same as 2d get.-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.-a shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.-drift; scope; range, as of an argument.-the sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.-to strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.-to jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.-to shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.-to spout; to emit in a stream or jet.