jeers

Noun (1)

jeer (plural jeers)

1. A mocking remark or reflection.
   • Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears.1711, Jonathan Swift, The Fable of Midas, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol XII, Sir Walter Scott, ed., Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1824, pages 302-5

   Synonyms:

   scoff, taunt, flout, jibe, mockery

Noun (2)

jeer (plural jeers)

1. A gear; a tackle.
2. (in plural) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.
   • In the nineteenth century, 1811 to be exact, the jeers were unrove after the yard was slung, the weight of the yard being borne by chain slings. The jeers used then were a treble block lashed to the mast head through a hole in the center of the top1984, James Lees, The masting and rigging of English ships of war, 1625-1860, page 65

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