[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 

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

jet \jet\, n.
   same as 2d get. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
get 

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

jet \jet\, n. of. jet, jayet, f. ja"iet, 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.
   1913 webster

   jet ant zool., a blackish european ant formica
      fuliginosa, which builds its nest of a paperlike
      material in the trunks of trees.
      1913 webster
see also:
jeat jayet black amber jet ant formica fuliginosa 

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

jet \jet\, v. i. imp.  p. p. jetted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   jetting. f. jeter, l. jactare, freq. fr. jacere to throw.
   see 3d jet, and cf. jut.
   1913 webster
   1. to strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be
      insolent; to obtrude. obs.
      1913 webster

            he jets under his advanced plumes    --shak.
      1913 webster

            to jet upon a prince's right.         --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. obs. --wiseman.
      1913 webster

   3. to shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
      1913 webster
see also:
jetted jetting jet jut 

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

jet \jet\, v. t.
   to spout; to emit in a stream or jet.
   1913 webster

         a dozen angry models jetted steam.       --tennyson.
   1913 webster

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

jet
     adj : of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
           syn: coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, sooty
     n 1: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines syn: jet
          plane, jet-propelled plane
     2: the occurrence of a sudden discharge as of liquid syn: squirt,
         spurt, spirt
     3: a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish
        and is used in jewellery or ornamentation
     4: street names for ketamine syn: k, super acid, special
        k, honey oil, green, cat valium, super c
     5: an artificially produced flow of water syn: fountain
     v 1: issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth;
          "water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the
          building" syn: gush
     2: fly a jet plane
     also: jetting, jetted
see also:
coal-black jet-black pitchy sooty jet plane jet-propelled plane 
squirt spurt spirt k super acid 
special k honey oil green cat valium super c 
fountain gush jetting jetted 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

86 moby thesaurus words for "jet":
   jet liner, anabasis, ascension, ascent, black, blowtorch,
   business jet, charcoal, clamber, climb, climbing, coal, crow, ebon,
   ebony, elevation, escalade, fountain, gush, gyring up, increase,
   ink, inky, jet plane, jetty, jump, leap, levitation, mount,
   mounting, multi-jet, night, pitch, pitch-black, pitch-dark,
   pulse-jet, ramjet, raven, rise, rising, rocketing up, sable,
   saltation, shooting up, single-jet, sloe, smoke, smut, soaring,
   soot, spout, spring, sprit, spritz, spurt, surge, tailless jet,
   takeoff, taking off, tar, turbojet, twin-jet, upclimb, upcoming,
   updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap,
   uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot,
   upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, vault, zooming

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

jet, ok town, fips 38000
  location: 36.66676 n, 98.18071 w
  population 1990: 272 164 housing units
  area: 0.8 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 73749

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

jet, ok -- u.s. town in oklahoma
   population 2000:    230
   housing units 2000: 149
   land area 2000:     0.308176 sq. miles 0.798171 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.308176 sq. miles 0.798171 sq. km
   fips code:            38000
   located within:       oklahoma ok, fips 40
   location:             36.666790 n, 98.181053 w
   zip codes 1990:     73749
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    jet, ok
    jet

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