Jumblingly
(Jum"bling*ly) adv. In a confused manner.
Jument
(Ju"ment) n. [L. jumentum a beast of burden: cf. F. jument a mare, OF., a beast of burden.]
A beast; especially, a beast of burden. [Obs.]
Fitter for juments than men to feed on.
Burton. Jump
(Jump) n. [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. Juppon.] (a) A kind of loose jacket for men.
(b) pl. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
Jump
(Jump), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jumped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jumping.] [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G.
gumpen, jumpen.]
1. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through
the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.
Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square.
Shak. 2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. "The jumping chariots." Nahum iii. 2.
A flock of geese jump down together.
Dryden. 3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; — followed by with. "It jumps with my humor." Shak.
To jump at, to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at
a chance.
Jump
(Jump) v. t.
1. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.]
To jump a body with a dangerous physic.
Shak. 4. (Smithwork) (a) To join by a butt weld. (b) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
5. (Quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
To jump a claim, to enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by
prior entry and occupation. [Western U. S. & Australia] See Claim, n., 3. — To jump one's bail, to
abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. [Slang, U. S.]
Jump
(Jump), n.
1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. "To advance by jumps." Locke.
2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.]
Our fortune lies
Upon thisjump.
Shak. 3. The space traversed by a leap.
4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
