Jet
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
(2): ( v. i.) To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
(3): ( v. t.) To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.
(4): ( v. i.) To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
(5): ( n.) The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
(6): ( n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
(7): ( n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.
(8): ( n.) 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.
(9): ( n.) Same as 2d Get.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A hard, black, bituminous lignite, capable of an excellent polish and easily carved, hence useful for trinkets and ornaments, which have been made of it from very early times; is found in France, Spain, and Saxony, but the best supplies come from Whitby, Yorkshire.
