The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . o tighten;,ii iixle-box in an axle-guard. jawyt (jai), «? [< j««i + -Z^-] Relating orjjcrtiiiuing to tlio jaws. The Uew-Iaps ami thujauy part of the faco. Gayton, Notes on Don (iuLxote, p. 42. jayl (ja), n. [ij + -ny, in kait, the name ofA.] The name of the letter J. It rarely writ-ten out, the symbol j being used instead. jay2 (ja), n. ?[< ME. jaij, //, mod. F.(ie(n, assibilation of earlier OF. ijiijl, ffdi = , qni = Up. (jdiio, a jay, gaija,
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . o tighten;,ii iixle-box in an axle-guard. jawyt (jai), «? [< j««i + -Z^-] Relating orjjcrtiiiuing to tlio jaws. The Uew-Iaps ami thujauy part of the faco. Gayton, Notes on Don (iuLxote, p. 42. jayl (ja), n. [ij + -ny, in kait, the name ofA.] The name of the letter J. It rarely writ-ten out, the symbol j being used instead. jay2 (ja), n. ?[< ME. jaij, //, mod. F.(ie(n, assibilation of earlier OF. ijiijl, ffdi = , qni = Up. (jdiio, a jay, gaija, a magpie; socalled from its gay plumage, < OP. gai, etc.,gay: see (70^1.] 1. Any bird of the subfamilyGarndiiia;: speeilieally, Gnrrulus (jhinduriun, acommon European 1)ird. about 13 inches long,of a gray color tinged with reddish, varied withblai-k, white, and blue, aud having the headcrested. The jays are biids usually of bright aud variedcolors, among which blue is the most conspicuous, thuscontrasting with the somber crows, their nearest tail is comparatively long, sometimes extremely so,. European J:iy {Garrufuxglandaritis). as in the magpie. They are noisy, restless birds, of ar-boreal habits, found in most parts of the world, reach-ing their highest development in the warmer parts ofAmerica, where some large and magnificent species arefound. With the exception of the boreal genus Peri-8oreu£, the jays of the old and the new world belong toentirely ditferent genera. The commonest and best-known jay of the XTnited States is the blue jay, CitanuntscrMatws or Cfianocitta criMata, a bird about 12 inches lung,with a fine crest, purplish-blue color on the back andpurplish-gray below, a black collar, and wings and tailrich blue varied with black and white. (.See-cut underdianodtta.) Anotlier crested species of the United .Statesis Stellers jay. 0. strllrri, resembling the last, but muchdarker in color, and confined to the west. The Canadajay or whiskyjack, Per
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