Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Jam (4)

Jam, n. 1. A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.2. An injury caused by jamming.

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Jam (5)

Jam, n. [Prob. fr. jam, v.; but cf. also Ar. jamad ice, jelly, jāmid congealed, jamd congelation, ice.] A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; curra...

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Jamacina

‖Jam′a‐ci″na (?), n. Jamaicine.

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Jamadar

‖Jam″a‐dar (?), n. Same as Jemidar.

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Jamaica

Ja‐mai″ca (?), n. One of the West India islands.Jamaica ginger, a variety of ginger, called also white ginger, prepared in Jamaica from the best roots, which are deprived of the...

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Jamaican

Ja‐mai″can (?), a. Of or pertaining to Jamaica. — n. A native or inhabitant of Jamaica.

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Jamaicine

Ja‐ma″i‐cine (?), n. [From Jamaica.] (Chem.) An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Geoffroya inermis, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam; — called also j...

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Jamb

Jamb (?), n. [Prov. E. jaumb, jaum, F. jambe a leg, jambe de force a principal rafter. See Gambol.]1. (Arch) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, les...

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Jamb (2)

Jamb (?), v. t. See Jam, v. t.

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Jambee

Jam‐bee″ (?), n. [See Jamb, n.: cf. OF. jamboier to walk.] A fashionable cane. Tatler.

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Jambes

{ Jambes (?), Jam″beux (?), } n. pl. [From F. jambe a leg: cf. OF. jambiere. See Jamb, n.] (Ancient Armor) In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees. [Written also ...

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Jambolana

‖Jam′bo‐la″na (?), n. [Cf. Pg. jambolão a kind of tropical fruit.] (Bot.) A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent ba...

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Jambool

{ Jam″bool, Jam″bul (?) }, n. [Hind. jambū, jambūl, prop., the rose-apple tree or its fruit, fr. Skr. jambu, jambū.] The Java plum; also, a drug obtained from its bark and seeds...

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Jambooree

Jam′boo‐ree″ (?), n. [Etym. uncertain. Cf. Jambone.] A noisy or unrestrained carousal or frolic; a spree. Kipling.A Calcutta-made pony cart had been standing in front of the man...

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Jamdani

‖Jam″da‐ni (?), n. A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers. [Written also jamdanee.] Balfour (Cyc. of India).

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James's powder

James″'s pow′der (?). (Med.) Antimonial powder, first prepared by Dr. James, an English physician; — called also fever powder.

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Jamesonite

Ja″me‐son‐ite (?), n. [From Prof. Jameson, of Edinburgh.] (Min.) A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with ...

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Jamestown weed

James″town′ weed′ (?). (Bot.) The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura.☞ This name is often corr...

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Jan

Jan (jăn), n.(Moham. Myth.) One of an intermediate order between angels and men.

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Jane

Jane (jān), n. [LL. Janua Genoa; L. Genua, also OE. Jean.] 1. A coin of Genoa; any small coin. Chaucer.2. A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See Jean.

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Jane-of-apes

Jane″–of–apes″ (?), n. A silly, pert girl; — corresponding to jackanapes. Massinger.

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Jangle

Jan″gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Jangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Jangling (?).] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail, quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, jan...

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Jangle (2)

Jan″gle, v. t. To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh. Shak.

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Jangle (3)

Jan″gle, n. [Cf. OF. jangle.]1. Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. Chaucer.2. Discordant sound; wrangling.The musical jangle of sleigh bells. Longfellow.

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Jangler

Jan″gler (?), n. [Cf. OF. jangleor.]1. An idle talker; a babbler; a prater. Chaucer.2. A wrangling, noisy fellow.

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Jangleress

Jan″gler‐ess, n. A female prater or babbler.

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Janglery

Jan″gler‐y, n. [Cf. OF. janglerie chattering, talk.] Jangling. Chaucer.