JetSo called from the River Gages, in Asia Minor, on the banks of which it was collected by the ancients. It was originally called gagates, corrupted into gagat, jet. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Jet from Infoplease:
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