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jayet |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jayet \Jay"et\, n. (Min.) See {Jet}. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jet \Jet\, n. [OF. jet, jayet, F. ja["i]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["o]l.), a blackish European ant ({Formica fuliginosa}), which builds its nest of a paperlike material in the trunks of trees.
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