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Bounty jumper

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Jumper \Jump"er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, jumps.

   2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.

   3. A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners
      which are in one piece with the poles that form the
      thills. [U.S.] --J. F. Cooper.

   4. (Zo["o]l.) The larva of the cheese fly. See {Cheese fly},
      under {Cheese}.

   5. (Eccl.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain
      Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was
      characterized by violent convulsions.

   6. (Horology) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to
      lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.

   {Baby jumper}. See in the Vocabulary.

   {Bounty jumper}. See under {Bounty}.

Bounty \Boun"ty\, n.; pl. {Bounties}. [OE. bounte goodness,
   kindness, F. bont['e], fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for
   older duonus; cf. Skr. duvas honor, respect.]
   1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. [Obs.]

            Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty.
                                                  --Gower.

   2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or
      liberal giving; generosity; munificence.

            My bounty is as boundless as the sea. --Shak.

   3. That which is given generously or liberally. ``Thy morning
      bounties.'' --Cowper.

   4. A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into
      the public service; or to encourage any branch of
      industry, as husbandry or manufactures.

   {Bounty jumper}, one who, during the latter part of the Civil
      War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted
      as soon as possible after receiving the bounty. [Collog.]
      

   {Queen Anne's bounty} (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in Queen
      Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings.

   Syn: Munificence; generosity; beneficence.
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