Jay
[dʒeɪ] or [dʒe]
Definition
(noun.) crested largely blue bird.
(noun.) United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829).
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Definition
(n.) Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a crest.
Checker: Terrance
Definition
n. a bird of the crow family with gay plumage: a wanton woman: an indifferent actor a stupid chattering fellow.
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Examples
- And then you won't know me, sir; and I shall not be your Jane Eyre any longer, but an ape in a harlequin's jacket--a jay in borrowed plumes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The demonstration was, however, sufficiently successful to impel Jay Gould to contract to pay about $4,000,000 in stock for the patents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Jay Gould at that time controlled the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company, and was competing with the Western Union and endeavoring to depress Western Union stock on the Exchange. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- So the next morning Eckert came over with Jay Gould and introduced him to me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I have little right; and you, perhaps, have still less to come flourishing and fluttering into my chamber--a mere jay in borrowed plumes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Through an introduction from Mr. Jay Gould, who then controlled the Union Pacific, Edison was allowed to ride on the cow-catchers of the locomotives. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Of this period and his association with Jay Gould, some very interesting glimpses are given by Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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