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See Gee.

A morass; a shallow lake. [Written also jhil.] [India] Whitworth.

assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship. Jeer capstan (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast.

A scoffer; a railer; a mocker.

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

See 1st Jeer (b).

See Fijian.

See Indian madder, under Madder.

A kind of sausage, made in a bag of tripe, sliced and fried, famous among the Dutch of New Amsterdam and still known, esp. in New Jersey.

Same as Suji.

A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick. He that a fool doth very wisely hit, Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob. Shak.

Disdainful. [Obs.] Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt Of this proud king. Shak.

A native of the Fiji islands. [Written also Feejeean, Feejee.]

One who flings; one who jeers.

To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock. [Obs.] I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted. Beau. & Fl.

To scoff; to jeer. [R.] Shak.

See 1st Jeer (b).

To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott.

, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi. [Written also jee.]

Any act of rudeness or ill breeding. Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities. Jer. Taylor.