jennyn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛni/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛni/

Etymology: A female personal name, pet-form or familiar equivalent of Janet (or, by confusion with Jinny or Jeanie, of Jane), and so serving as a feminine of Jack. Hence, like Jack, used as a feminine prefix, and as the name of machines.

I. The personal name.

1. The female name: hence, sometimes applied derisively to a man who concerns himself with purely feminine matters.

ΚΠ

1900 N.E.D. at Jenny Mod. Sc. ‘He is a regular jenny’.

a. Used as a prefix to denote a female animal, as jenny-ass, and esp. in names of birds, as jenny-hooper, jenny-howlet, and sometimes loosely applied without reference to sex.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > female

femalea1398

jenny1600

hen1768

the world > animals > birds > [adjective] > female

hena1500

jenny1600

the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun]

owleOE

howlec1430

mouser1440

howletc1450

nightbirdc1450

owlet1542

night owl1581

jenny-howlet1600

tu-whit tu-whoo1604

Welsh ambassador1608

mouse-catcher1611

Welsh falconera1640

hooter1673

hobhouchin1682

flying-cat1699

houchin1746

jumbie bird1827

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) > female

ass mareOE

asinec1540

jenny-ass1600

jenny1808

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxii. 122 To preuent the danger of owles and iennie whuppers.

1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse iii. ii, in Wks. (1873) III. 53 I should not be so fond to mistake a Jennie Howlet for a Tassel Gentle.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Jinny-Hullet, an owl.

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Jenny-Hooker, an owl. North. It is also called a Jenny-howlet.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 34 Blue Titmouse..Jenny tit (Suffolk).

b. Short for jenny-ass, jenny wren n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) > female

ass mareOE

asinec1540

jenny-ass1600

jenny1808

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Troglodytidae > genus Troglodytes > species troglodytes (wren)

wrenc725

little kingc1450

Our Lady's hena1529

jenny wren1648

regulus1678

tope1813

staga1825

kitty1825

feather-poke1831

robin1837

robin redbreasta1873

jenny1881

St. Kilda wren1884

1808 E. S. Barrett Miss-led General 22 A jackass and his jenny will do well enough for a lord and lady.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Jenny and Jenny-wren, the wren.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 35 Wren..Familiar names. Kitty, Jenny (General).

3. creeping Jenny, the plant Lysimachia Nummularia or Moneywort.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Primulaceae family or plants > [noun]

herb twopence1548

twopenny grass1548

water pimpernel1575

moneywort1578

pimpernel1633

piss-weed1714

samolus1753

bastard pimpernel1762

chaff-weed1796

pimpernel chaffweed1796

primwort1846

brook weed1861

money plant1873

Wandering Jenny1878

creeping Jenny1882

Wandering Sailor(s1882

1882 Garden 12 Aug. 138/2 The common Money-wort, or Creeping Jenny as it is called.

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Oct. 3/2 Vases..with fuchsia centres and pendent border of creeping jenny.

II. In names of machinery, etc.

4. Short for spinning-jenny n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > types of

water frame1777

spinning-jenny1783

mule1791

mule jenny1792

throstle1792

jenny1796

muslin wheel1830

hand mule1831

self-shifter1834

ring frame1850

cap-frame1884

trap-twister1884

trap-winder1884

1789 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 1 34 The construction of this Kind of Machine, called a Spinning Jenny.]

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 440 The filling of the cotton goods is spun with jennies.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 386 The operation of the jenny is nearly the same as the roving billy.

1859 S. Smiles Self-help 32 The work-people..made a desperate effort to destroy all the jennies; and a mob rose and scoured the country round Blackburn, demolishing the machines wherever they could find them.

5. A locomotive crane which runs backwards and forwards, and is used for moving heavy weights.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > crane > types of

quay crane1821

balance-crane1824

well crane1836

water crane1849

jenny1861

jib-crane1873

stacker1875

Titan1876

transfer-elevatora1884

whip-crane1883

Goliath1888

jigger1891

wharf crane1893

floating crane1903

tower crane1906

hammer-headed crane1908

portal crane1908

hammer-head crane1910

luffing crane1913

cherry-picker1945

stacker crane1959

monotower1963

Transtainer1964

portainer1966

1861 Ann. Reg. 17 The jenny, which is three or four tons in weight, fell on the top of the boiler.

1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 508 A jenny, or crane, is placed on a movable platform extending from one stage to the other.

6. A pair of compasses, having the point of one leg bent inwards, so as to be applied to an edge at right angles to the surface on which the other leg is fixed. Also called oddlegs or moffs.

ΚΠ

1900 N.E.D. at Jenny Mod. Price-list Engineers' & Joiners' Tools.

7. Billiards. Name of a particular stroke.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke

hazard1674

carambole1775

carom1779

cannon1802

screw1825

sidestroke1834

following stroke1837

cannonade1844

five-stroke1847

follow1850

scratch1850

fluke1857

jenny1857

bank shot1859

angle shot1860

draw shot1860

six-stroke1861

run-through1862

spot1868

quill1869

dead-stroke1873

loser1873

push1873

push stroke1873

stab1873

stab screw1873

draw1881

force1881

plant1884

anchor cannon1893

massé1901

angle1902

cradle-cannon1907

pot1907

jump shot1909

carry-along1913

snooker1924

1857 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiards (ed. 2) ii. 17 The Jenny..is made by a losing hazard into the middle pocket from a ball lying near to the cushion.

1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 149 Strokes..sometimes called Jennys.

1899 Daily News 31 Mar. 3/3 He then scored two brilliant jennies—short and long—and after another loser gave a safety miss.

Compounds

C1.

jenny-minder n.

ΚΠ

1899 Daily News 9 Jan. 7/2 Bolt-maker, Jenny-minder, Yeast-seller.

jenny-spinning v.

ΚΠ

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 385 The carding-engine used in jenny-spinning.

C2.

jenny-bank n.

ΚΠ

1852 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 13 ii. 275 The cross-beam in the outhouses was called the jenny-bank, from its being the usual domicile of the barn-owl.

jenny-gates n. (see quots.).

ΚΠ

1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 58 Cross-gates or jenny-gates are then driven, which are passages not only giving admission to the pure air, but serving for different roads to the works.

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jenny-long-legs n. Scottish a daddy-long-legs.

Categories »

jenny-mony-feet n. Scottish a centipede (Jamieson).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jenny
释义	jennyn. Brit. /ˈdʒɛni/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛni/ Etymology: A female personal name, pet-form or familiar equivalent of Janet (or, by confusion with Jinny or Jeanie, of Jane), and so serving as a feminine of Jack. Hence, like Jack, used as a feminine prefix, and as the name of machines. I. The personal name. 1. The female name: hence, sometimes applied derisively to a man who concerns himself with purely feminine matters. ΚΠ 1900 N.E.D. at Jenny Mod. Sc. ‘He is a regular jenny’. 2. a. Used as a prefix to denote a female animal, as jenny-ass, and esp. in names of birds, as jenny-hooper, jenny-howlet, and sometimes loosely applied without reference to sex. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > female femalea1398 jenny1600 hen1768 the world > animals > birds > [adjective] > female hena1500 jenny1600 the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] owleOE howlec1430 mouser1440 howletc1450 nightbirdc1450 owlet1542 night owl1581 jenny-howlet1600 tu-whit tu-whoo1604 Welsh ambassador1608 mouse-catcher1611 Welsh falconera1640 hooter1673 hobhouchin1682 flying-cat1699 houchin1746 jumbie bird1827 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) > female ass mareOE asinec1540 jenny-ass1600 jenny1808 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxii. 122 To preuent the danger of owles and iennie whuppers. 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse iii. ii, in Wks. (1873) III. 53 I should not be so fond to mistake a Jennie Howlet for a Tassel Gentle. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Jinny-Hullet, an owl. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Jenny-Hooker, an owl. North. It is also called a Jenny-howlet. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 34 Blue Titmouse..Jenny tit (Suffolk). b. Short for jenny-ass, jenny wren n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) > female ass mareOE asinec1540 jenny-ass1600 jenny1808 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Troglodytidae > genus Troglodytes > species troglodytes (wren) wrenc725 little kingc1450 Our Lady's hena1529 jenny wren1648 regulus1678 tope1813 staga1825 kitty1825 feather-poke1831 robin1837 robin redbreasta1873 jenny1881 St. Kilda wren1884 1808 E. S. Barrett Miss-led General 22 A jackass and his jenny will do well enough for a lord and lady. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Jenny and Jenny-wren, the wren. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 35 Wren..Familiar names. Kitty, Jenny (General). 3. creeping Jenny, the plant Lysimachia Nummularia or Moneywort. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Primulaceae family or plants > [noun] herb twopence1548 twopenny grass1548 water pimpernel1575 moneywort1578 pimpernel1633 piss-weed1714 samolus1753 bastard pimpernel1762 chaff-weed1796 pimpernel chaffweed1796 primwort1846 brook weed1861 money plant1873 Wandering Jenny1878 creeping Jenny1882 Wandering Sailor(s1882 1882 Garden 12 Aug. 138/2 The common Money-wort, or Creeping Jenny as it is called. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Oct. 3/2 Vases..with fuchsia centres and pendent border of creeping jenny. II. In names of machinery, etc. 4. Short for spinning-jenny n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > types of water frame1777 spinning-jenny1783 mule1791 mule jenny1792 throstle1792 jenny1796 muslin wheel1830 hand mule1831 self-shifter1834 ring frame1850 cap-frame1884 trap-twister1884 trap-winder1884 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 1 34 The construction of this Kind of Machine, called a Spinning Jenny.] 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 440 The filling of the cotton goods is spun with jennies. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 386 The operation of the jenny is nearly the same as the roving billy. 1859 S. Smiles Self-help 32 The work-people..made a desperate effort to destroy all the jennies; and a mob rose and scoured the country round Blackburn, demolishing the machines wherever they could find them. 5. A locomotive crane which runs backwards and forwards, and is used for moving heavy weights. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > crane > types of quay crane1821 balance-crane1824 well crane1836 water crane1849 jenny1861 jib-crane1873 stacker1875 Titan1876 transfer-elevatora1884 whip-crane1883 Goliath1888 jigger1891 wharf crane1893 floating crane1903 tower crane1906 hammer-headed crane1908 portal crane1908 hammer-head crane1910 luffing crane1913 cherry-picker1945 stacker crane1959 monotower1963 Transtainer1964 portainer1966 1861 Ann. Reg. 17 The jenny, which is three or four tons in weight, fell on the top of the boiler. 1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 508 A jenny, or crane, is placed on a movable platform extending from one stage to the other. 6. A pair of compasses, having the point of one leg bent inwards, so as to be applied to an edge at right angles to the surface on which the other leg is fixed. Also called oddlegs or moffs. ΚΠ 1900 N.E.D. at Jenny Mod. Price-list Engineers' & Joiners' Tools. 7. Billiards. Name of a particular stroke. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke hazard1674 carambole1775 carom1779 cannon1802 screw1825 sidestroke1834 following stroke1837 cannonade1844 five-stroke1847 follow1850 scratch1850 fluke1857 jenny1857 bank shot1859 angle shot1860 draw shot1860 six-stroke1861 run-through1862 spot1868 quill1869 dead-stroke1873 loser1873 push1873 push stroke1873 stab1873 stab screw1873 draw1881 force1881 plant1884 anchor cannon1893 massé1901 angle1902 cradle-cannon1907 pot1907 jump shot1909 carry-along1913 snooker1924 1857 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiards (ed. 2) ii. 17 The Jenny..is made by a losing hazard into the middle pocket from a ball lying near to the cushion. 1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 149 Strokes..sometimes called Jennys. 1899 Daily News 31 Mar. 3/3 He then scored two brilliant jennies—short and long—and after another loser gave a safety miss. Compounds C1. jenny-minder n. ΚΠ 1899 Daily News 9 Jan. 7/2 Bolt-maker, Jenny-minder, Yeast-seller. jenny-spinning v. ΚΠ 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 385 The carding-engine used in jenny-spinning. C2. jenny-bank n. ΚΠ 1852 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 13 ii. 275 The cross-beam in the outhouses was called the jenny-bank, from its being the usual domicile of the barn-owl. jenny-gates n. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 58 Cross-gates or jenny-gates are then driven, which are passages not only giving admission to the pure air, but serving for different roads to the works. Categories » jenny-long-legs n. Scottish a daddy-long-legs. Categories » jenny-mony-feet n. Scottish a centipede (Jamieson). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600
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