Definition of Jeny
Jen"ny (?), n.; pl.
Jennies (&?;).
1. A familiar or pet form of the proper name
Jane.
2. (Zoöl.) A familiar name of
the European wren.
Jenny ass (Zoöl.), a female
ass.
Jen"ny, n. [A corruption of gin
an engine; influenced by Jenny, the proper name. See
Gin an engine, and cf. Ginny-carriage.] A machine
for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in
factories.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
JENNY. An instrument for lifting up the grate or top of a
show-glass, in order to rob it. CANT.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A jenny-ass; a female ass.
- A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
Jenny- A female given name, a diminutive of Jennifer.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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