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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JEL'LY, n. [L. gelo, to congeal. See Gelly.]
1. The inspissated juice of fruit, boiled with sugar.
2. Something viscous or glutinous; something of the consistency of jelly; a transparent sizy substance, obtained from animal substances by decoction; portable soup.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods [syn: gelatin, jelly]
2: a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit
3: any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin v
1: make into jelly; "jellify a liquid" [syn: jellify, jelly]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural jellies) Etymology: Middle English gelly, from Anglo-French gelee, from feminine of gelé, past participle of geler to freeze, congeal, from Latin gelare — more at cold Date: 14th century 1. a soft somewhat elastic food product made usually with gelatin or pectin; especially a fruit product made by boiling sugar and the juice of fruit 2. a substance resembling jelly in consistency 3. a state of fear or irresolution 4. a shapeless structureless mass ; pulp • jellylike adjective II. verb (jellied; jellying) Date: 1590 intransitive verb 1. jell 2. to make jelly transitive verb to bring to the consistency of jelly

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a soft stiffish semi-transparent preparation of boiled sugar and fruit-juice or milk etc., often cooled in a mould and eaten as a dessert. b a similar preparation of fruit-juice etc. for use as a jam or a condiment (redcurrant jelly). c a similar preparation derived from meat, bones, etc., and gelatin (marrowbone jelly). 2 any substance of a similar consistency. 3 Brit. sl. gelignite (cf. GELLY). --v. (-ies, -ied) 1 intr. & tr. set or cause to set as a jelly, congeal. 2 tr. set (food) in a jelly (jellied eels). Phrases and idioms: jelly baby Brit. a jelly-like sweet in the stylized shape of a baby. jelly bag a bag for straining juice for jelly. jelly bean a jelly-like sweet in the shape of a bean. Derivatives: jelly-like adj. Etymology: ME f. OF gelee frost, jelly, f. Rmc gelata f. L gelare freeze f. gelu frost

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jelly Jel"ly, n.; pl. Jellies. [ Formerly gelly, gely, F. gel['e]e jelly, frost, fr. geler to freeze. L. gelare; akin to gelu frost. See Gelid.] 1. Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like. 2. The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly. Jelly bag, a bag through which the material for jelly is strained. Jelly mold, a mold for forming jelly in ornamental shapes. Jelly plant (Bot.), Australian name of an edible seaweed (Eucheuma speciosum), from which an excellent jelly is made. --J. Smith. Jelly powder, an explosive, composed of nitroglycerin and collodion cotton; -- so called from its resemblance to calf's-foot jelly.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jelly Jel"ly, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jellied; p. pr. & vb. n. Jellying.] To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(jellies) 1. Jelly is a transparent, usually coloured food that is eaten as a dessert. It is made from gelatine, fruit juice, and sugar. (BRIT; in AM, use Jell-O) ...a large bowl of jelly. N-MASS 2. Jelly is a thick sweet food that is made by cooking fruit with a large amount of sugar, and that is usually spread on bread. (AM; in BRIT, use jam) I had two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. N-MASS 3. A jelly is a transparent substance that is not completely solid. ...meat in jelly. N-VAR 4. see also royal jelly

Moby Thesaurus

Jell-O, albumen, batter, beat up, blancmange, bonnyclabber, butter, cake, candy, churn, clabber, clot, clump, cluster, coagulate, colloid, colloidize, comfit, compote, concrete, confection, confectionery, confiture, congeal, conserve, cornstarch, cream, curd, curdle, dough, egg white, emulsify, emulsionize, frosting, gaum, gel, gelatin, gelatinate, gelatinize, glair, glaze, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gumbo, gunk, honey, icing, incrassate, inspissate, jam, jell, jellify, knot, loblolly, lopper, lump, marmalade, meringue, molasses, mousse, mucilage, mucus, pap, paste, porridge, preserve, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, rob, semifluid, semiliquid, set, size, soup, starch, sticky mess, sweet, sweet stuff, sweetmeat, sweets, syrup, thick, thicken, treacle, tutti-frutti, whip, whipped cream