Jet

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·same·as 2d Get.

II. Jet ·noun Drift; scope; range, as of an Argument.

III. Jet ·vt To Spout; to emit in a stream or jet.

IV. Jet ·noun The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

V. Jet ·vi To shoot forward or out; to Project; to jut out.

VI. Jet ·vi To Jerk; to Jolt; to be shaken.

VII. Jet ·vi To Strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to Obtrude.

VIII. Jet ·noun 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.

IX. Jet ·noun 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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