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jayet Jet Jet, n. [OF. jet, jayet, F. ja["i]et, jais, L. gagates,
fr. Gr. ?; -- so called from ? or ?, a town and river in
Lycia.] [written also jeat, jayet.] (Min.)
A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet
black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought
into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called
also black amber.
Jet ant (Zo["o]l.), a blackish European ant (Formica
fuliginosa), which builds its nest of a paperlike
material in the trunks of trees.
