jejunum

[ Lat.jejunus =hungry, empty.] Anat.: The second portion of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum. It is thicker than the rest of the intestine, and, from containing more mucous membrane, has a pinky tinge. It forms two-fifths of the small intestine, and is surrounded above and sides colon, and is kept in position by the mesentery, which connects it with the posterior wall of the abdomen. jěl-er-ăng, s. [Javanese name.] Zool.: Javan Squirrel, Sciurus javanensis or bicolor , a handsome squirrel, found in Java, part of India, and Cochin China. Length, almost two feet. ( Wood : Nat . Hist .) jěll', v . i . To jelly. ( Colloq .) jěl-lett-ite, s. [Named after M. Jellet, one of its describers; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min .: A lime-iron garnet, grouped by Dana with his Andradite (q.v.). It occurs in globular forms, with crystalline exterior, and also lining cracks, in an asbestos inclosed in an indurated talcose schist among the debris of the moraine of the Findelen glacier, and in several other Swi localities in situ . Color, various shades of green and yellowish-green. jěl-lied, a . [Eng. jelly ; -ed.] Brought to the state or consistency of a jelly. "The jellied philtre of her lips. " -Cleveland . jěl-lõped, a. [JOWLOPPED.] Her.: A term applied to the comb and gills of a cock when of a tincture different to the body.