Obs. [f. JET v.1 + -ING1.] a. Pompous walking, strutting. b. Wanton revelry, riot. c. Walking, strolling.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 192/2. Gettynge in iolyte, gestus.
1509. Barclay, Shyp of Folys (1874), I. 221. These folys as it were rorynge swyne With theyr gettynge and talys of vycyousnes Trouble all suche seruyce, that is sayd.
1546. J. Heywood, Prov., II. v. (1867), 57. Besyde his iettyng into the towne, to his gyls, With calets he consumeth hym selfe and my goodes.
1609. Holland, Amm. Marcell., XXVIII. i. 328. He affected to imitate the Bracmans, who … keepe a stalking and stately ietting among the altars.
1654. J. P[rice], Tyrants & Protectors Set forth, 15. May we not well remember … their man-like apparel, their slasht sleeves, their jetting, their strutting, their leg-making, with the rest of their antique apparel and postures?
