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a triphyllum, or Indian turnip, in which the upright spadix is inclosed. -- Jack-of-the-buttery (Bot.), the stonecrop (Sedum acre). -- Jack-of-the-clock, a figure, usually of a man, on old clocks, which struck the time on the bell. -- Jack-on-both-sides, one who is or tries to be neutral. -- Jack-out-of-office, one…

Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers. Smart.

To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner. The noisy jay, Jargoning like a foreigner at his food. Longfellow.

To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker. But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer. Spenser.

A mocking utterance. -- Jeer"ing*ly, adv.

ating ore by the process of jigging. (b) (Metal Working) A machine with a rotary milling cutter and a templet by which the action of the cutter is guided or limited; -- used for forming the profile of an irregularly shaped piece; a profiling machine.

Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting. "The jubilant age." Coleridge. While the bright pomp ascended jubilant. Milton.

To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

f valuable trees, including the true walnut of Europe, and the America black walnut, and butternut.

The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle. Bp. Hall.

A dry husk or covering. When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying butterfly. Holland.

Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance. You fall at once into a lower key. Cowper. Key bed. Same as Key seat. -- Key bolt, a bolt which has a mortise near the end, and is secured by a cotter or wedge instead of a nut. Key bugle. See Kent bugle. -- Key of a position or country. (Mil.) See Key, 4. -…

A gutter, groove, or channel.

picture machine and phonograph in which sounds appropriate to the scene are automatically uttered by the latter instrument.

The common buttercup.

A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. Wright.

A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.

An instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a given sample of milk.

A stonecutter. [Obs.]

,. v. i. To ply the whip; to strike; to uttercensure or sarcastic language. To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. Dryden. To lash out, to strike out wildly or furiously.