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jaunt(2) (iou) and DeLancey, James (sh)


jaunt(2) (iou)



jaunt verb. L16.
[Origin unkn.: cf. JAUNCE.]
verb trans. Exercise or tire (a horse) by riding it up and down. L16-E17.
verb trans. Carry about on a prancing horse or in a vehicle. rare. L16-E19.
verb intrans. Traipse about; run to and fro. L16.
verb intrans. Make a short journey, trip, or excursion, esp. for pleasure; take a jaunt. M17.
D. Lessing I've rushed around London,..jaunted off to Somerset and Dorset.
verb intrans. Move jauntily. rare. L19.
Comb.: jaunting car in Ireland, a light, two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for carrying four passengers seated either back to back or facing inwards, with a seat in front for the driver.

DeLancey, James (sh)




born Nov. 27, 1703, New York, N.Y.
died July 30, 1760, New York City

American administrator and jurist.

He was sent to Cambridge and later studied law in London. Returning to New York, he became a member of the governor's council in 1729 and a judge of the colony's supreme court in 1731. As chief justice (1733), he presided at the libel trial of John Peter Zenger. He opposed the royal governor, George Clinton, and used his influence in England to obtain Clinton's recall in 1753. He later served as lieutenant governor (1753-55, 1757-60).