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A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat. Shak.

The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk. -- Jerk"ing*ly, adv.

The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.

that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.

A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.

elastic material, worn by soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering. -- Buff jerkin, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward, one of cloth of a buff color. [Obs.] Nares. -- Buff stick (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff leather, used in polishing.

To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion. he'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. Hudibras. From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon. Tennyson. To dangle about or after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset. The Presbyterians, and other fanatics…

Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.

The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.

To maneuver; to move hither and thither. [Colloq.] Wooden arms with elbow joints jerking and fugling in the air. Carlyle.

cian; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing. And old cloak makes a new jerkin. Shak.

he brain and spinal cord. It is associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and is usually fatal. Called also multiple, disseminated, or insular, sclerosis.

es of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.

ngs, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture. A gray jerkin, with scarlet and slashed sleeves. Sir W. Scott.

la and several allied genera of the family Motacillidæ. They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name. Field wagtail, any one of several species of wagtails of the genus Budytes having the tail shorter, the legs longer, and the hind claw longer and straighter, than do the water…

To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

To move a quick, jerking motion.