Webster's Dictionary 1828

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JAILER

JA'ILER, noun The keeper of a prison.

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JAILFEVER

JA'ILFEVER, noun A contagious and fatal fever generated in jails and other places crowded with people.

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JAKES

JAKES, noun [Latin jacio, to throw.] A house of office or back-house; a privy.

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JALAP

JAL'AP, noun The root of a plant, a species of Convolvulus. It is brought in thin transverse slices, and also whole, of an oval shape, hard, solid and heavy. It has little or no...

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JAM

JAM, noun A conserve of fruits boiled with sugar and water.1. A kind of frock for children.JAM, verb transitive1. To press; to crowd; to wedge in.2. In England, to tread hard or...

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JAMB

JAMB, noun Among the lead miners of Mendip, a thick bed of stone which hinders them when pursuing the veins of ore.JAMB, noun jam. In architecture, a supporter; the side-piece o...

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JAMBEE

JAMBEE', noun A name formerly given to a fashionable cane.

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JAMBEUX

JAM'BEUX, noun [supra.] Armor for the legs.

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JANE

JANE, noun A coin of Genoa.1. A kind of fustian.

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JANGLE

JAN'GLE, verb intransitive To quarrel in words; to altercate; to bicker; to wrangle.JAN'GLE, verb transitive To cause to sound untunably or discordantly.--E'er monkish rhymesHad...

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JANGLER

JAN'GLER, noun A wrangling, noisy fellow.

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JANGLING

JAN'GLING, participle present tense Wrangling; quarreling; sounding discordantly.JAN'GLING, noun A noisy dispute; a wrangling.

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JANITOR

JAN'ITOR, noun [Latin] A door-keeper; a porter.

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JANIZARIAN

JANIZA'RIAN, noun Pertaining to the Janizaries, or their government.

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JANIZARY

JAN'IZARY, noun A soldier of the Turkish foot guards. The Janizaries were a body of infantry, and reputed the grand Seignor's guards. They became turbulent, and rising in arms a...

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JANNOCK

JAN'NOCK, noun Oat-bread. [Local.]

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JANSENISM

JAN'SENISM, noun The doctrine of Jansen in regard to free will and grace.

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JANSENIST

JAN'SENIST, noun A follower of Jansen, bishop of Ypres, in Flanders.

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JANT

J'ANT, verb intransitive To ramble here and there; to make an excursion.J'ANT, noun An excursion; a ramble; a short journey.

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JANTILY

J'ANTILY, adverb [from janty.] Briskly; airily; gayly.

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JANTINESS

J'ANTINESS, noun Airiness; flutter; briskness.

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JANTY

J'ANTY, adjective Airy, showy; fluttering; finical.

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JANUARY

JAN'UARY. noun [Latin januarius; Latin geno, to beget, Eng. to begin.]The first month of the year, according to the present computation. At the foundation of Rome, March was con...

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JAPAN

JAPAN', noun [from the country in Asia, so called.]This name is given to work varnished and figured in the manner practiced by the natives of japan

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JAPAN-EARTH

JAPAN-EARTH, noun Catechu, a combination of gummy and resinous matter, obtained from the juice of a species of palm tree.JAPAN-EARTH or catechu, is obtained by decoction and eva...

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JAPANESE

JAPANE'SE, adjective Pertaining to Japan or its inhabitants.JAPANE'SE, noun A native of Japan; or the language of the inhabitants.

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JAPANNED

JAPAN'NED, participle passive Varnished in a particular manner.