English Dictionary: Jeat | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jeat \Jeat\, n. (Min.) See {Jet}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jet \Jet\, n. [OF. jet, jayet, F. ja[8b]et, jais, L. gagates, fr. Gr. [?]; -- so called from [?] or [?], a town and river in Lycia.] [written also {jeat}, {jayet}.] (Min.) 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}. {Jet ant} (Zo[94]l.), a blackish European ant ({Formica fuliginosa}), which builds its nest of a paperlike material in the trunks of trees. |