n.; pl.Jesses [ OF. gies, giez, prop. pl. of giet, get, jet, F. jet, a throwing, jess. See Jet a shooting forth. ] (falconry) A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Like a hawk, which feeling freed From bells and jesses which did let her flight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. Jesse, the father of David, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. Herb. Yishai. ] Any representation or suggestion of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art; as: (a) A genealogical tree represented in stained glass. (b) A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse. [ 1913 Webster ]
Jesse window (Arch.), a window of which the glazing and tracery represent the tree of Jesse. [ 1913 Webster ]
[やこうぼく;ヤコウボク, yakouboku ; yakouboku] (n) (uk) night jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum); night jasmine; lady of the night; queen of the night [Add to Longdo]
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