jumper

Definitions

1. 1.A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
2. 2.A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. [U.S.] J. F. Cooper.
3. 3.(Zoöl.) The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
4. 4.(Eccl.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
5. 5.(Horology) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. Baby jumper. See in the Vocabulary. -- Bounty jumper. See under Bounty.
6. 6.A loose upper garment; as: (a) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it. (b) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen called?
• What is a rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. [U.S.] J. F. Cooper called?
• What is the larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese called?
• What is a name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions called?
• What is spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. Baby jumper. See in the Vocabulary. -- Bounty jumper. See under Bounty called?
• What is a loose upper garment; as: (a) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it. (b) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys called?