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The act of leaping or jumping; a leap. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Leaping; jumping; dancing.

A leaping or jumping. Continued his saltation without pause. Sir W. Scott.

patient to spring into the air, so as to make repeated involuntary motions of hopping and jumping. J. Ross.

cks; 8 Flying Martingale; 9 Martingale Stay, shackled to Dolphin Striker; 10 Jib Guys; 11 Jumper Guys; 12 Back Ropes; 13 Robstays; 14 Flying Jib Boom; 15 Flying Jib Footropes; 16 Jib Boom; 17 Jib Foottropes; 18 Bowsprit; 19 Fore Truck; 20 Fore Royal Mast; 21 Fore Royal Lift; 22 Fore Royal Yard; 23 Fore Royal Backstays;…

beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping," as in draughts.

hine, induction coil, or condenser), through which the discharge passes; the air gap of a jump spark.

To leap; to bound; to jump. The mountain stag that springs From height to height, and bounds along the plains. Philips.

A square. See 1st Squire. [Obs.] Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the squier. Shak.

To leap; to jump. [Obs.]

A native or inhabitant of Troy. Tim jumped like a Trojan from the bed. Finnegan's Wake (Irish song)

To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. Shak. Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree. Dryden. Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth. Addison.