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Webster 1913 Edition


Jesting

Jest′ing

,
Adj.
Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.

Syn. – joking.
He will find that these are no
jesting
matters.
Macaulay.

Jest′ing

,
Noun.
The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
Eph. v. 4.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jesting

JEST'ING

,
ppr.
Joking; talking for diversion or merriment.

JEST'ING

,
Noun.
A joking; concise wit; wit that consists in a trope or verbal figure, in a metaphorical sense of words, or in a double sense of the same word, or in similitude of sound in different words.