bounty jumper

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bounty jumper - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 \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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