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.