Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Jaghir

‖Ja″ghir (?), n. [Per. jāgīr.] A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, e...

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Jaghirdar

‖Ja″ghir‐dar′ (?), n. [Per. jāgīr-dār.] The holder of a jaghir.

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Jagua palm

Ja″gua palm′ (?). [Sp. jagua the fruit of the jagua palm.] (Bot.) A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for baskets and tubs.

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Jaguar

Ja‐guar″ (?), n. [Braz. yagoára: cf. & Pg. jaguar.] (Zoöl.) A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish y...

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Jaguarondi

‖Ja′gua‐ron″di (?), n.(Zoöl.) A South American wild cat (Felis jaguarondi), having a long, slim body and very short legs. Its color is grayish brown, varied with a blackish hue....

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Jah

Jah (jä), n. [Heb. yāh.] Jehovah. Ps. lxviii. 4.

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Jahvist

Jah″vist (?), n., Jah‐vis″tic (�), a. See Jehovist, Jehovistic.

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Jail

Jail (?), n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole, jaiole, F. geôle, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See Cage.] A kind of prison; a building f...

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Jail (2)

Jail, v. t. To imprison. T. Adams (1614).that jail you from free life. Tennyson.

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Jailer

Jail″er (?), n. [OE. jailer, gailer, OF. geolier, F. geôlier. See Jail.] The keeper of a jail or prison. [Written also jailor, gaoler.]

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Jain

{ Jain (?), Jai″na, } n. [Skr. Jaina, fr. Jina, a proper name, fr. jina victorious.] One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the tenets of Jainism.

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Jainism

Jain″ism (?), n. The heterodox Hindoo religion, of which the most striking features are the exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called jins, above the ordinary Hindoo gods, an...

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Jairou

‖Jai‐rou″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The ahu or Asiatic gazelle.

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Jak

Jak (?), n.(Bot.) see 1st Jack.

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Jakes

Jakes (?), n. [Prob. fr. F. Jacques, the proper name. See 2d Jack.] A privy. Shak.

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Jakie

Ja″kie (?), n.(Zoöl.) A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog.

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Jako

Jak″o (jăk″ō̍), n.(Zoöl.) An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept as a cage bird; — called also gray parrot.

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Jakwood

Jak″wood′ (?), n. See Jackwood.

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Jalap

Jal″ap (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. jalapa; — so called from Jalapa, a town in Mexico, whence it was first obtained.] (Med.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomœa purga (or Exogonium p...

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Jalapic

Ja‐lap″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to jalap.

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Jalapin

Jal″a‐pin (?), n.(Chem.) A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative.

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Jalons

‖Ja′lons″, n. pl.(Mil.) Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals. Farrow.

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Jalousie

‖Ja′lou′sie″, n. [F. See Jealousy.] A Venetian or slatted inside window blind.

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Jalousied

Ja′lou′sied″ (?), a. Furnished with jalousies; as, jalousied porches.

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Jam

Jam (jăm), n. [Per. or Hind. jāmah garment, robe.] A kind of frock for children.

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Jam (2)

Jam, n.(Mining) See Jamb.

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Jam (3)

Jam, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Jammed (jămd); p. pr. & vb. n.Jamming.] [Either fr. jamb, as if squeezed between jambs, or more likely from the same source as champ See Champ.]1. To pre...