| jet |
noun |
Same as 2d Get., A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber., A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet., Drift; scope; range, as of an argument., The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold., To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude., To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken., To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out., To spout; to emit in a stream or jet. |