Jade definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary JADE, n. 1. A mean or poor horse; a tired horse; a worthless nag. Tired as a jade in overloaden cart. 2. A mean woman; a word of ... jades. 3. A young woman; in irony or slight contempt. JADE, n. A mineral called also nephrite or nephritic stone,remarkable ... It is fusible into a glass or enamel. Cleveland divides jade into three subspecies, nephrite, saussurite, and axestone. It is found in detached masses or inhering in rocks. JADE, v.t. To tire; to fatigue; to weary with ...
jade-green definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green [syn: jade, jade- green]
jade green definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green [syn: jade green, jade] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1892 a light bluish green
... her complaints about my food" [syn: tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade] 2: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain ... this hike" [syn: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant ... out the patience of ; bore Synonyms: tire, weary, fatigue, exhaust, jade, fag mean to make or become unable or unwilling to ... draining of strength by hard exertion < shoveling snow exhausted him >. jade suggests the loss of all freshness and eagerness < appetites jaded ... interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. --Shak. Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. --Dryden ... to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass. Syn: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See Jade. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ...
... surfeited. Derivatives: jadedly adv. jadedness n. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jade Jade, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Jading.] 1. To treat like a jade; to spurn. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To make ridiculous and contemptible. [Obs.] I do now fool myself, to let imagination jade me. --Shak. 3. To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued ... after. --Locke. Syn: To fatigue; tire; weary; harass. Usage: To Jade, Fatigue, Tire, Weary. Fatigue is the generic term; tire denotes ... weary implies that a person is worn out by exertion; jade refers to the weariness created by a long and ...
... s 1828 Dictionary NEPHRITE, n. A mineral, a subspecies of jade, of a leek green color, massive and in rolled pieces ... calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade that is less valuable than from jadeite; once believed to ... actinolite that is the commoner and less valuable kind of jade and that varies in color from white to dark green ... a green, yellow, or white calcium magnesium silicate form of jade. Etymology: G Nephrit f. Gk nephros kidney, with ref. to ... the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of jade. See Jade.
... JA'DING, ppr. Tiring; wearying; harassing. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jade Jade, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Jading.] 1. To treat like a jade; to spurn. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To make ridiculous and contemptible. [Obs.] I do now fool myself, to let imagination jade me. --Shak. 3. To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued ... after. --Locke. Syn: To fatigue; tire; weary; harass. Usage: To Jade, Fatigue, Tire, Weary. Fatigue is the generic term; tire denotes ... weary implies that a person is worn out by exertion; jade refers to the weariness created by a long and ...
... sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: French ... is a silicate of sodium and aluminum and is a jade • jaditic adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a green, blue, or white sodium aluminium silicate form of jade. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jadeite Jade"ite, n. (Min.) See Jade, the stone.
... taxicab] 6: an old or over-worked horse [syn: hack, jade, nag, plug] 7: a horse kept for hire 8: a ... kinds of work b. a horse worn out in service ; jade c. a light easy saddle horse; especially a three-gaited ... ordinary riding. b a horse let out for hire. c = JADE(2) 1. 2 a dull, uninspired writer. 3 a person ... inconsequential, indentation, inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inspiration, inspire, insufflation, iron lung, jade, jag, jigsaw, jitney, jitney driver, jog, joggle, jot, joyrider, jughead ...
... 2005) n 1: a woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop] Merriam Webster's noun (plural ... 2. A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; -- used as a term of contempt or reproach. --Grew. 3 ... N-COUNT [disapproval] Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Jade, quean, base woman, sorry wench. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar ... easy lay, easy woman, floozy, frail sister, grisette, harridan, hysteromaniac, jade, jezebel, loose woman, malapert, minx, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac, pickup, pup ...