Jet \Jet\, n. [F. jet, OF. get, giet, L. jactus a throwing, a
throw, fr. jacere to throw. Cf. Abject, Ejaculate,
Gist, Jess, Jut.]
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1. A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or
gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an
orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.
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2. Drift; scope; range, as of an argument. [Obs.]
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3. The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type
is cold. --Knight.
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Jet propeller (Naut.), a device for propelling vessels by
means of a forcible jet of water ejected from the vessel,
as by a centrifugal pump.
Jet pump, a device in which a small jet of steam, air,
water, or other fluid, in rapid motion, lifts or otherwise
moves, by its impulse, a larger quantity of the fluid with
which it mingles.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jet \Jet\, n.
Same as 2d Get. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Jet \Jet\, n. [OF. jet, jayet, F. ja["i]et, jais, L. gagates,
fr. Gr. ?; -- so called from ? or ?, a town and river in
Lycia.] [written also jeat, jayet.] (Min.)
A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet
black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought
into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called
also black amber.
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Jet ant (Zool.), a blackish European ant ({Formica
fuliginosa), which builds its nest of a paperlike
material in the trunks of trees.
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Jet \Jet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jetted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jetting.] [F. jeter, L. jactare, freq. fr. jacere to throw.
See 3d Jet, and cf. Jut.]
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1. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be
insolent; to obtrude. [Obs.]
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he jets under his advanced plumes! --Shak.
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To jet upon a prince's right. --Shak.
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2. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
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3. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
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Jet \Jet\, v. t.
To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.
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A dozen angry models jetted steam. --Tennyson.
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jet
adj : of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
[syn: coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, sooty]
n 1: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines [syn: jet
plane, jet-propelled plane]
2: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: squirt,
spurt, spirt]
3: a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish
and is used in jewellery or ornamentation
4: street names for ketamine [syn: K, super acid, special
K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C]
5: an artificially produced flow of water [syn: fountain]
v 1: issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth;
"Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the
building" [syn: gush]
2: fly a jet plane
[also: jetting, jetted]
WordNet (r) 2.0
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "jet":
Jet Liner, anabasis, ascension, ascent, black, blowtorch,
business jet, charcoal, clamber, climb, climbing, coal, crow, ebon,
ebony, elevation, escalade, fountain, gush, gyring up, increase,
ink, inky, jet plane, jetty, jump, leap, levitation, mount,
mounting, multi-jet, night, pitch, pitch-black, pitch-dark,
pulse-jet, ramjet, raven, rise, rising, rocketing up, sable,
saltation, shooting up, single-jet, sloe, smoke, smut, soaring,
soot, spout, spring, sprit, spritz, spurt, surge, tailless jet,
takeoff, taking off, tar, turbojet, twin-jet, upclimb, upcoming,
updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap,
uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot,
upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, vault, zooming
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Jet, OK (town, FIPS 38000)
Location: 36.66676 N, 98.18071 W
Population (1990): 272 (164 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73749
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Jet, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 230
Housing Units (2000): 149
Land area (2000): 0.308176 sq. miles (0.798171 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.308176 sq. miles (0.798171 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38000
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.666790 N, 98.181053 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73749
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Jet, OK
Jet
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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