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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Jām'da-rī, n.p. 724A kind of Indian muslin woven with figures of flowers and other ornamental objects.
  2. Jā'me-son-īte, n.p. 724(Min.) A steel-gray ore of lead and antimony.
  3. Jām'-nūt, n.p. 724A nut placed in contact with the main nut on the same bolt, to keep the main nut from turning; — called also check-nut and cock-nut. [See Illust. of Bolt.]
  4. Jān, n.p. 724(Mohammedan Myth.) An inferior demon.
  5. Jāne, n.p. 724A coin of Genoa. Spenser. 2. A twilled cotton cloth. See JEAN.
  6. Jāne'-of-āpes', n.p. 724A silly, pert girl;—corresponding to jackanapes. See JACKANAPES.
  7. Jan-gā'dā, n.p. 724A raft-boat used in Peru and the northern parts of Brazil. Simmonds.
  8. Jān'gle, v. i.p. 724To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune. 2. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to bicker; to wrangle. Good wits will be jangling; but gentles agree. Shak.
  9. Jăn'gle, v. t.p. 724To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to rattle. “Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harshly.” Shak. 2. To cause to sound untunably or discordantly. Ere monkish rhymes Had jangled…
  10. Jăn'gle, n.p. 724Discordant sound; contention; prate; babble.
  11. Jăn'gler, n.p. 724A wrangling, noisy fellow.
  12. Jān'gler-ess, n.p. 724A female who jangles; a noisy, quarrelsome woman.
  13. Jān'is-sa-ry, n.p. 724See JANIZARY.
  14. Jān'i-tor, n.p. 724A doorkeeper; a porter.
  15. Jān'i-trix, n.p. 724A female doorkeeper. 2. (Anat.) A large vein; the vena porta.
  16. Jān'i-zār', n.p. 724A janizary. [Rare.]
  17. Jān'i-zā'ri-an, a.p. 724Pertaining to the Janizaries, or their government.
  18. Jān'i-za-ry, n.p. 724A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826. [Written also janissary.]
  19. Jān'nock, n.p. 724Oat-bread. [Prov. Eng.]
  20. Jān'sen-ism, n.p. 724(Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Jansen in regard to free will and grace.
  21. Jān'sen-ist, n.p. 724(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, who received certain views of grace similar to those taught by Calvin, and formed a powerful party in the…
  22. Jānt, v. i.p. 724To jaunt. See JAUNT.
  23. Jan-thī'na, n.p. 724(Zoöl.) A genus of turbinated testaceous mollusks, of remarkable habits, shell ventricose, globular, or anoid;—named from the beautiful violet color of the shell.
  24. Jānt'i-ly, adv.p. 724Jauntily.
  25. Jänt'i-ness, n.p. 724Jauntiness.
  26. Jăn'tū, n.p. 724A machine for raising water. [India.]
  27. Jän'ty, a.p. 724Jaunty. See JAUNTY.
  28. Jăn'ū-a-ry, n.p. 724The first month of the year, according to the present computation.
  29. Jā'nus, n.p. 724(Rom. Antiq.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. His temple, at Rome, was never closed except in a time of universal peace.
  30. Jā'nus-fāced, a.p. 724Practicing duplicity.
  31. Ja-pān', n. or Ja-pān', a., n.p. 724Work varnished and figured in the manner practiced by the natives of Japan; also, the peculiar varnish or lacquer used in japanning metallic or other articles. Ja-pān', a. Of, or pertaining to…
  32. Ja-păn', v. t.p. 724To cover with a thick coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese. 2. To black and gloss, as in blacking shoes or boots. Japanned leather, a sort of enameled or varnished leather…
  33. Jăp'a-nēse', a.p. 724(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Japan, or its inhabitants.
  34. Jăp'a-nēse', n.p. 724(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Japan; in the plural, the people of Japan. 2. The language of the people of Japan.
  35. Ja-păn'ner, n.p. 724One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art. 2. A shoe-blacker. Pope.
  36. Ja-pān'nish, a.p. 724After the manner of the Japanese, or of japanned articles. Carlyle.
  37. Jāpe, v. i.p. 724To jest. [Obs. or rare.] Chaucer.
  38. Jāpe, v. t.p. 724To play jests upon; to deride; to trick; to cheat.
  39. Jāpe, n.p. 724A jest; a trick. I have not been putting a jape upon you all this time. W. Scott.
  40. Jāp'er, n.p. 724A jester. [Obs.]
  41. Ja-phĕt'ic, a.p. 724Pertaining to Japheth, the eldest son of Noah; as, the Japhetic nations, which people the north of Asia and all Europe; Japhetic languages.
  42. Jăp'ū, n.p. 724(Ornith.) A bird of Brazil, a kind of woodpecker that suspends its nest.
  43. Jär, v. i.p. 724To give forth a short rattle or tremulous sound; to vibrate harshly or discordantly; as, a jarring sound. When such strings jar, what hope of harmony? Shak. A string may jar in the best master's…
  44. Jär, v. t.p. 724To cause a short, tremulous motion; to cause to tremble; to shake.
  45. Jär, n.p. 724A rattling vibration; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, a trembling jar. 2. Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate. And yet his peace is but continual jar. Spenser. Cease…
  46. Jär, n.p. 724A vessel, as of earth or glass, with a large belly and broad mouth; as, a jar of honey. 2. The measure of what is contained in a jar; a jar full; as, a jar of oil.
  47. Jār'a-rā'ē'ā, n.p. 724(Zoöl.) A species of poisonous serpent (Bothrops jararaca) native to Brazil, seldom exceeding eighteen inches in length, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots.
  48. Jär'ble, v. t.p. 724To wet; to bemire. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also jarvel.] Halliwell.
  49. Järdles, n. pl.p. 724(Far.) Callous tumors on the legs of a horse below the bend of the ham on the outside.
  50. Jär'gle, v. i.p. 724To emit a harsh or shrill sound. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  51. Jār'gog-ie, v. t.p. 724To make jargon of; to throw into confusion. [Obs.]
  52. Jär'gon, n.p. 724Confused, unintelligible talk or language; gabble; gibberish. “All jargon of the schools.” Prior. 2. An artificial idiom or dialect; a cant language; slang.
  53. Jär'gon, n.p. 724(Min.) A variety of zircon. See ZIRCON. Dana.
  54. Jär'gon, v. i.p. 724To emit unintelligent or unintelligible sounds. To fill sea and air With their sweet jargoning. Coleridge.
  55. Jär'go-nëlle', n.p. 724A variety of pear which ripens early.
  56. Jar-gōn'ic, a.p. 724Pertaining to the mineral jargon.
  57. Jär'-nut, n.p. 724(Bot.) The tuberous root of a plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum); earth-nut.
  58. Jär'ring-ly, adv.p. 724Shaking discordantly.
  59. Jär'vel, v. t.p. 724See JARBLE.
  60. Jā′sey, n.p. 724A wig; also a head of bushy hair;— so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn, the name being formed by corruption of Jersey.