jot

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

JOT, noun [ Heb. yod.] An iota; a point; a tittle; the least quantity assignable. Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one title shall in no wise pass from the law till all shall be fulfilled. Matthew 5:18. A man may read much, and acquire not a jot of knowledge, or be a jot the wiser. JOT, verb transitive To set down; to make a memorandum of.
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