The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jequirity
Jequirity \Je*quir"i*ty\, n., or Jequirity bean \Je*quir"i*ty bean`\ [Prob. fr. a native name.] (Bot.) The seed of the wild licorice ( Abrus precatorius) used by the people of India for beads in rosaries and necklaces, as a standard weight, etc.; -- called also jumble bead.
Wiktionary
jequirity
n. ''Abrus precatorius'', a legume native to Indonesia with long, pinnate-leafleted leaf, whose toxic seeds ("jequirity bean") may be used as beads or in percussion instruments.
Usage examples of "jequirity".
The flying pieces of glass injected the poison as by a myriad of hypodermic needles— the highly poisonous toxin of abrin, product of the jequirity, which is ordinarily destroyed in the stomach but acts powerfully if injected into the blood.