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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 jel·ly n.; pl. Jellies
 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.
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