jade

JADE, noun 1. A mean or poor horse; a tired horse; a worthless nag. Tired as a jade in overloaden cart. 2. A mean woman; a word of contempt, noting sometimes age, but generally vice. She shines the first of battered jades. 3. A young woman; in irony or slight contempt. JADE, noun A mineral called also nephrite or nephritic stone, remarkable for its hardness and tenacity, of a color more or less green, and of a resinous or oily aspect when polished. It is fusible into a glass or enamel. Cleveland divides jade into three subspecies, nephrite, saussurite, and axestone. It is found in detached masses or inhering in rocks. JADE, verb transitive To tire; to fatigue; to weary with hard service; as, to jade a horse. 1. To weary with attention or study; to tire. The mind once jaded by an attempt above its power, is very hardly brought to exert its force again. 2. To harass; to crush. 3. To tire or wear out in mean offices; as a jaded groom. 4. To ride; to rule with tyranny. I do not now fool myself, to let imagination jade me. JADE, verb intransitive To become weary; to lose spirit; to sink. They are promising in the beginning, but they fail and jade and tire in the prosecution.