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Bounty jumper
(gcide) | jumper \jump"er\ (j[u^]mp"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, jumps.
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2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
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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.
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4. (Zool.) The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly,
under Cheese.
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5. (Eccl.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain
Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was
characterized by violent convulsions.
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6. (Horology) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to
lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
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Baby jumper. See in the Vocabulary.
Bounty jumper. See under Bounty.
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Bounty jumper
(gcide) | Bounty \Boun"ty\, n.; pl. Bounties. [OE. bounte goodness,
kindness, F. bont['e], fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for
older duonus; cf. Skr. duvas honor, respect.]
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1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. [Obs.]
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Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty.
--Gower.
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2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or
liberal giving; generosity; munificence.
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My bounty is as boundless as the sea. --Shak.
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3. That which is given generously or liberally. "Thy morning
bounties." --Cowper.
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4. A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into
the public service; or to encourage any branch of
industry, as husbandry or manufactures.
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Bounty jumper, one who, during the latter part of the Civil
War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted
as soon as possible after receiving the bounty. [Collog.]
Queen Anne's bounty (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in Queen
Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings.
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Syn: Munificence; generosity; beneficence.
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