Glossary - J

JACK a mean fellow

JACK-A-LENT a puppet thrown at in Lent

JACK GUARDANT a jack in office

JADE to whip, to treat with contempt

JAR the ticking of a clock

JAR to tick as a clock

JAUNCE to prance

JESS a strap of leather attached to the talons of a hawk, by which it is held on the fist

JEST to tilt in a tournament

JET to strut

JOURNAL daily

JOVIAL appertaining to Jove

JUDICIOUS critical

JUMP to agree to hazard

JUMP hazard

JUMP exactly, nicely

JUSTICER a judge, magistrate

JUT to encroach

JUTTY a projection

JUTTY to jut out beyond

JUVENAL youth, young man