Emily Dickinson Lexicon

JIG'MAK-ER, n.

1. One who makes or plays jigs. Shak.
2. A ballad maker. Dekker

JIG'PIN, n.

A pin used by miners to hold the turn-beams and prevent them from turning. Cyc.

JILL, n.

A young woman; in contempt. [See Gill.]

JILL'-FLIRT, n.

A light wanton woman. Guardian.

JILT, n. [of uncertain etymology.]

1. A woman who gives her lover hopes and capriciously disappoints him; a woman who trifles with her lover. Otway.
2. A name of contempt for a woman. Pope.

JILT, v.i.

To play the jilt; to practice deception in love and discard lovers. Congreve.

JILT, v.t.

To encourage a lover and then frustrate his hopes; to trick in love; to give hopes to a lover and then reject him. Dryden.

JILT'ED, pp.

Cheated or tricked in love.

JILT'ING, ppr.

Playing the jilt; tricking in love.

JIM'MERS, n.

Jointed hinges. Bailey.

JIN'GLE, n.

1. A rattling or clinking sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
2. A little bell or rattle.
3. Correspondence of sound in rhymes. Dryden.

JIN'GLE, v.

t, To cause to give a sharp sound, as a little bell or as pieces of metal. The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. Pope.

JIN'GLE, v.i. [Qu. Ch. and Syr. {foreign} a little bell; or Persian {foreign} zank, a little brass ball or bell. It may be allied to jangle.]

To sound with a fine sharp rattle; to clink; as, jingling, chains or bells.

JIN'GLED, pp.

Caused to give a sharp sound, as a bell or as pieces of metal.

JIN'GLING, ppr.

Giving a sharp fine rattling sound, as a little bell or as pieces of metal.

JIP'PO, n. [Fr. jupe.]

A waistcoat or kind of stays for females.

JOB, n. [of unknown origin, but perhaps allied to chop, primarily to strike or drive.]

1. A piece of work; any thing to be done, whether of more or less importance. The carpenter or mason undertakes to build a house by the job. The erection of Westminster bridge was a heavy job; and it was a great job to erect Central wharf, in Boston. The mechanic has many small jobs on hand.
2. A lucrative business; an undertaking with a view to profit. No cheek is known to blush nor heart to throb, Save when they lose a question or a job. Pope.
3. A sudden stab with a pointed instrument. [This seems to be nearly the original sense.] To do the job for one, to kill him.

JOB, v.i.

To deal in the public stocks; to buy and sell as a broker. The judge shall job, the bishop bite the town, And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown. Pope.

JOB, v.t.

1. To strike or stab with a sharp instrument L'Estrange.
2. To drive in a sharp pointed instrument Moxon.

JOB'BER, n.

1. One who does small jobs,
2. A dealer in the public stocks or funds; usually called a stock jobber. Swift.
3. One who engages in a low, lucrative affair.
4. A merchant who purchases goods from importers and sells to retailers.

JOB'BER-NOWL, n. [said to be from Flemish jobbe, dull, and Sax. knol, head or top.]

A loggerhead; a blockhead. [A low word.] Hudibras.

JOB'BING, n.

The practice of taking jobs for profit.

JOB'BING, ppr.

Stabbing with a pointed instrument.

JOB'S-TEARS, n.

A plant of the genus Coix.

JO'CANT-RY, n. [L. jocans.]

The act or practice of jesting. [Not in good use.] More.