jasper
IPA: dʒˈæspɝ
noun
- (obsolete) Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
- An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
- Jasperware pottery.
- (UK, West Country, Somerset, colloquial) A wasp.
- (US, slang) A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
- (Appalachia) A stranger.
- A male given name from Old Persian.
- A surname.
- One of the Magi, also known as Caspar.
- Place names:
- A town in Alberta, Canada.
- Jasper National Park in Alberta.
- A city, the county seat of Walker County, Alabama.
- A small city, the county seat of Newton County, Arkansas.
- A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Florida.
- A city, the county seat of Pickens County, Georgia.
- A city, the county seat of Dubois County, Indiana.
- A city in Pipestone County and Rock County, Minnesota.
- A city in Jasper County, Missouri.
- A town in Steuben County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
- A town, the county seat of Marion County, Tennessee.
- A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jasper Township.
verb
- (transitive) To decorate with, or as if with, jasper.
Examples of "jasper" in Sentences
- Jasper is a brave little ocelot.
- Jasper crawls over the floor in anger.
- Jasper also happens to be the current ord.
- Grampa and Jasper fight over the newspaper.
- Jasper provides a bottle of wine to Durdles.
- It is situated southeast of the town of Jasper.
- The construction of the Jasper hostel has begun.
- The jasper is the same crystal gem before mentioned.
- But i don't live in jasper county so i wont get paid.
- Jasper is a classically trained musician and composer.
- Banff and Jasper are the main communities in the region.
- Jasper continues as a promotional tool of Jasper tourism.
- The stone which we name "jasper" does not accord with this description.
- The word 'jasper' is derived from the Semitic languages; and from the confused description of Theophrastus
- Ordinarily, the jasper is a stone of various wavy colors, somewhat transparent: in Re 21: 11 it represents watery crystalline brightness.
- Before an enormous hearth stood a carved table of old oak, laden with golden dishes full of exquisite food, and wonderful fruit in jasper bowls, and dark purple clematis flowers were strewn upon the golden cloth.
- Wed 10/07/09 5: 44 PM the actor who plays jasper is great at manipulating annie. i sense chemistry and hope he stays on the show for awhile, or comes back. even tehough the previews say he is this big stalker, i am sure that is not the only side of him.
- Feb 3, 2010 i’m so sorry jasper is sick, i hope he starts to feel better really soon. boy, we sure can beat ourselves to death with the ol’ mother-guilt, can’t we? we all have it and we all drag ourselves over the hot coals with the would-have-could-have-should-have.
- This jasper is a transparent stone, which yet offers to the eye a variety of the most vivid colours, signifying the glorious perfections of God; the sardine-stone is red, signifying the justice of God, that essential attribute of which he never divests himself in favour of any, but gloriously exerts it in the government of the world, and especially of the church, through our Lord Jesus Christ.