Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Jequirity
Je·quir′i·ty, n., or 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.