jess

Meanings

Noun

• A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.
• Alternative of jet (the mineral).
• Alternative of jet (the color).

Verb

• To fasten a strap around the leg of a hawk.

Adverb

• Pronunciation spelling of just

Origin

• From Middle English ges, from Middle French gies, from the plural of jet, from Vulgar Latin < iactus, or from jeter, itself from Latin iactare.
• See jet (etymology 2).
• See just.