a. [f. as prec. + -Y1.] Of a horse: Like a jade; tricky, jadish.

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1873.  Daily Tel., 26 May, 8/3. Somerset … has become so jady that at exercise he bolts, and is up to other shifty tricks to avoid work.

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1891.  H. S. Constable, Horses, Sport & War, 31. Some of the ‘jadiest’ mares bred the stoutest horses.

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