Jenny
(Jen"ny), n. [A corruption of gin an engine; influenced by Jenny, the proper name. See Gin
an engine, and cf. Ginny-carriage.] A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, — used in
factories.
Jentling
(Jent"ling) n. (Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the Danube.
Jeofail
(Jeof"ail) n. [F. j'ai failli I have failed.] (Law) An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment
of a mistake or oversight. Blackstone.
Jeopard
(Jeop"ard) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jeoparded; p. pr. & vb. n. Jeoparding.] [From Jeopardy.]
To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard. Sir T. North.
A people that jeoparded their lives unto the death.
Judg. v. 18. Syn. — To hazard; risk; imperil; endanger; expose.
Jeoparder
(Jeop"ard*er) n. One who puts in jeopardy. [R.]
Jeopardize
(Jeop"ard*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jeopardized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jeopardizing ] To expose
to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.
That he should jeopardize his willful head
Only for spite at me.
H. Taylor. Jeopardous
(Jeop"ard*ous) a. Perilous; hazardous.
His goodly, valiant, and jeopardous enterprise.
Fuller. — Jeop"ard*ous*ly, adv. Huloet.
Jeopardy
(Jeop"ard*y) n. [OE. jupartie, juperti, jeuparti, OF. jeu parti an even game, a game in which
the chances are even; OF. jeu, ju, F. jeu (L. jocus jest) + F. partier to divide, L. partire to divide. See
Joke, and Part.] Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.
There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
Luke viii. 23.
Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy.
Shak. Syn. — Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See Danger.
Jeopardy
(Jeop"ard*y), v. t. To jeopardize. [R.] Thackeray.
Jerboa
(Jer*bo"a) n. [Ar. yarb'.] (Zoöl.) Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. D. Ægyptius,
which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a
long tail. [Written also gerboa.]
The name is also applied to other small jumping rodents, as the Pedetes Caffer, of the Cape of Good
Hope.
Jerboa kangaroo (Zoöl.), small Australian kangaroo about the size of a common hare.
Jereed
(Jer*eed") n. [Ar. jerid. Cf. Djereed.] A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially
in mock fights. [Written also jerreed, jerid.] Byron.
