Jade , v. i. To become weary; to lose spirit.
They . . . fail, and jade, and tire in the prosecution.
South.
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. -- 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 , 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 (?), 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.
&fist; 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.
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