▪ I. † jass, v. Obs. rare.
[var. chass, chase: cf. jace.]
trans. To chase.
| 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. 118 b, They [mares in foal] must bee kept in the house, and neyther labored nor iassed vp and downe, nor suffered to take colde. |
▪ II. jass
error for *iass, eyas.
| 1679 Lond. Gaz. No. 1436/4 Lost of his Majesties,..an Entermewed Jass Faulcon,..with the Kings Varvels. 1706 Phillips, Jass-hawk. 1755 Johnson, Jashawk (probably ias or eyas hawk), a young hawk. |
▪ III. jass
var. jazz n.