveolar proce , and the sockets or alveoli for the teeth of the upper jaw. 2. Machinery: (1) One of two opposing members capable of being moved toward and from one another, as the jaws, cheek, chaps, chops, or mouth of a vise or JAVA, B (q. v.). Javan-rhinoceros, s . B. As subst.: A native of Java; the language spoken in Java. jav-el, v . t . [Etym. doubtful.] To bemire, to dirt, to befoul. jav-el, s. [JAVEL, v.] A wandering, dirty fellow; "These two javels Should render vp a reckning of their trauels." Spenser: Mother Hubberd's Tale. jav-e-lin, *jav-el-ing, s. [O. Fr. javelin (m.), the word to Irish gaf , gafa = a hook, gabhla =a spear, a lance, gabhlan =a branch, a fork of a tree; Gael. gobhal =a fork, gobhlach =forked; Welsh gaft = a fork; gaflach =a dart, the original meaning be ing a pointed weapon. Cf. A. S. gafeluc , gafeloc ; Mid. Eng. gaveloka javelin.] The pulse is slow, with thirst, la itude, lowne of javeline (f.); Fr. javeline ; Ital. giavelina ; Sp. spirits, white stools, and general debility. The jabalina ; Bret. gavlin . Skeat refers the origin of first symptom of recovery is the re-appearance of bile in the stools, after which the yellowne gradu- ally fades away. It is nece ary to distinguish be- tween obstruction and suppre ion. Jaundice is a symptom, and not a disease per se , treatment being directed to the restoration of the biliary secretion to its normal channel. In malignant disease, how- ever, this cannot be looked for. A. Intransitive : 2. To move up and down in a jolting fashion. 3. To take a jaunt or ride on a jaunting-car (q.v.). *B. Trans.: To jolt up and down. Milton: P. R. , iv. 402. 2. A jolting movement up and down. 3. A ride on a jaunting-car (q. v.). ( Irish .) 1. A light spear thrown by the hand, formerly used by horse and foot in ancient warfare. The blade of the uppermost javelin in the illustration is very slender; it is intended to bend when Roman Javelins. it strikes an object, so that it cannot be used again by an enemy. According to Meyrick, the Velites in the Roman army were armed with seven of these. 2. A hunting-spear, about 5% feet long, having a wooden shaft and an iron head. It is yet used in Europe in hunting the boar, and by many savage nations in ordinary hunting. IMG:content-0112.png:[blocks in formation] (2) The cheeks of a stone or ore-crusher, one of which is moved relatively to the other, so as to break the material fed between them. (3) The opposed portions of a shearing-machine or punch, which, by moving past each other, cut the bar or sheet of metal placed between them. 3. Nautical : (1) The forked end of a boom or gaff, which partially embraces the mast. The branches of the jaw are called horns, and are united by the jaw-rope. (2) The space in the shell of a tackle-block occupied by the sheave. 4. Railway: The guard-plates in which the axle boxes of railway-cars play vertically as the springs yield and recoil; the housings or pedestals.