What does jeast mean?
Jeast means (archaic) jest.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) jest.
Plume adds, "Sir John Mennes saw once his old father in his shop--a merry cheeked old man that said, 'Will was a good honest fellow, but he darest have crackt a jeast with him at any time.'"
And after, at a feast, Which he the king did make, He burnt the bonds all in jeast, And would no money take.
Use jeast when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Jeast means (archaic) jest.
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Plume adds, "Sir John Mennes saw once his old father in his shop--a merry cheeked old man that said, 'Will was a good honest fellow, but he darest have crackt a jeast with him at any time.'"
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