·noun A familiar name of the European wren.
II. Jenny ·noun A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.
III. Jenny ·noun A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, — used in factories.
An instrument for lifting up the grate or top of a show-glass, in order to rob it. CANT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·noun ·see <<Mule>>, 4. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a wren. S. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
, howlet an owl. Yorks. ...