One who, or that which, jumps.
A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. [U.S.] J. F. Cooper.
The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. Baby jumper. See in the Vocabulary. -- Bounty jumper. See under Bounty.
A loose upper garment; as:
A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.
A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.
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