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▪ I. Jesse1|ˈdʒɛsiː|
[Name of the father of David (1 Sam. xvi. 12).]
A genealogical tree representing the genealogy of Christ, from ‘the root of Jesse’ (cf. Isa. xi. 1); used in churches in the Middle Ages as a decoration for a wall, window, vestment, etc., or in the form of a large branched candlestick. Also attrib. Obs. exc. Hist.
1463Bury Wills (Camden) 39 The Jesse set vndir our lady with the virgenys afore hire. 1549Churchw. Acc. Ely (Nichols 1797) 137 A coope of white silke with jessy rooles and prophetes. 1706Phillips, Jesse,..In old Records a large Brass Candlestick, branched out into several Sconces, such as are us'd in Churches. This useful Devise was first call'd Arbor Jessæ, and Stirps Jessæ, from its resemblance to the Genealogical Tree of Jesse. 1836–45Gloss. Archit. (ed. 4) 217 It was..wrought into a branched candlestick,..called a Jesse,..in the year 1097 Hugo de Flori, abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, bought for the choir of his church a candlestick of this kind—‘Candelabrum magnum in choro æreum quod Jesse vocatur in partibus emit transmarinis’. 1848Rickman Archit. p. xxxviii, The Jesse window, Dorchester, Oxfordshire [is] a very rich and fine example. 1899Q. Rev. Jan. 169 Interesting chapters on Jesse windows and Story windows.
▪ II. Jesse2 U.S. slang. (? Obs.)|ˈdʒɛsiː|
Also jesse, jessie, jessy.
[Perh. derived from a jocular interpretation of ‘There shall come a rod out of the stem of Jesse’ (Isa. xi. 1).]
to give (a person) Jesse: to treat or handle severely; to beat or scold soundly. Similarly to catch or get Jesse.
1839Spirit of Times 19 Oct. 396/3 If I thought he had been shot and creesed in that savigerous sorta fashion, I'd give him jessy with my butcher knife. 1840Daily Even. Transcript (Boston) 12 Feb. 1/1 If any of you ever come to Saco, I kalkilate you'll get jesse. 1846Spirit of Times 4 July 223/3 One of the combatants ‘caught Jessie’. 1846D. Corcoran Pickings 126 Threatening to give Miss Martin ‘jessy’ when she would next meet her. 1865A. H. Stephens Diary 29 Sept. (1910) 518 While I thought I was giving you Jesse on hearts, you were giving me fits on spades. 1946Amer. Speech XXI. 153/1 Thornton's latest citation for give him Jesse is from 1865... In February, 1946, I heard the expression used in a game of bridge by a player from Sidney, Nebraska, when her partner was ruffing an opponent's suit. |