To throw out; shoot out; spurt forth, especially from a small orifice; spout; spurt.
To shoot forward; shoot out; project; jut.
To strut; stalk; assume a haughty or pompous carriage; be proud.
To encroach offensively.
To jerk; jolt.
To turn round or about.
noun.
A solid, dry, black, inflammable fossil substance, harder than asphalt, susceptible of high polish, and glossy in its fracture, which is conchoidal or undulating.
noun.
The color of jet; a deep, rich, glossy black.
Made of the mineral jet: as, jet beads; jet ornaments.
noun.
A sudden shooting forth; a spouting or spurting, as of water or flame from a small orifice.
noun.
That which so issues or spurts: as, a jet of water; a jet of blood; a jet of gas.
noun.
A spout, or the end of a spout or nozle, for the emission of a liquid or gas: as, a rose-jet; a gas-jet.
noun.
In metal-casting: A channel or tube for introducing melted metal into a mold.
noun.
A small projecting piece of the metal, consisting of what remained in the hole through which the liquid metal was run into the mold: this has to be filed off before the casting can be finished. Compare runner.
noun.
In pyrotechnics, a rocket-case filled with a burning composition, and attached to the circumference of a wheel or the end of a movable arm to give it motion.
noun.
A large water-ladle.
noun.
A descent; a declivity.
noun.
Fashion; manner; custom; style.
noun.
Artifice; contrivance.
noun.
[A form of or substitute for gist, of the same ult. origin.] Point; drift; scope.