Definitions for the word "jet" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
Same as 2d Get.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 stream of water, steam, gas, flame, etc., shot esp. From a small opening. 2 spout or nozzle for this purpose. 3 jet engine or jet plane. v. (-tt-) 1 spurt out in jets. 2 colloq. Send or travel by jet plane. [french jeter throw from latin jacto]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
11. n.
(often attrib.) Hard black lignite often carved and highly polished. [french jaiet from gagai in asia minor]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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