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Webster 1913 Edition

Jump

Jump

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To pass over by means of 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.
Shakespeare
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.

Jump

,
Noun.
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 this
jump
.
Shakespeare
3.
The space traversed by a leap.
4.
(Mining)
A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
5.
(Arch.)
An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
From the jump
,
from the start or beginning.
[Colloq.]
–
Jump joint
.
(a)
A butt joint
.
(b)
A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels.
–
Jump seat
.
(a)
A movable carriage seat
.
(b)
A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively;
as, a
jump-seat
wagon
.

Jump

,
Adj.
Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.
[Obs.]
“Jump names.”
B. Jonson.

Jump

,
adv.
Exactly; pat.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Jump

JUMP

, v.i.
1.
To leap; to skip; to spring. Applied to men, it signifies to spring upwards or forwards with both feet, in distinction from hop, which signifies to spring with one foot. A man jumps over a ditch; a beast jumps over a fence. A man jumps upon a horse; a goat jumps from rock to rock.
2.
To spring over any thing; to pass to at a leap.
Here, upon this bank and shelve of time,
We'd jump the life to come.
We see a little, presume a great deal, and so jump to the conclusion.
3.
To bound; to pass from object to object; to jolt.
The noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots. Nahum 3.
4.
To agree; to tally; to coincide.
In some sort it jumps with my humor.
[This use of the word is now vulgar, and in America, I think, is confined to the single phrase, to jump in judgment.

JUMP

,
Verb.
T.
To pass by a leap; to pass over eagerly or hastily; as, to jump a stream. [But over is understood.]

JUMP

,
Noun.
The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
1.
A lucky chance.

JUMP

,
Noun.
A kind of loose or limber stays or waistcoat, worn by females.

JUMP

,
adv.
Exactly; nicely.

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