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† jetn.1Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or perhaps (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: jet n.3; French jet. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably either a specific sense of jet n.3 (although this is first attested later), or perhaps < an unrecorded specific sense development of Anglo-Norman and Middle French jet, get jet n.3; compare corresponding specific senses of cast n., which may have acted as a model. Obsolete. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] > in modern times > in a modern manner c1330 in T. Wright (1839) 329 At even he set upon a koife, and kembeth the croket, Adihteth him a gay wenche of the newe jet, sanz doute. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 682 Hym thoughte he rood al of the newe Iet. ?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 17 There is another newe gette, A foule waste of clothe and excessyfe. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Lamb.) (1887) i. l. 4024 (MED) After Sysilly com Glegabret, A syngere of þe beste get [?a1400 Petyt þat was a syngere of þe get]. c1475 (c1399) (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. l. 159 (MED) Þe leesinge so likyde ladies and oþer Þat þey joied of þe jette and gyside hem þer-vnder. a1529 J. Skelton (?1530) sig. Biiv What wolde ye wyues counterfet The courtly gyse of the newe iet. the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance c1380 (1879) l. 1681 Al of marbre y-mad ys sche wyþ a quynte iet. c1400 (?c1380) (1920) l. 1354 (MED) In þe clernes of his concubines and curious wedez, In notyng of nwe metes and of nice gettes, Al watz þe mynde of þat man on misschapen þinges. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Ellesmere) (1875) G. §4. l. 1277 With this stikke aboue the Crosselet That was ordeyned with that false Iet [c1415 Lansd. gett, c1415 Corpus Oxf. gette] He stired the coles. (Harl. 221) 191 Get, or gyn [?a1475 Winch. gette, or gyty, a1500 King's Cambr. gett, or gyle], machina. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). jetn.2adj. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French geit, gaiet. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman geit, get, gete, geyt, jaet, jeat, jeet, jett, Anglo-Norman and Middle French geet, variants of Anglo-Norman and Middle French gaiet, jaiet, jayet, etc. (early 12th cent.; French jais ) < classical Latin gagātēs gagate n. The ending -et of the medieval French noun, which does not show regular phonological development, probably shows a classicizing alteration. Compare also Middle French jayete , gaiete , gaete , geiete , feminine noun (1213 in Old French and end of the 14th cent. in two apparently isolated attestations, subsequently from 1531; French regional (Walloon) gayète ). Compare earlier gagate n.It is unclear whether the following quot. should be taken as showing the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word in a Latin context:1351 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 58 Unum ciphum..cum uno coopertorio de gete. In sense A. 4 apparently with reference to the black gown worn by lawyers. The use as adjective is not paralleled in French until considerably later (1832). The French noun was also borrowed into other European languages; compare Old Occitan jaiet (1446), post-classical Latin jayetum (1429 in an Occitan source), and also (with prothetic vowel) Middle Dutch aget, (Flanders) aghette (Dutch git). A. n.2 1. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > jet society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > jet > [noun] the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > lignite > jet α. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xlviii. 851 Gete hatte gagates and is a boystous stoon. tr. Palladius (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 697 Take oxon yonge..Their lippes and their eyen blaak as gete. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil x. iii. 40 The blak terebynthine Growis by Orycia, and, as the geit dois schyne. 1599 T. Dallam Diary in J. T. Bent (1893) i. 80 Neagers that weare as blacke as geate. 1688 R. Holme iii. 251/2 Get, a stone,..some write Jeat. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > jet > [noun] > piece of the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > lignite > jet > piece of 1607 Fayre Mayde of Exchange in T. Heywood (1874) II. 35 The drawing vertue of a sable jeat. 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) iii. iii, in I. 35 Your lustre too'll.., Draw courtship to you, as a iet doth strawes. society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > cannel coal the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > shale > bituminous shale 1807 XI. 695/1 Jet is a very beautiful fossil... It is confounded with cannel-coal, which has no grain.] 1893 R. O. Heslop Jeat, jead, jit, cannel coal, bituminous shale, jet. 1996 M. C. Smith (1997) iv. 55 Cannel was jet, a form of clean, exceedingly fine coal. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > marble > black c1440 (Thornton) (1949) l. 1477 (MED) Ale þe walle was of gete [a1500 Cambr. geete], Of [emended in ed. to With] gaye gabelettes and grete. 1591 R. Greene 2 I saw a silent spring railed in with jeat. c1620 T. Robinson (1899) i. vii. 51 The battelments of smoothest Iett were made. 1648 J. Raymond 95 [A statue of] Seneca bleeding to death, of Jet. the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [noun] > typical blackness > as jet a1450 in R. H. Robbins (1952) 41 His comb is of reed corel, his tayil is of get. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 24 in The pansie freaktd with jeat. 1684 A. Behn 9 The Envious Net, and stinted order hold, The lovely Curls of Jet and shining Gold. 1711 R. Steele No. 41. ⁋3 Never Man was so enamoured..of..the bright Jett of her Hair. 1748 T. Gray Ode Death Favourite Cat ii, in R. Dodsley II. 268 Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes. 1850 ‘S. Yendys’ i. 1 Closer yet, eyes of jet. 1870 W. M. Baker 84 Women of all shades of color, from deepest jet up to light mulatto. 1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ xiii. 199 His breast, which is a pale, pinkish brown, is divided from the throat by a black crescent.., and below this half-moon of jet there are many black spots. 1928 J. Stephens ix. 126 Afar, apart, in lovely alternating jet and silver, the sparse trees dreamed. 2002 R. Murphy (2003) 291 A Greenland Wheatear.., across her eyes a voluptuous streak of jet, parades her offspring at the entrance to a burrow. society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] 1728 32 Jet, Lawyer. 1737 Dict. Jet, a Lawyer. Autem Jet, a Parson. 1785 in F. Grose Jet, a lawyer; autem jet, a parson. c1825 Jet, a lawyer. B. adj.society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [adjective] > made of or containing specific mineral material 1444 in J. Raine (1855) II. 106 To ye vicar of Milton a pare of get bedds. c1465 Inventory in (1894) 18 327 A peyr of get langets wt viii gawdyes of sylver overgylt. 1596 T. Nashe sig. O4v These ieatdroppes which diuers weare at their eares in stead of a iewell. 1647 J. Howell 223 Wheras you please to call it the ‘cabinet that holds the jewell of our times’, you may rather term it a wicker casknet that keeps a jet ring. 1755 18 Sept. 4/2 Just imported..and to be sold at the lowest prices..fine pearl, paste and jett necklaces. 1840 G. P. R. James I. xv. 281 He had on a long-waisted broad cut coat of black, with jet buttons. 1873 Spon in 1st Ser. 23/1 Shellac is the only cement used by jewellers for jet articles. 1920 E. Wharton i. xvii. 151 She had on a black velvet polonaise with jet buttons, and a tiny green monkey muff. 1990 A. S. Byatt xii. 228 I have some jet beads, and have seen many of course, but never any to match this for depth of darkness or brilliance of sheen. the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > typically black > as jet 1607 E. Topsell 193 The Ethyopians payed for a tribute vnto the king of Persia euery 3. yeare twenty of these [elephants'] teeth hung about with gold and Iet-wood. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu 1 Dec. (1965) I. 288 All the Woman here have..snowy Foreheads and bosoms, jet Eyebrows. 1792 S. Rogers ii. 330 As the coot her jet-wing loved to lave. 1848 W. M. Thackeray xliii. 390 She curled her hair and showed her shoulders at him, as much as to say, did ye ever see such jet ringlets and such a complexion? 1869 A. J. Evans xxxv. 470 There were tears hanging..on the long jet under-lashes. 1909 24 June 11/5 Mrs. Ruby's gown was of black silk voile over silk, with jet bonnet. 1988 N. Christopher ii. 96 No stars configure this jet sky. 2006 R. Everett xix. 169 Sometimes we were joined by ‘the prince’, a faded Italian crustacean in a polo neck and dyed jet hair. 1649 T. Fuller 1 Jet memories (onely attracting straws and chaff unto them). Compounds C1. a. Objective. 1844 Rep. Commissioners 1841 Census: Occupation Abstr. 54 in XXVII. 1 Jet-carver and Worker. 1955 18 88/2 Shells of this sort, long known in Spain as ‘veneras’, were worn as badges by pilgrims returning from Compostela; and jet images of them were made and sold by the jet-carvers. 1851 in 5 Aug. (1854) 119 Jet-miner. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler (ed. 7) III. 8 The jet-miner..finding the jet spread out..follows it with great care. 2007 (Nexis) 30 June The village of Great Broughton, forgotten since medieval times, sprang back to life when jet miners arrived. 1844 Rep. Commissioners 1841 Census: Occupation Abstr. 54 in XXVII. 1 Jet-carver and Worker. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler (ed. 7) III. 10 The jet workers complain of the great scarcity of designs in jet. 1932 80 491 It is estimated that as many as 1500 jet workers were employed at Whitby in 1873. 1968 6 Dec. 11/3 She owns some exquisite pieces made by her grandfather, William Roe, who became a qualified jet worker in 1866 and employed 30 men. b. Instrumental. 1874 21 Feb. 82/1 To replace flounces, jet fringe, and jet embroidered lace and insertion are much used. 1891 24 Feb. 5/8 The daintiest little collars are jet-embroidered upon black silk muslin. 1952 20 Oct. 8/6 (advt.) We illustrate an example from a collection of jet embroidered cocktail suits in fine wool barathea. 2001 (Nexis) 22 Apr. vi. 90/1 (caption) A chantilly-lace dress with jet-embroidered bustier and tulle ruffle by Christian Lacroix Haute Couture. C2. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > family Formicidae or genus Formica > formica fulginosa or jet ant 1747 H. Miles in (Royal Soc.) 44 356 Five Species of Ants have occurred to the Observation of our Author…2. The Jet Ant. 1830 15 24/2 We are acquainted with several colonies of the jet ants. 1902 351 This beetle..is found in and about the nests of the jet ant, Lasius fuliginosus. 1996 T. A. Scott tr. F. W. Stöcker et al. 70/2 The European jet ant (Lasius fuliginosus) and related species of Lasius exploit aphids, which are then popularly known as ‘ant cows’. society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > cannel coal the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > shale > bituminous shale 1794 J. Naismith 38 It is here called the candle coal, or light coal, and is said to be the parrot or jet coal of the third seam..divested of the other kinds which accompany it. 1841 W. Patrick in 258 The yolk or jet coal, 6 inches thick, of a fine clear vitreous texture, like cannel coal, affording abundance of light. 1900 P. N. Hasluck i. 11 The glassy coal, which is known as jet coal. 1914 Lady C. Lytton xiii. 272 He [sc. the doctor] was apparently angry because I had broken the jet glass. 1998 (Nexis) 15 Nov. (Lifestyle section) 6 e A Russian coat..in brown tweed with velvet trim and jet glass buttons. the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > bitumen > bituminous earth or shale the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > shale > bituminous shale 1798 W. F. Mavor V. 221 Hewn out steps in the alabaster spar, or jet rock. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler (ed. 7) III. 8 The best jet is obtained from a lower bed of the upper lias formations. This bed..is known as jet rock. 1948 R. M. Pearl vi. 245 The so-called jet rock near Whitby is a shale containing logs and irregular pieces of jet. 2000 179 277/1 Spherical concretions 15 cm in diameter..mark the base of the Jet Rock and its top is marked by concretions 5 mm in diameter. the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > stratum or bed > of coal > seam of specific coal 1873 19 Dec. 85/1 The thinness of the jet seam generally prevents large objects from being made. 1891 Jet Seam, a bed of Durham coal of a coarse cannel species, nearly approaching to a black shale. the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > Inoperculata > family Limacidae > unspecified type 1882 30 Dec. 579/1 The Jet Slug..about 2½ inches long. 2008 N. Hammond 20/1 Smooth jet slug. Milax gagates. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > ebony 1607 E. Topsell 193 The Ethyopians payed for a tribute vnto the king of Persia euery 3. yeare twenty of these [elephants'] teeth hung about with gold and Iet-wood. 1816 F. Kendall 82 Many masses of jet..on polishing their surfaces exhibit the grain wood in a very perfect degree: this we denominate jet-wood. 1884 W. Smith V. 274 It is formed of jet, but of that inferior kind known in this jet district as ‘jet wood’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jetn.3Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: jet v.2; French jet. Etymology: Partly < jet v.2, and partly (in later use) < French jet projection, protruding part (1387 in Middle French, originally with reference to a jetting: see jetting n.3), stream of liquid or gas shot forward or thrown upwards (1659, originally in jet d'eau jet d'eau n.), channel, tube, or opening by which molten metal is introduced into a mould (1690), firework producing an intense stream of flame and sparks (although this is first attested slightly later: 1752 in †jet de feu ; compare quot. 1749 at sense 8)), specific senses of jet throw, cast (1155 in Old French, originally with reference to a throw of dice) < jeter jet v.2 Compare Italian getto (a1250), Portuguese jeito (14th cent. as †geito ; now chiefly in transferred senses ‘fashion, manner, kind’ (with this semantic development, compare jet n.1)). Compare earlier jet n.1, which may show earlier use of the same word. With sense 1 compare jetty n. 1 and jutty n. 2. I. An artefact that protrudes or extends. the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part a1500 ( in J. S. Brewer (1858) 524 (MED) A pon the wych wall shall be edified the hythe of iij solars with jetts lyyng ouer the church ȝorde..the wych the jetts of the furst solar shall streche ouer the sayd wall ij fette and a halfe. 1610 G. Fletcher 29 Pillars that..rise with goodly grace and courage bold, To beare his Temple on their ample ietts. 1623 G. Fletcher i. iv. 121 The World wants..those two mayne iettes, to sustayne her crazie buildings with which the Courts of GODS house are most gracefully pillard & vpheld, Selfe-sufficiency and Perpetuitie. 1832 12 May 113/2 They took a pleasure in a particular jet of the trouser at the bottom. society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessel for scooping liquid > [noun] 1501–2 in D. Dymond (1995) I. 149 Pro iij gettes viijd. 1660 in F. W. Steer (1950) 92 In the malt house..Two Tubbs, a Jett, a trough, a hairecloath. 1696 Inventory 22 May in D. P. Dymond & A. Betterton (1982) 89 One large mishing tubb... A meshing staf A jet an Eal stol. 1727 R. Bradley (Dublin ed.) at Brewing Mix it again with your Hand Jett. 1742 W. Ellis (ed. 4) I. 50 Others..for Butt or Stout-beer will..mix it once, and beat it again with the Hand-bowl or Jett. 1784 G. White 24 Apr. (1970) xvii. 239 The use that the buyer turns them to is cooperage; because he says the wood is light for buckets, jets &c. & will not shrink. 1804 Trade Notices 13 Aug. in W. B. Crump (1931) 324 Dyehouse Utensils... Wool Nets, Winches, Scrays, Jets, Rings, Nets, &c. a1825 R. Forby (1830) Jet, a very large ladle to empty a cistern. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey 159/2 Jet,..5) a long-handled ladle. II. An ejected stream of material. 3. the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of squirting or issuing in a jet > [noun] > a jet the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > sudden or violent > in a jet > a jet the world > matter > gas > [noun] > a flow of 1661 G. Havers tr. M. de Scudéry V. iii. 193 A Jet of water fifty feet high, of so prodigious and extraordinary a greatness, that it would seem a thick pillar of Crystal. 1686 (Royal Soc.) 16 121 An even polished round Hole in the end of the Pipe, gives a higher Ject than either a Cylindrick or Conical Adjutage. 1728 A. Pope ii. 23 Thus the small jett which hasty hands unlock, Spirts in the gard'ners eyes who turns the cock. 1793 J. Smeaton (ed. 2) §317 (note) This momentary Spout of the Edystone may perhaps be best compared with the momentary jet of boiling water..from the Fountain Geisser in Iceland! 1825 W. Hone (1826) I. 1185 Lighted by..a single hoop..with little jets of gas. 1843 J. Ruskin I. 343 A jet of spray leaps hissing out of the fall. 1869 J. Phillips ix. 252 Jets of solid stones are thrown up with violence. 1903 G. Herschell vii. 107 The intragastric needle-douche..may be described as the application of fine jets of fluid under considerable pressure to the interior of the stomach. 1968 B. Hines 128 One boy posed Eros-like, and allowed a jet of water to play into his palm and waterfall out on to the tiles of the drying area. 2002 30 Aug. 21/1 Relief as she walks out of the examination schools to be greeted, not by jets of champagne, but by her mother in shalwar kameez. 1822 J. M. Good III. 395 Where these stimulants are regularly administered . . , the alternations of jets and pauses in the flow of the nervous power, as we have already remarked, are uniform. 1877 ‘H. A. Page’ II. xvi. 28 He would brighten up..with little jets of humour. 1914 J. Joyce 58 Little jets of wheezing laughter. 1990 G. Kinnell i. 13 Fire waved, in secret, jets of remembrance out of the cloven wood. 4. Astronomy. the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > comet > [noun] > head > sector 1847 7 203 The effect produced on a comet's orbit by the reaction of the matter of these jets. 1888 C. A. Young (1889) xvii. 404 In the case of a very brilliant comet, its head is often veined by short jets of light which appear to be continually emitted by the nucleus. 1931 (Univ. Calif.) 17 481 Secondary nuclei were found showing all the properties of the primary nucleus, namely, halos, jets, and streamers. 2000 R. Burnham ii. 57 In Halley's case..much activity takes the form of individual jets. the world > the universe > sun > [noun] > chromosphere > spicule 1871 101 405 A vertical jet of hydrogen..should attain an altitude of 43,000 miles, if the solar gravity were constant for that altitude. 1876 (Royal Soc.) 165 582 Chromosphere 8″–12″ high..a jet overlapped the limb, but the prominence changed its form and it soon went off. 1948 108 130 An interpretation of the chromospheric spicules as a system of superthermic jets is presented. 2002 J. B. Zirker viii. 144 All these observations lead to the idea that a spicule is a kind of plasma jet that squirts up a flux tube. the world > the universe > constellation > galaxy > [noun] > jet 1952 C. Payne-Gaposchkin vi. 128 Even Messier 87 has not developed beyond all enterprise; a gigantic jet..seems to be spurting radially outward from its nuclear region. 1970 25 May 5/3 It will be interesting to see if the X-rays are coming from a bright jet of material which seems to be emitted from the rest of the galaxy. 2003 J. Scalzi xiii. 196 Because galaxies are oriented at all angles to the Earth's point of view, sometimes the jet of hot, fast-moving gas that bursts off a quasar will appear to be pointed directly at the Earth. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > movements and pressure conditions > [noun] > jet stream 1953 79 236 The wind components perpendicular to this axis were evaluated on each sounding at 50-mb intervals below and above the level of the jet. 1968 25 1169/1 An equatorial jet can be driven by a convergence of momentum flux. 1990 (Nexis) 13 Dec. The destruction of the ozone layer..had been isolated over Antarctica by containing winds called the polar night jet. 2000 8 Sept. 1739/3 Pressure anomalies..evolved into coherent structures that propagate eastward at 100 m s-1 relative to the equatorial jet. 1967 B. 2 152 As a rule symmetrical jets tend to cluster around the value K/K′ = 1. 1973 (U.K. ed.) Oct. 113/1 Another prediction..is that the hadrons should come out of the reaction in back-to-back cones known as jets. 1988 S. W. Hawking v. 74 Several almost free quarks were produced and gave rise to the ‘jets’ of tracks seen in the picture. 2004 A. Watson iv. 259 The first part of the detector to witness this starburst of particles, and help to resolve it into particular jets hinting at top quarks, is the silicon vertex detector. III. A device by which a stream of material is ejected. 7. society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > casting equipment > tube through which metal is poured 1735 J. Barrow I. at Foundery Along the middle of the mould is laid half a little cylinder of brass, which is to be the master jet or canal for running the metal. 1797 XV. 30/1 They then apply the jet, which is a sort of funnel, through which the metal is poured that is to form the figures. 1850 37 37 The melted metal is to be poured into the mould by the ‘jet’ or opening at x. 1889 5 Feb. 252/2 The jets are tubes destined to distribute the metal throughout the cavity of the mould. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > cast metal > piece of metal on casting 1832 C. Babbage xi. 62 A jet is left which may supply the deficiency of metal arising from that cause, and which is afterwards cut off. 1875 E. H. Knight II. 1212/1 Jet, the sprue of a type, which is broken therefrom when the type is cold. 1921 W. H. Slater i. 23 Finishing means breaking off the ‘tang’ or ‘jet’ left at the bottom of each letter when this is not done on the machine. 1990 A. Lawson xxxi. 389 The final operation..consisted in planing the bottom of each letter to remove the burr caused by the breaking of the jet. the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > types of 1749 11 A magnificent Jet de feu of forty Feet high.] 1774 W. Hooper IV. l. 157 Artificial fireworks may be reduced to four principal colours. The first is that of jets of fire, which is of a clear white. 1803 C. Hutton tr. J. Ozanam & J. E. Montucla III. 488 Jets of fire are a kind of fixed rockets... When arranged in a circular form..they form what is called a fixed sun. 1868 June 74/1 Fountains and jets of fire throw up their blazing cascades into the skies. 9. society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > spout 1807 T. Young I. xxviii. 337 The first reservoir of the fountain is lower than the orifice of the jet; a pipe descends from it to the air vessel. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ 216 Two other branch-pipes, supplied with gas from the gasometer, and ending in a jet at each end. 1851 II. 389 Garden-engine..with jet and spreader, for watering plants, greenhouses [etc.]. 1922 T. M. Lowry viii. 92 (caption) Fig. 50.—Morley's combustion-tube. The gases were admitted by jets..they were ignited by sparking. 1955 K. Hutton & A. Swallow xiv. 208 This liquid is then squirted through very fine platinum jets into sulphuric acid baths, emerging as 72 fine white filaments. 2000 S. Garfield 71 The pulp is dissolved in an amine oxide and the result is forced into a water bath through fine jets. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > jet 1887 XXII. 500/2 The oil is injected in the form of a spray..by a steam jet arranged in such a way that air will be drawn into the furnace along with the petroleum. 1929 K. Newton & W. Steeds vii. 108 The jet [in a diesel engine] must also be so disposed and directed that a stream of liquid is not likely to impinge on the cylinder wall or piston. 1963 C. Campbell vi. 97 This is a simple auxiliary carburettor with an air jet and a fuel jet feeding into a passage leading to the engine side of the throttle plate. 1995 J. Miller & M. Stacey (ed. 8) vi. 170 As the accelerator is pressed down, more air is drawn in; this in turn sucks more petrol from the float chamber through small jets which spray petrol into the tube. IV. Senses connected with jet propulsion. 10. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with jet engine(s) 1944 10 Feb. 153/2 The advantages of the jet are so great that I am sure their development will be rapid. 1953 8 June 29/1 Many U.S. pilots have shot down Red jets over Korea. 1960 ‘Miss Read’ (1962) ix. 98 A near-by airfield added its quota of screaming jets to the pandemonium. 1973 14 Jan. 7/2 The enormous capacity of the latest generation big jets. 2006 (Nexis) 28 Aug. 2A Regional jets..have become a staple, serving major metropolitan airports and midsize cities. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > jet engine 1948 ‘N. Shute’ i. 7 The Mark I model..had radial engines, though now they all have jets. 1957 31 Aug. 697/1 In military air weapons, the jet is now giving way to the rocket motor. 1983 M. McCollum xvii. 152 She..boosted with all the thrust her backpack jet could provide. 2003 (National ed.) 6 Feb. a30/1 The loads that would be required in order to cause the aerosurfaces to react and the jets to fire. Phrasesthe world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] > instantaneously or with a short space of time a1856 W. Hamilton (1860) IV. xxiv. 20 A long definition is..burthensome..to the understanding, which ought to comprehend it at a single jet. 1892 Dec. 244/2 The women are more built up by intellectual analysis based on Browning's own emotion..than created at a single jet. 1900 G. L. Raymond xiii. 228 In a moment, at a single jet, the picture is in the mind's eye. 1910 16 671 The work was a unit, produced at one jet, as is the case with a modern novel. the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner 1878 H. Reeve i. 9 There is no similar instance..of a writer whose language attained perfection at the first jet. 1880 19 Jan. 4 It is always desirable that an etching should be a first thought... A certain spontaneity and freshness seems to belong to all work done at the first jet. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. 1796 (Dublin ed.) XVII. 763/2 A crooked pipe..which enters the upright pipe laterally..has a small jet hole. 1879 (new ed.) IV. 74/1 The most brilliant light from common gas is produced by a burner in which the jet-holes are very numerous. 1999 (Nexis) 24 July h11 Take a wooden stick, such as a chopstick, and clear the jet hole; the mineral deposits should be loosened enough to remove easily. b. attributive. With the sense ‘of, relating to, or using a jet engine or jet aircraft’. 1945 7 Aug. 1/3 (heading) U.S. ace of Pacific dies in jet crash. 2008 S. E. Hodes i. i. 15 No mention of a jet crash occurred in the news for nearly a week. 1949 4 Sept. 5/3 A butterfly tail gives the jet efflux a free run. 1966 D. Stinton 244 The position of the fin was an initial argument against mounting the engine above the boom, because of the hot jet efflux playing on the surfaces. 2005 (Nexis) 11 Nov. (Columns section) 11 Their jet efflux is heavier than air; it drifts downwards. 1945 30 Apr. 8/1 Texaco research has been investigating jet fuels and lubricants for many months. 1966 (rev. ed.) I. 178/2 Volatility is the most important consideration in the selection of jet fuels. 2007 (National ed.) 3 June iii. 3/4 Biofuel replacements for jet fuel and gasoline. 1948 30 Dec. 3/5 The mechanic in the jet hangar is no longer a ‘grease monkey’. He's a ‘kerosene tender’. 2003 A. Shelby v. 97 [They] were now living at the air force base, where airmen and women had set up cots in the jet hangar. 1949 7 Aug. 1/7 (heading) Awarded contract to curb jet noise. 2000 81 25 Environmental noise (mainly wind and jet noise from Denver International Airport) made detecting amphibian calls on the tapes difficult at times. 1945 Feb. 75 (caption) The jet pilot must either go into a climb or dive to avoid becoming a target. 1991 R. R. McCammon iii. ii. 227 I might want to be a milkman like Dad, or a jet pilot or a detective. 2004 Dec. (Suppl.) 3/1 Famed for being a jet pilot,..he once let slip the wish to missile Microsoft's headquarters. 1951 59 392/1 Details of this ‘jet’ route were presented to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers meeting. 1970 27 Feb. 3/8 (heading) Windsor on jet route. 2008 (Nexis) 12 Mar. 18 A newer generation Boeing 737 will service the airline's jet routes, while a newer generation turboprop aircraft will serve on its northern routes. 1944 8 Sept. 10/1 This plane would use a gas turbine to drive the propeller, and use the exhaust gases to produce a form of jet thrust. 2007 (Nexis) 30 Dec. m2 Jet thrust up here feels different than it does for passengers. 1946 31 May b4/2 An order had been placed for a 38-ton jet transport which would carry passengers across the Atlantic at a speed approaching 600 miles an hour. 1949 29 Sept. 438/2 A large jet transport might take five years to develop to the production stage. 2008 (Nexis) 6 May 25 The danger here is that, if they take off, they could displace not jet transport but freight shipping. 1949 16 Feb. 5/1 If a new war should occur within that period jet transportation might easily become a reality before that time. 1961 L. Mumford xvi. 505 Jet transportation brings an area twelve hundred miles away as near as one sixty miles distant today. 2007 (Nexis) 26 July a7 The state is highly dependent on jet transportation. It doesn't have cheap renewable energy at its disposable either. 1946 21 June 1/4 (heading) Jet travel at 400mph like riding in plushy car on smooth road at 70. 1962 13 June 11/1 What with jet travel, the Common Market and [etc.]. 1994 27 Sept. c4/1 In this era of jet travel, planes fly faster than the time it takes for a newly exposed individual to become ill. 1955 18 Aug. a6/1 A five-hour service between Honolulu and San Francisco will permit a jet traveler to breakfast in New York and lunch in Hawaii. 1964 M. McLuhan ii. x. 94 The jet traveler..might just as well be in a cocktail lounge. 2007 (Nexis) 21 Nov. 23 (heading) One in ten jet travellers tell of lost luggage. c. attributive. In the designations of aircraft (and occasionally other forms of transport) powered by jet engines. 1944 22 Jan. 2/4 At Cambridge University yesterday Group Captain Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet aeroplane, received the degree of M.A. by proxy. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ ii. 36 Also I must buy an aeroplane—a jet aeroplane, very fast. 2007 (Nexis) 26 Mar. ABS Jets (Czech Republic), operator of private jet aeroplanes, introduced the fifth aeroplane, for which it will care, on 27 Mar 2007. 1944 K. Mendelsshon Let. in 12 Jan. 6/2 The jet aircraft is driven by reaction pressure against the fuselage or wings, which is comparable to the recoil of a gun. 1954 11 Sept. 12/2 On multi-engined jet aircraft the horizontal tail must also be placed away from the jet blast. 2006 (Nexis) 24 Apr. 8 They have no interest in larger jet aircraft, but only turboprop aircraft for the foreseeable future. 1944 7 Feb. 38/3 (heading) Jet Airliners Seen Ten Years Distant... Jet propulsion will make progress but will not be in common use for airliners in less than ten years, a leading British aircraft designer believes. 1959 2 Mar. 16/4 The new large jet airliners are probably as fast, and can fly as high, as most jet bombers now in service. 2002 15 Oct. ii. 9/2 Flying a jet airliner was the most challenging thing that I'd encountered. 1944 7 Jan. 3/6 (heading) Londoners frightened by first appearance of new ‘jet’ airplane. 1992 22 Nov. v. 10/3 She is one of those beautiful American women with a crush on Europe. So I grew up in a little magical world of art and books and jet airplanes. 1945 15 Mar. 13/8 The jet fighters..encountered..a twin jet bomber.] 1947 51 194/3 This new jet-bomber, the YB-49, is powered by eight General Electric J-35 jet engines. 1965 H. Kahn x. 200 In a jet-bomber and ballistic-missile age, events go so fast. 1993 Mar. 179 Karl Heinzel..remembers working on the German Arado 234B, the world's first operational jet bomber. 1944 6 May 20/2 The British had flown a jet plane successfully, and now the USAAF proposed to develop a twin-engined jet fighter of its own. 1964 M. McLuhan ii. xxvii. 272 The two pilots of one Canadian jet fighter. 2006 T. Wallman in Summer 31 The jet fighters approached and dived like eager pelicans into the flare-lit spots. 1946 19 July 4/3 The jet liner will offer speed with comfort. 1961 A. Miller i. 12 A great jet liner roars over, flying quite low. 2002 (National ed.) 11 Apr. a16/5 A man was arrested in December on suspicion of trying to blow up a jetliner with explosives in his sneakers. 1944 7 Jan. 5/5 At least three of the belligerent nations—Britain, Italy, and Germany—have been searching for a successful ‘jet’ 'plane for many years. 1964 M. McLuhan ii. xviii. 177 The effect of..jet-plane speeds. 1997 A. Roy (1998) i. 5 It was painted blue like the sky, with drifting clouds and tiny whizzing jet planes with white trails that crisscrossed in the clouds. 1953 31 Aug. 7/6 (heading) Air refueling test made on jet tanker. 1967 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) 27 Jet tankers are also needed for long distance inflight refuelling of the CF5. 2008 (Nexis) 2 Mar. a1 The Pentagon's chief weapons buyer commended the service for its rigorous work in selecting a manufacturer for its next-generation fleet of jet tankers. 1948 19 Mar. 8/8 The first two-place jet trainer plane in the world, flew its first test flight today.] 1959 23 Feb. 11/8 The first such experiments were conducted by a pilot and a doctor in a T-33 jet trainer. 1992 Oct. 36/1 Even antiquated airplanes like T-33 jet trainers converted for attack duties can seriously deplete a small nation's treasury. d. Instrumental. With the sense ‘by jet engine or jet aircraft’. 1944 8 Sept. 2/6 Experiments with jato—the Navy's abbreviation for jet assisted take offs—began in 1941 at Annapolis. 1957 413 The missile is using jet-assisted rocket bottles to launch it. 2006 V. Smil ii. 70 Because its turbojet engines could not develop enough thrust, the plane had 18 small rocket units in the fuselage for jet-assisted takeoff. 1950 16 May 11/2 (caption) Jet-borne ‘Wing’ takes wing. 1968 21 Apr. iv. 1 Johnson..climbed aboard his jetborne White House for the flight back to his Texas ranch. 2003 (Nexis) 18 June a13 West Nile virus, believed to have been originally harbored in an Israeli farm goose, arrived in New York City in 1999—whether by jet-borne mosquito, human or bird, nobody knows. 1944 7 Jan. 1/2 (heading) Allied ‘jet’ powered plane proves successful in tests. 1957 I. 246/2 Aeroplanes are either propeller driven or jet powered. 2001 Feb. 5/1 FHM's gleeful dabble with bufoonery rolls in with a woman who wants to be a cow, letters from a dead man and jet-powered scooters. C2. the world > time > period > [noun] > of the world or history > specific eras or ages 1948 11 May 4/3 The demonstrations had proved the usefulness of the aircraft carrier in the jet age. 1953 21 Feb. 122/1 A weird-looking, skin-tight ‘space suit’ now clothes the jet-age test pilot. 1971 12 June 12/3 You can cleanse yourself immediately of most jet-age pollution in the..local Turkish bath. 2000 20 Sept. f1/3 Even in the jet age, Australia is many hours and thousands of dollars away. 1947 21 July 1/5 The jet bike in its trials stage. 1981 10 Apr. 11 b/3 (advt.) Two Suzuki wet bikes. Jet bikes for the water. Been used once. 2003 May 78/1 Image is everything on this jet bike, the watercraft equivalent of a..Harley. 2009 (Nexis) 23 Sept. a1 Until his last days, he would join his son in the garage as the jet-bike came together. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by jet of water 1952 30 Sept. 6/4 (heading) Mr. Cobb killed on Loch Ness. Jet-boat smashed in fastest run. 1963 J. Hamilton (title) White water, the Colorado jet boat expedition, 1960. 1975 8 Jan. 9/3 Propelled and steered by its water jet, the [Sir William] Hamilton jet boat can make 180-degree turns in its own length. 2003 Summer 130/2 It charms visitors from all the neighbouring resorts, who swarm onto the beach as they disembark from the constant relay of jetboats that patrol the coast with relentless regularity. 1960 9 Apr. 8/1 The novel propulsion idea was discovered by William Hamilton of New Zealand. Before Hamilton's discovery, experiments were conducted in jet boating by releasing the jet stream under water. 1976 R. J. Johnston 87 A watersport available to only a few is jetboating. 2008 (Nexis) 15 Aug. (Sport section) 26 He did at least find time to pursue a favourite pastime—jet boating. 1887 T. B. Reed 30 About the year 1476 types were made differing only in the two points of the want of a nick and the want of a jet-break from the types of to-day. 1990 A. Lawson x. 129 Each letter had to be dressed, which included removing the jet..and..the planing of the foot to eliminate the jet break. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [noun] > controls > devices to control altitude, attitude, or motion 1955 1 Sept. 11/3 The jet flap..incorporates a new dynamic principle which is nowhere to be found in nature. 1963 5 Apr. 493/1 The principle of the jet flap was..patented in 1952 by the National Gas Turbine Establishment. 2009 M. Cook et al. ii. 91 The jet flaps simulate the effect of the flap, without the external mechanisms of the flaps. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > hydroplane, hydrofoil, or hydroglider 1972 7 Oct. 3A/1 Boeing Co.'s Jetfoil, a high-speed, passenger carrying hydrofoil was given the production okay in Seattle. 1982 3 Oct. 25/5 By now you could feel the West close by..a jetfoil ride across a short stretch of the South China Sea. 2001 D. Mitchell 390 Then she took the late afternoon jetfoil back to Kagoshima, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > a flight through air or space > short or rapid > by jet society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > fly (in) an aircraft [verb (intransitive)] > in an aeroplane > in a jet 1948 2 July 2/4 (heading) Jet hop overseas delayed week. 1963 26 Feb. 8/6 A certified real Orient just a jet-hop away. 2004 (Nexis) 26 Oct. A weekend getaway in the Poconos, a jet hop to a Notre Dame football game. 1964 24 Sept. 1/5 Goldwater jet-hopped north to Wichita to start a central farm belt swing. 2004 (Nexis) 3 Nov. 6 He jet-hopped between homes in London and Berkshire, Palm Spings in California and the South of France. the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for applying medicaments > [noun] > jet injector 1947 26 223 Figure 2 shows position of the jet injector for anesthetizing the skin preparatory to insertion of lumbar puncture needle. 1973 28 Apr. 927/2 Two jet injectors were ordered for the vaccination of the 5 and 6-year-old children. 2007 (Nexis) 17 June (Lifestyle section) 35 Instead of a needle to anesthetize the scrotal area, Dr. Weiss explains how he uses a jet injector to push anesthetic through the skin. 1946 10 June ii. 1/8 The four jet jockeys will stop at Oklahoma City, Okla., en route to Washington. 2001 June 43/1 Your average jet jockey can only withstand about 10 Gs before blacking out. society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > aerodynamic forces and concepts > [noun] > thrust > of jet or rocket engine 1947 27 May 1/8 (headline) Solid fuel made of asphalt is secret in jet lift of planes. 1968 25 July 167/1 Jet lift, as a means of personal mobility, has been a tempting idea since Rolls-Royce began using the Flying Bedstead. 2006 A. Filippone xvi. 440 The use of a conventional jet diverted downward is an intermediate case between pure jet lift and propellor lift. 1954 30 Sept. 511/2 The commercial jet-lifters are yet to come. 1967 Feb. 68/2 As long as a decade ago, technically competent enthusiasts were saying that another form of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) transport, the jet-lifter, was just round the historical corner. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > jet society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > jet engine 1921 2 The hub 25 is chambered as at 27, the chamber communicating with the pipes..so as to form a jet motor for the fan. 1937 1/1 This invention relates to the propulsion of rockets..by a jet of gas... The equipment employed for propelling the rocket is hereinafter called a ‘jet motor’. 1944 Nov. 346/2 This is the Whittle aircraft, with a gas-turbine jet-motor. 1975 37 8 The thrust of a 747's jet motors. 2008 (Nexis) 31 Aug. t31 His 14-foot johnboat with jet motor went unused and deteriorated. 1952 6 July (Home Mag. section) 47 (advt.) [The space helmet] comes to you complete with flexible outer tubes attached to large double astral jet pack tanks with official space patrol commander insignia. 1957 11 Aug. (2nd Comic section) (caption) His jet pack was used up, and he was almost out of oxygen..but he's alive! 1990 Aug. 38/2 The military has been using jet packs to fly men over battlefields. 2005 Aug. 17/1 Strapped into a jet pack, McCandless traveled more than 300 feet from the mother ship [sc. the space shuttle Challenger]. society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > other types of pipe society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > jet > parts of 1795 J. Banks iii. 120 The jet-pipe and cock. 1844 2 161 The cock so adjusted as to allow the gaseous mixture to escape through the jet pipe with sufficient celerity, a flame of hydrogen was applied to the outside of this pipe. 1946 50 317/1 The air is circulated through a radiator or heat exchanger situated in the jet pipe of the engine. 1992 J. Peters & J. Nichol vi. 47 John got busy with the countermeasures: chaff to confuse their radars, flares to sucker the heat-seeking Sidewinders away from our jet pipes. society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > airport > types of 1956 26 Feb. a3/6 The outward pressures of airports and industry may cause many families to move—some away from jet ports, some nearer jobs in suburbs. 1972 Jan. 40 d/3 (advt.) A fourth major jetport to serve the New York metropolitan area. 2001 (Nexis) 20 Dec. 1 a The jetport's master plan calls for expanding the terminal starting in 2011 to handle projected increases in airline traffic. society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > other types of pump 1850 60 215 The difference..of 11° between the water before and after injection, was supposed to be owing to the imperfect working of the jet pump. 1916 13 48 It should be possible to construct a jet pump which would operate even at the lowest pressures. 1996 R. D. Woodson xiv. 195 It is also possible that a jet pump won't be able to raise water more than 20 feet. 1931 C. P. Howard 2/1 Said blade is self-retarding under increased jet speed. 1964 10 Aug. 8/1 A tremor in a gunner's trigger-finger on board a machine moving at jet speed could spray bullets wide of a small mark. 1985 Nov. 67/2 Get the planes up to jet speed without the blade tips getting into the wasteful supersonic range. 2008 (Nexis) 20 June The wine market is growing at jet speed. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > jet > types of society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > jet engine > types of 1878 A. Jay Du Bois tr. P. J. Weisbach II. §239. 369 As such a turbine is set in motion by an isolated stream, it is not improperly called a jet turbine. 1901 H. T. Bovey (ed. 2) 400 In the jet turbine the water passes along the axis and is distributed radially in all directions. 1944 238 236 Up there, the propellerless jet turbine works better, because the air resistance on the plane is less. 2000 C. More iii. 63 The skill content of a modern product such as a jet turbine is far greater than that of a steam engine. 1881 65 427 That class of parallel-flow turbines in which the jet velocity is equal to that due to the whole head. 1909 19 Dec. 14/5 For anything like a speed of 20 knots an hour it would mean having a jet velocity of at least about 40ft a second. 1966 (rev. ed.) XIV. 159/1 Under these conditions, afterburning to an exhaust temperature of 3460°R provides an increase in jet velocity of..1·5. 1999 (Royal Soc.) A. 357 2336 There are two distinct effects of upstream cooling. The jet velocity will be increased at any given flight speed, and the flight Mach number..will be reduced. 1948 24 July 2/3 As the aircraft passed them..their comparatively small DC-3 fluttered in the ‘prop wash, jet wash or rocket wash’. 1967 14 June 65/2 (advt.) 5 min. Jet Wash... Hydro jet turns any garden hose into a hi-speed washer for cars, trailers, windows, siding. 1999 (Nexis) 4 July a4 Among the newly outlawed activities: weaving though other boats at an unsafe speed and steering toward an object or person and then turning sharply in an attempt to spray the person or object with jet wash. 2002 J. Mann iii. 40 (caption) A mechanical car wash doesn't get your car very clean. A jet wash is better. 1959 15 Feb. i. 18/7 ‘Jetway’ walks due... United Air Lines has ordered nine telescoping passageways for installation this summer. 2006 Winter 49/1 I put him on a plane..watched his bottom lip quiver for just a second before he turned and marched resolutely down the jetway. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † jetn.4Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: jet v.1 Obsolete. the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > sudden > a sudden dart 1647 H. More i. i. lii Their [sc. sparrows'] jets, their jumps, that mirour doth disclose. 1647 H. More ii. iii. iii. lxxi So could I..prove..why Saturn moves Ofter in those back jets then Jove doth shoot. 1676 T. Mace iii. vi. 249 If It be a Shorter Stroak; then according to Discretion, a Shorter Jet of the Wrist, Performs It. the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stately or affected 1686 G. Etherege 29 Apr. (1974) 33 The pretty jett she has in walking And the soft sound of high Dutch talking. 1712 E. Budgell No. 277. ¶17 The genteel Trip, and the agreeable Jett, as they are now practised at the Court of France. 1719 T. D'Urfey I. 222 She..has got the Town Jett with her Bum too. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † jetn.5 Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: gist n.3 Etymology: Variant of gist n.3 (see discussion at that entry). Obsolete. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [noun] > essential part α. 1748 S. Richardson III. lxiv. 315 Here comes the jét of the business. 1751 S. Richardson (ed. 3) VII. xcix. 386 To point out..where the jet of our arguments lieth. 1795 tr. K. P. Moritz 57 The jett, or principal point in the debate, is lost in these personal contests. 1813 Dickinson 5 May in 1st Ser. 25 1141 The story of the loaf was the whole jet of the case. 1818 483 This is the jet of all her reasoning. 1872 R. Rainy (1883) iii. 140 The very jet of the quarrel lay here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). jetv.1 Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: jet v.2; French geter. Etymology: Either a specific sense of jet v.2 (although that is first attested later), or < an unrecorded specific sense development (after classical Latin iactāre sē , iactārī to boast, brag, to flaunt oneself, show off: see jactation n.) of Anglo-Norman and Middle French geter, getter, jeter, jetter jet v.2 Compare jetter n.1 I. Senses relating to gait and motion. 1. the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in stately or affected manner the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] > move or walk ostentatiously the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > leap or prance a1400 (c1303) [implied in: R. Mannyng (Harl.) l. 761 (MED) Þys gentyl men, þys gettours [v.r. gettourys] Þey ben but Goddys turmentours; Þey turment hym alle þat þey may with fals oþys.]. (Harl. 221) 192 Gettyn, verno, lassivo, gesticulo. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 428 Þogh he iette forth a-mong þe prees, And ouer loke euery pore wight, His cofre and eke his purs ben penylees. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. 149 (MED) The seide William wente iettynge in the stretes [L. pompatice procedebat, Trev. wente wiþ greet boost and array], and moche peple drawynge to hym. a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in (?1545) 51 And yet she wyll iet..In her furred flocket. 1533 J. Heywood sig. Civ v Jet where ye wyll I swere by saynte Quintyne Ye passe them all both in your owne conceyt and myne. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus I. Luke xix. 150 The Pharisee, he goeth jetting bolt upright. 1587 M. Grove (1878) 41 They [sc. horses] prauncing iette, to shew themselues which best might tread the land. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. 291 Others..cast out their feet before them, staulk and jet as they go, as Storks and cranes. 1640 ‘Ben-Arod Gad’ 55 Your Wife [shall be] pointed at, for jetting in stolne feathers. 1669 J. Worlidge (1681) 304 The Wicked Crow aloud fowl~weather threats, When alone on dry sands she proudly jets. 1713 101 See whether they take heed to their feet..which never cease from..jetting up and down. 1802 J. Sibbald IV. Gloss. Jett up and down, to flaunt about, or from place to place. 1861 J. R. Wise Gloss. Words still used in Warks. in 153 Jet, to walk, or rather strut, proudly, ‘like a crow in a gutter’, as the common Warwickshire saying that accompanies it runs. 1874 A. C. Swinburne i. i. 3 You..see This fellow gilt and garnished with her grace Sit covered by the queen where lords stand bare And jet before them lordlier. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey 159/2 Look at our Daãvid jettin' arun lãike yon! The gret wommacks! Fer landsaãkes, who do 'e think 'e is? the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > tread in a stately or affected manner the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display of [verb (transitive)] > walk in or on ostentatiously 1533 J. Heywood sig. Civ v Then wolde we get the stretes trym as a parate ye shold se how we wolde set our selfe to show. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara f. 262v/2 I ietted the stretes, I sang ballades. 1576 G. Gascoigne sig. E.j In towne, he ietted euery streete, As though the god of warres..Might wel (by him) be liuely counterfayte. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus ii. 105 The Tribunes also..with multitudes of armed men went squaring and ietting the streetes. 1935 E. R. Eddison xix. 384 They..began like jack sauces to jet the streets, quick to beat or kill any that should displease them. †2. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper a1529 J. Skelton (?1530) sig. Ciiiv Mary thou Iettes it of hyght. 1592 T. Nashe (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C4 v Mistris Minx..iets it as gingerly as if she were dancing the Canaries. a1624 Bp. M. Smith (1632) 229 They iet it not onely in soft clothing, but in cloth of gold and of siluer. a1635 ‘T. Randall’ in (1636) sig. C4v Where..harmlesse Nimphes, jet it with harmlesse Swaynes. 1672 Maypole Dance in 80 Then ev'ry man began to foot it round about; And ev'ry Girl did jet it, jet it, jet it, in and out. 1821 8 306 We often see those who come to this age..jetting it like young gallants, up and down the streets in gay clothes. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil vii. sig. T.iiij Girt in skinnes they iett, wt vinetree garlonds borne on prickes. 1604 T. Wright (new ed.) iv. ii. §3. 134 To trip, to iet, or any such like pase, commeth of lightnesse. 1637 T. Morton ii. i. 60 Cleare running streames..jetting most jocundly where they doe meete; and hande in hand runne downe to Neptunes Court. 1699 B. E. Jetting along, or out, a Man Dancing in his Gate. 1878 T. C. Irwin 203 Little Beatrice passes... Jetting daintily along, Dittying to herself a song. the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > leisurely or idly 1530 J. Palsgrave 563/2 I get up and downe, I loyter as an ydell or masterlesse person dothe, je vilote. 1546 J. Heywood ii. iv. sig. Giiv God forbyd wyfe, ye shall fyrst iet. I will not iet yet (quoth she) put no doubtyng. a1571 J. Jewel Expos. 2 Thess. 134 in (1611) Poore soules came creeping and crying out of Purgatory, and ietted abroad. 1600 iii. sig. D4v Ioculo, whither iettest thou? Hast thou found thy Maister? 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi iii. 207 Passing-by without seeing them, shee jetted on with a pace so indecent, as pierced Lucano to the heart. 1706 (new ed.) To Jet, to run up and down. a1777 Robin Hoode & Q. Kath. xix, in F. J. Child (1888) III. v. cxlv Thus he ietted towards louly London. †II. Senses relating to behaviour. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > live dissolutely [verb (intransitive)] society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > make merry [verb (intransitive)] > noisy or riotous ?1518 A. Barclay sig. Av In the towne and cyte, so long getted had he That from thens he fledde, for det and pouerte. 1530 J. Palsgrave 570 I go a jettynge or a ryottynge, je raude. 1584 R. Scot xii. xvii. 265 A certeine sir Iohn..once went abroad a ietting, and..robbed a millers weire. 1640 in Balfour 37 That he may jet in dancing and whooring. the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)] ?1521 A. Barclay sig. Ciij They laude their verses, they bost, they vaunt & get. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe 490 On this maner ietteth forth this Buskine Portingall. a1592 R. Greene (1599) v. sig. I1v Iason did iet when as he had obtaind, The golden fleece by wise Medeas art. 1664 ii. 20 King James for joy began to jet So huge an army to behold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jetv.2 Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French jeter. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French geter, getter, jetter, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French jeter to throw, cast (late 9th cent. in Old French), to dart (10th cent.), to emit or send forth (liquid) (c1050 with reference to tears, 14th cent. or earlier with reference to a fountain), to cast (metal) (c1170), to throw oneself upon (prey) with vigour (1560 in jeter sur , used reflexively) < an unattested post-classical Latin form *iettare < post-classical Latin iectare (Vulgate, in a manuscript of the 8th or 9th cent.; alteration (perhaps after the classical Latin past participial stem iect- ) of classical Latin iactāre (see jactation n.)), with assimilation of the consonant cluster. Compare Old Occitan getar , gitar (c1290), Catalan gitar (13th cent.), Spanish (with popular phonological development of Latin -ct- to an affricate) echar (10th cent.), (regional) jetar , jitar (14th cent.), Portuguese jeitar (1214), Italian gettare (13th cent.; also (now archaic or literary) gittare ). Compare earlier jet v.1, which may show the same word.In the Middle English form ȝette perhaps influenced by forms of yet v. Senses 6a and 6b are apparently not paralleled in French; with these senses compare jut v.2 I. Senses relating to sudden movement. the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] a1450 (a1422) in V. O'Mara (2002) 138 So most ȝow ȝette and caste owth thorow clene confessyon all ȝowre synnys. 1659 D. Pell 407 As the ball that is jetted to and fro upon the racket. 1659 D. Pell 414 They have no mind to bee jetted up to the Heavens in a storm. 1877 E. Peacock Jet, to throw with a jerk. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Jet... Used also for throwing stones, &c., with a twist or jerk of the arm, distinguished from Pelting, or throwing with a straight throw; ‘The boys were pelting and jetting’. 1900 J. Good (?1994) I. 49 Jet,..to throw. the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (intransitive)] > jog or jolt to and fro or up and down a1635 R. Corbet (1807) 95 I on an ambling nag did jet,..And spur'd him on each side. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] 1635 F. Quarles iii. i. 130 Like as the Hagard, cloyster'd in her Mue,..Iets oft from Perch to Perch. 1647 H. More ii. iii. iii. xxxiv Not more heavie then dry straws that jet Up to a ring, made of black shining jeat. 1827 J. Montgomery vii. 174 He hoped to see..The wingless squirrel jet from tree to tree. the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > move the tail 1657 R. Ligon 60 As she [sc. a bird] sits on a stick, jets, and lifts up her train, looking with so..merry a countenance. 1783 (new ed.) v Todeo, -ere,..to jet up and down like a wagtail. II. Senses equivalent to jut v.2society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > infringe or encroach on c1590 (1844) 2 It is hard when English~mens pacience must be thus jetted on by straungers. 1597 W. Shakespeare ii. iv. 50 Insulting tyranny beginnes to iet [1623 Iutt], Vpon the innocent and lawlesse throane. View more context for this quotation 1636 T. Heywood Loves Maistresse i, in (1874) V. 104 A..foole, Who spights at those above him,..and his equalls jets upon. 6. the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)] 1593 T. Nashe f. 37 Thy streets were paued with Marble, and thy houses ietted out with Iaphy and Cedar. 1615 G. Sandys 116 The houses..jetting over aloft like the poopes of ships, to shadow the streets. 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier iii. vii. 28 A Window, that jetted upon the Garden. 1655 T. Fuller ix. 142 Enough hereof at this time, having jetted out a little already into the next year. 1662 W. Gurnall 335 That thy faith may not jet beyond the foundation of the promise. 1749 L. Evans (1755) 8 (note) Spurs we call little Ridges jetting out from the principal Chains of Mountains. 1762 R. Forbes (1886) 228 A moss-grown Ruine, jetting into the North Side of the Lake. 1805 W. Godwin III. xi. 182 The corner of a letter caught my eye, which jetted out from one of the toilet-boxes that formed a portion of the furniture of this apartment. 1855 C. Clive (1856) v. 154 The little pier, which now lay in solitude, jetting out into the advancing tide. 1948 G. Greene Hint of Explan. in (1986) 41 Tall chimneys jetting into the grey night sky. 1999 B. Kellerman i. iii. 68 Pointe du Hoc, an enormous rock that jetted out to the sea. society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)] > build outwards 1632 in (1886) III. 192 John Gryffin hath Jetted out his chamber Windowes over the Lords Wast. 1667 ‘Rege Sincera’ 30 Magistrates..have suffered them..to encroach upon the streets, and so to jet the top of their houses, so as from one side of the street to touch the other. 1713 W. Derham iii. iv. 79 That..it [sc. the earth] should be jetted out everywhere into Hills and Dales..is a manifest sign of an especial Providence. 1997 19 Mar. 32/5 It is one big conservatory, with a huge glazed gable jetted out, like a half-timbered house with glass instead of wattle-and-daub. III. Senses relating to the emission of material. 7. the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of squirting or issuing in a jet > squirt liquid [verb (transitive)] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > in a jet a1684 J. Evelyn anno 1645 (1955) II. 395 In the Garden..are plac'd 16 vast Conchas of marble jetting out Waters. 1708 P. A. Motteux i. iv. 158 The Three Graces, with their Cornucopia's,..did jet out the Water [earlier edd. jert, Fr. jectoyent l'eau] at their Breasts, Mouth, Ears, Eyes. 1786 E. Harington 52 There is a fountain in the court..from three masques in bronze which jet water from their mouths. 1815 W. Scott i. xviii. 25 Conflicting tides that foam and fret, And high their mingled billows jet. 1849 J. D. Dana (1850) vii. 356 The lavas may be jetted from a vent in small ejections. 1926 G. W. Russell 164 Now the buried stars beneath the mountain And the vales their life renew, Jetting rainbow blooms from tiny fountains. 1992 B. Gill vii. 114 A large..kettle on a trivet was jetting a funnel of steam. the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of squirting or issuing in a jet > squirt or issue in a jet [verb (intransitive)] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > violently > in a jet 1692 J. Ray ii. ii. 96 Springs break out after great rains which jet and spout up a great height. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei 168 Pipes, by which..they caused odoriferous Liquor to spring up from the bottom to the top of the Amphitheatre, which then jetted and spread itself in the Air. 1774 T. Pennant 311 A vast cataract, whose waters falling from a high rock, jet so far as to form a dry hollow beneath. a1854 H. Reed (1857) iii. 101 That quiet humour which is forever jetting out of Chaucer's pages. 1862 J. Tyndall xi. 90 We..observe the smoke of a distant cataract jetting from the side of the mountain. 1928 F. Hurst xxxi. 315 The tears jetted and careened down to her lips. 1980 G. Williams 4/1 The waterwheel..is turned by a powerful force of water jetting through a narrow, controllable opening. 2000 M. Ondaatje 92 They moved to the mound where they could be hosed off, beginning with hair and shoulders, the water jetting onto their almost naked bodies. society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > lay foundations > make hole for 1900 26 No. 1. 52 The 60 ft. in depth of the outer 8-in. pipe which had been jettied out, was afterward filled with clay and gravel rammed in by hand.] 1908 H. P. Gillette & C. S. Hill x. 172 (heading) Method and Cost of Molding and Jetting Piles for an Ocean Pier. 1956 H. L. Nichols vi. 25/2 If the cover should be left off, and the vertical pipe filled with dirt.., it may be jetted out by the use of an engine-driven water pump. 1997 B. C. Gerwick ii. xi. 290 Where the pile will be jetted down prior to replacing the hammer, then the entrance fitting may be merely a nipple at the pile head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jetv.3Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: jet n.3 1. society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > transport through the air [verb (transitive)] > by powered aircraft > by jet 1946 June 50 A Martin Marauder was jetted into the air for the scientist-spectators. 1951 A. C. Clarke vii. 81 They jetted themselves slowly out across the surface of Deimos. 1968 28 Sept. 9/6 (advt.) Clarksons jet you to top resorts like Alpbach, Auffach, [etc.]. 1995 Jan. 23/3 Several of the label's most famous acts will be jetted over the pond for a week of shows in February. society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > fly (in) an aircraft [verb (intransitive)] > in an aeroplane > in a jet 1949 8 Jan. 17 I rather think Captain Osborne will be the first of us to go jetting to the moon. 1959 23 Mar. 20/3 Jetting home to Moscow..Krushchev exuded confidence. 1971 21 Oct. 71/3 Perhaps I'd been lucky to catch him in today, before he jetted off to Tokyo or the Bahamas? 2004 J. Fellowes (2005) i. 35 Some sort of international whizz-kid, jetting between Hong Kong and Zurich. society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > hastily or suddenly 1951 A. Bester in Feb. 156 You'd better jet. If you get trapped inside that pleasure-pain chaos, you're gone. 1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ ii. 41 I jetted out of there and went to the roof of my building. 1987 H. Montenegro et al. Girls ain't Nothing but Trouble (song, perf. ‘DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince’) in (2003) 137 Got to Betty's at eight, I was ready to jet Until Betty's mom said, ‘Betty's not ready yet.’ 2007 M. Yu & B. Kan viii. 80 I gotta jet. I need to head over to MSG to talk to the Rangers people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1c1330 n.2adj.a1398n.3a1500n.41647 n.51748 v.1a1400 v.2a1450v.31946 |
