jot

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The smallest letter or stroke of any writing; an iota.

   “For verily I ſay vnto you, Till heauen and earth paſſe, one iote or one tittle, ſhall in no wiſe paſſe from the law, till all be fulfilled.”

2. isim A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.

   “He didn’t care a jot for his work.”

3. isim An instant, a moment.

   “So vveake my povvres, ſo ſore my vvounds appeare, / that vvonder is hovv I ſhould liue a iot, / ſeeing my hart through launched euery vvhere / vvith thouſand arrovves, vvhich your eies haue ſhot: […]”

4. isim A brief and hurriedly written note.

   “"Lover," you say; "how beautiful that is, / That little word!” […] / Yes, it is beautiful. I have marked it long, / Long in my dusty head its jot secreted, / Yet my heart never knew this word a song / Till in the night softly by you repeated.”

5. fiil Chiefly followed by down: to write (something) quickly; to make a brief note of (something).

   “Tell me your order so I can jot it down.”

6. fiil To jerk or jolt (something); to jog.

   “Nowe is iuſte iuſtice, ſo iotted out of iointe, / That ye here vniuſtely, ſtande at deniall, / To do me iuſtice, and wolde by power ryall: / Directe mine acquitall or condemnacion, / Euen as wyll in both: weith your acceptacion.”

7. isim A jerk, a jolt.

   “[F]requent jot / Of his hard ſetting jade did ſo confound / The vvords that he by papyr-ſtealth had got, / That their loſt ſenſe the youngſter could not ſound, / Though he vvith mimical attention did abound.”