Jet

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1. Noun

Same as 2d Get.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Noun

Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.

5. Noun

The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

6. Verb

To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.

7. Verb

To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.

8. Verb

To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.

9. Verb

To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.

10. Adjective

of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone

11. Noun

atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment

12. Noun

a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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