Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Jangling

Jan″gling (?), a. Producing discordant sounds. “A jangling noise.” Milton.

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Jangling (2)

Jan″gling, n. 1. Idle babbling; vain disputation.From which some, having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling. 1 Tim. i. 6.2. Wrangling; altercation. Lamb.

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Janissary

Jan″is‐sa‐ry (?), n. See Janizary.

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Janitor

Jan″i‐tor (?), n. [L., fr. janua a door.] A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.

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Janitress

{ Jan″i‐tress (?), Jan″i‐trix (?), } n. [L. janitrix. See Janitor.] A female janitor.

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Janizar

Jan″i‐zar′ (?), n. A janizary. Byron.

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Janizarian

Jan′i‐za″ri‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government. Burke.

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Janizary

Jan″i‐za‐ry (?), n.; pl.Janizaries (#). [F. janissaire, fr. Turk. ye�i-tsheri new soldiers or troops.] A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the ...

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Janker

Jan″ker (?), n. A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs. Jamieson.

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Jansenism

Jan″sen‐ism (?), n. [F. Jansénisme.] (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.

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Jansenist

Jan″sen‐ist, n. [F. Janséniste.] (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines d...

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Jant

Jant (?), v. i. See Jaunt.

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Janthina

‖Jan″thi‐na (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Ianthina.

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Jantily

Jan″ti‐ly (?), adv. See Jauntily.

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Jantiness

Jan″ti‐ness, n. See Jauntiness.

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Jantu

‖Jan″tu (?) n. A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land. Knight.

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Janty

Jan″ty (?), a. See Jaunty.

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January

Jan″u‐a‐ry (?), n. [L. Januarius, fr. Janus an old Latin deity, the god of the sun and the year, to whom the month of January was sacred; cf. janua a door, Skr. yā to go.] The f...

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Janus

Ja″nus (?), n. [L. See January.] (Rom. Antiq.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passa...

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Janus-faced

Ja″nus–faced′ (?), a. Double-faced; deceitful.Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indiffer...

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Janus-headed

Ja″nus–head′ed (?), a. Double-headed.

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Japan

Ja‐pan″ (jȧ‐păn″), n. [From Japan, the country.] Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.

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Japan (2)

Ja‐pan″, a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware.Japan allspice(Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan (Chimonanthus fragrans), related t...

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Japan (3)

Ja‐pan″ (jȧ‐păn″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Japanned (jȧ‐pănd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Japanning.]1. To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacque...

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Japan current

Japan current. A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly ...

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Japanese

Jap′a‐nese″ (?), a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.

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Japanese (2)

Jap′a‐nese″, n. sing. & pl.1. A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan.2. sing. The language of the people of Japan.