Jeat

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

  Jeat \Jeat\, n. (Min.)
     See {Jet}. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Jet \Jet\, n. [OF. jet, jayet, F. ja["i]et, 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}.
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     {Jet ant} (Zool.), a blackish European ant ({Formica
        fuliginosa}), which builds its nest of a paperlike
        material in the trunks of trees.
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