A solid, dry, black, inflammable fossil substance, harder than asphalt, susceptible of a good polish, and glossy in its fracture, which is conchoidal or undulating. It is found not in strata or continued masses, but in unconnected heaps. It is wrought into toys, buttons, mourning jewelsJet is regarded as a variety of lignite, or coal originating in wood.

A spout, spouting or shooting of water; a jet d’eau.

A yard. Tusser. Drift; scope.

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

To strut; to throw or toss the body in haughtiness.

To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.