Jump"er (?), n.

1.

One who, or that which, jumps.

2.

A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.

3.

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.

4. (Zoöl.)

The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.

5. (Eccl.)

A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.

6. (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.

 

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Jump"er, n. [See 1st Jump.]

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.

 

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Jump"er, n.

A thing that jumps; esp., any of various tools or other contrivances operating with a jumping motion; as, (Mining, Quarrying, etc.),

an instrument for boring holes in rocks by percussion without hammering, consisting of a bar of iron with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.

 

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