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J — Jabber to Jewish (Part 7 of 7)

    2. [A sense introduced by partisans hostile to the Jesuits.] Crafty, cunning, wily, deceitful, sophistical, double, double-faced, full of chicane, Machiavelian.

Jetty, n. Mole.

Jeu d’esprit. [Fr.] Joke, jest, quirk, quip, crank, sally, witticism, mot.

Jew, n. Hebrew, Israelite.

Jewel, n. Gem, brilliant, precious stone.

Jewelry, n. [Written also Jewellery.] Jewels, bijoutry, trinkets.

Jewish, a. Hebrew, Judaic, Judaical, Israelitish.