[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jet \jet\, n. f. jet, of. get, giet, l. jactus a throwing, a
   throw, fr. jacere to throw. cf. abject, ejaculate,
   gist, jess, jut.
   1913 webster
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. drift; scope; range, as of an argument. obs.
      1913 webster

   3. the sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type
      is cold. --knight.
      1913 webster

   jet propeller naut., a device for propelling vessels by
      means of a forcible jet of water ejected from the vessel,
      as by a centrifugal pump.

   jet pump, a device in which a small jet of steam, air,
      water, or other fluid, in rapid motion, lifts or otherwise
      moves, by its impulse, a larger quantity of the fluid with
      which it mingles.
      1913 webster
see also:
abject ejaculate gist jess jut jet propeller 
jet pump 

Propeller >> P Words
Propeller, definition of term: Propeller
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Jet >> J Words
Jet, definition of term: Jet
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Jet Set >> J Words
Jet Set, definition of term: Jet Set
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Jet Stream >> J Words
Jet Stream, definition of term: Jet Stream
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Jet Lag >> J Words
Jet Lag, definition of term: Jet Lag
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Jet Engine >> J Words
Jet Engine, definition of term: Jet Engine
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Jet Deau >> J Words
Jet Deau, definition of term: Jet Deau
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Gas Jet >> G Words
Gas Jet, definition of term: Gas Jet
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Ink Jet Printer >> I Words
Ink Jet Printer, definition of term: Ink Jet Printer
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