Jade, subst. 1) a term of contempt or pity for a worthless, or wicked, or maltreated horse: Ven. 391. Lucr. 707. Sonn. 51, 12. Gent. III, 1, 277. Meas. II, 1, 269. Shr. I, 2, 249. IV, 1, 1. Alls II, 3, 301. R2 III, 3, 179. V, 5, 85. H4A II, 1, 7. H4A II, 1, 7 H4B I, 1, 45. II, 4, 178. H5 III, 5, 19. III, 7, 26. IV, 2, 46. H6B IV, 1, 3.* Caes. IV, 2, 26. Hml. III, 2, 253. “--'s tricks:” Ado I, 1, 145. Alls IV, 5, 64. Troil. II, 1, 21.
2) a term of extreme contempt, when applied to persons, male as well as female: “no such j. as you,” Shr. II, 202. “I'ld play incessantly upon these --s,” John II, 385. “I had as lief have my mistress a j.” H5 III, 7, 63.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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