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JACTATION :  noun  a throwing, either of proud words or something else

. . . the immediate frenzy of jactation before a spinfit or conniption. . . 
--Theroux, Three Wogs, p. 59.

JEROPIGIA, GEROPIGIA :  noun  a mixture used to adulterate port wine; or port, so adulterated. See PATIBULARY

JIGGET :  noun  a juggling, a fidgeting. See FREMITUS

JOBBERNOWL :  noun  a blockhead, clodpate. Compare BOANTHROP, DODDIPOL, NUPSON

The jobbernowl approved this incredible plan (if you want the impossible done, always suggest an improbable manner of doing it.)
--Nye, Falstaff, p. 345.