*jet*

n. Same as 2d Get. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. jet, jayet, F. jaïet, jais, L. gagates, fr. Gr. &unr_;; -- so called from &unr_; or &unr_;, a town and river in Lycia. ] [ written also jeat, jayet. ] (Min.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jet ant (Zool.), a blackish European ant (Formica fuliginosa), which builds its nest of a paperlike material in the trunks of trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. jet, OF. get, giet, L. jactus a throwing, a throw, fr. jacere to throw. Cf. Abject, Ejaculate, Gist, Jess, Jut. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Drift; scope; range, as of an argument. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jet propeller (Naut.), a device for propelling vessels by means of a forcible jet of water ejected from the vessel, as by a centrifugal pump. --
Jet pump, a device in which a small jet of steam, air, water, or other fluid, in rapid motion, lifts or otherwise moves, by its impulse, a larger quantity of the fluid with which it mingles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Jetted p. pr. & vb. n. Jetting. ] [ F. jeter, L. jactare, freq. fr. jacere to throw. See 3d Jet, and cf. Jut. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

he jets under his advanced plumes! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To jet upon a prince's right. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To spout; to emit in a stream or jet. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dozen angry models jetted steam. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Black as jet; deep black. See first jet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ pl. Jets d'eau /plu>. [ F., a throw of water. See Jet a shooting forth. ] A stream of water spouting, esp. upward, from a fountain or pipe for ornament; also, the fountain or pipe from which it issues. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. (Bot.) A yellowness of the parts of plants which are normally green; yellows.

n. [ from jet plane, the conveyance used in their travels. ] an international group of wealthy individuals who travel frequently to international resorts. -- the group is not organized, but membership is defined solely by frequent travel for pleasure. [ PJC ]

n. a member of the jet set. [ PJC ]

n. frequent international travel for pleasure, as contrasted with business. [ PJC ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ F. jeter to throw: cf. OF. getaison a throwing. Cf. Flotsam, Jettison. ] 1. (Mar. Law) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan (or lagan), goods which are sunk attached to a buoy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of throwing objects from a ship to lighten the load; jettison{ 1 }. See Jettison, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: Anything thrown overboard from a ship, whether floating or not. [ PJC ]

4. Hence: [ fig. ] Objects scattered about in a disorderly manner; as, he couldn't find his sneakers among the jetsam in his room. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

n. See Jet d'eau. [ R. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Jetty, n. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop. [ Obs. ] Palsgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being jetty; blackness. Pennant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. being propelled violently in a usually narrow stream; -- of liquids.
Syn. -- spouting, spurting, squirting. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Jetsam. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mar. Law) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Jetsam, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. jeton. ] A metal counter used in playing cards. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of jet, or like jet in color. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people . . . are of a jetty. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Jetties [ F. jetée a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Jutty. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Arch.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Hydraul. Engin.) A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jetty head (Naut.), a projecting part at the end of a wharf; the front of a wharf whose side forms one of the cheeks of a dock. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To jut out; to project. [ Obs. ] Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large commercial jet airplane, usually having a passenger capacity of over 300 in normal use; also called widebody airplane. [ PJC ]

n. That which jets out or projects from anything. [ R. ] H. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Project, n. ] A plan proposed; a draft of a proposed measure; a project. [ 1913 Webster ]