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jade
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[
jeyd] 
–noun
| 1. | either of two minerals, jadeite or nephrite, sometimes green, highly esteemed as an ornamental stone for carvings, jewelry, etc. |
| 2. | an object, as a carving, made from this material. |
| 3. | Also called jade green. green, varying from bluish green to yellowish green. |
jade
2 [jeyd] noun, verb, jad⋅ed, jad⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a worn-out, broken-down, worthless, or vicious horse. |
| 2. | a disreputable or ill-tempered woman. |
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 3. | to make or become dull, worn-out, or weary, as from overwork or overuse. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; of obscure orig.
1350–1400; ME; of obscure orig.
Related forms:
jadish, adjective
jad⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
jad⋅ish⋅ness, noun
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| jade 1 (jād) n.
[French (le) jade, (the) jade, alteration of (l')ejade, from Spanish (piedra de) ijada, flank (stone) (from the belief that it cured renal colic), from Vulgar Latin *īliāta, from Latin īlia, pl. of īlium, flank.] jade adj. |
| jade 2 (jād) v. jad·ed, jad·ing, jades v. tr. To wear out, as by overuse or overindulgence. See Synonyms at tire1. v. intr. To become weary or spiritless. n.
[From Middle English iade, cart-horse, nag; akin to Swedish dialectal jälda, mare, possibly of Finno-Ugric origin.] |
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Jade
Jade\, n. [F., fr. Sp. jade, fr. piedra de ijada stone of the side, fr. ijada flank, side, pain in the side, the stone being so named because it was supposed to cure this pain. Sp. ijada is derived fr. L. ilia flanks. Cf. Iliac.] (Min.) A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples. Note: The general term jade includes nephrite, a compact variety of tremolite with a specific gravity of 3, and also the mineral jadeite, a silicate of alumina and soda, with a specific gravity of 3.3. The latter is the more highly prized and includes the feitsui of the Chinese. The name has also been given to other tough green minerals capable of similar use.Jade
Jade\, n. [OE. jade; cf. Prov. E. yaud, Scot. yade, yad, yaud, Icel. jalda a mare.]1. A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag. --Chaucer. Tired as a jade in overloaden cart. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man. --Shak. She shines the first of battered jades. --Swift. 3. A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt. A souple jade she was, and strang. --Burns.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 labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass. The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, . . . checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. --Locke. Syn: To fatigue; tire; weary; harass. Usage: To Jade, Fatigue, Tire, Weary. Fatigue is the generic term; tire denotes fatigue which wastes the strength; weary implies that a person is worn out by exertion; jade refers to the weariness created by a long and steady repetition of the same act or effort. A little exertion will tire a child or a weak person; a severe or protracted task wearies equally the body and the mind; the most powerful horse becomes jaded on a long journey by a continual straining of the same muscles. Wearied with labor of body or mind; tired of work, tired out by importunities; jaded by incessant attention to business.Jade
Jade\, v. i. To become weary; to lose spirit. They . . . fail, and jade, and tire in the prosecution. --South.
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Language Translation for : jade
Spanish:
jade,
German:
der Jade; Jade-…,
Japanese:
ひすい
jade (1)
"gemstone," 1598, from Fr. le jade, error for earlier l'ejade, from Sp. piedra de (la) ijada (1569), "stone of colic, pain in the side" (jade was thought to cure this), from V.L. *iliata, from L. ilia (pl.) "flanks, kidney area."
jade (2)
"worn-out horse," c.1386, possibly from O.N. jalda "mare," from Finno-Ugric (cf. Mordvin al'd'a "mare"). As a term of abuse for a woman, it dates from 1560. Jaded "dulled by continual indulgence" is from 1631.
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| jade (jād) Pronunciation Key
A hard gemstone that is pale green or white and consists either of the mineral jadeite (a pyroxene) or the mineral nephrite (an amphibole). It usually forms within metamorphic rocks. |
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JADE
James' DSSSL Engine
Jade
1. U Washington, late 80's. A strongly-typed language, object-oriented but without classes. For type research. The compiler output is Smalltalk. [Submitter claimed that Jade has exactly one user!]
2. Implicit coarse-grained concurrency. The constructs 'with', 'withonly' and 'without' create tasks with specified side effects to shared data objects. Implemented as a C preprocessor. "Coarse-Grain Parallel Programming in Jade", M.S. Lam et al, SIGPLAN Notices 26(7):94-105 (Jul 1991).
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