a name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH. See Jehovah.
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See Jehovist, Jehovistic.
To imprison.
an escape from jail; as, five prisoners escaped in a coordinated jailbreak.
placed in a prison; -- of people.
The keeper of a jail or prison.
The act or process of putting someone in prison or in jail as a lawful punishment.
of or pertaining to Jainism; as, Jain gods.
One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the tenets of Jainism.
The heterodox Hindu religion, founded in the 6th century as a revolt against Hinduism; its most striking features are the exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called jins, above the ordinary Hindu gods, and the denial of a supreme being and of the divine origin and infallibility of the Vedas. Also, the sect comprising those adhering to Jainism. Jainism believes in immortality and the transmigration of the soul. It is intermediate between Brahmanism and Buddhism, having some things in common with each.
The ahu or Asiatic gazelle.
see 1st Jack.
A privy.
A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog.
An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also gray parrot.
See Jackwood.
The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipom/a purga (or Exogonium purga) of the family Convolvulaceae, a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative (cathartic) medicines, and are also called jalap. Other species of Ipom/a yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the Ipom/a Orizabensis, and Ipom/a tuberosa.
Of or pertaining to jalap.
A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative.
Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals.
A Venetian or slatted inside window blind.
Furnished with jalousies; as, jalousied porches.
A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; also called jelly; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
Jamaicine.
Same as Jemidar.
One of the West Indian islands.
Of or pertaining to Jamaica. A native or inhabitant of Jamaica.
An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Geoffroya inermis, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam; -- called also jamacina.
See Jam, v. t. i.
A spicy Creole dish of rice with ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish, plus tomatoes, and seasoned with peppers, onions, herbs, and celery.
See jambes.
See Jambes.
A fashionable cane.
In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees, usually having front and back pieces; called also greaves.
A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit.
A noisy or unrestrained carousal or frolic; a spree.
The Java plum; also, a drug obtained from its bark and seeds, formerly used as a remedy for diabetes.
A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers.
William James, an American psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910). He was the brother of Henry James.
A genus of xerophytic ferns of South America.
A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron.
a jar for holding jellies or preserves.
filled to capacity or overfilled; as, the auditorium was jammed to the rafters.
to stuff; to fill completely and tightly; to jam{1}.
a kind of sedan chair used in India.
a jar for holding jellies or preserves; a jamjar.
One of an intermediate order between angels and men.
A coin of Genoa; any small coin.
A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes.
To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.
A female prater or babbler.
Jangling.
Idle babbling; vain disputation.
like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; sounding with a jangle{3}; as, a custodian with a jangly set of keys.
See Janizary.
A door-keeper; a porter.
A female janitor.
A janizary.
Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government.
A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826.
A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs.
The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.
A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace.
See Jaunt.
See Ianthina.
See Jauntily.
See Jauntiness.
A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land.
See Jaunty.
The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace.
Double-faced; deceitful.
Double-headed.
Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware.
Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.
Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner.
One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art.
The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.
After the manner of the Japanese; resembling japanned articles.
To mock; to trick.
A jester; a buffoon.
Jesting; buffoonery.
A Japhetite.
Pertaining to, or derived from, Japheth, one of the sons of Noah; as, Japhetic nations, the nations of Europe and Northern Asia; Japhetic languages.
A descendant of Japheth.
A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other genera have species of the same name.
A quality, idiom, or peculiarity characteristic of the Japanese or their products, esp. in art.
A rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds.
The goatsucker.
A poisonous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops jararaca), about eighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots.
To wet; to bemire.
An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room.
A callous tumor on the leg of a horse, below the hock.
To emit a harsh or discordant sound.
A variety of zircon. See Zircon.
A variety of pear which ripens early.
Of or pertaining to the mineral jargon.
One addicted to jargon; one who uses cant or slang.
A chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in the Danish and Norse invasions.
An earthnut.
An ocher-yellow mineral occurring in minute rhombohedral crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash.
The mahoganylike wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata. See Eucalyptus.
A shaking; a tremulous motion; as, the jarring of a steamship, caused by its engines.
In a jarring or discordant manner.
The driver of a hackney coach.
A wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn.
A young hawk.
A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The Jasminum officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is Jasminum Sambac, and, with Jasminum angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea.
the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece.
Jasper.
Agate jasper.
Having the surface decorated with cloudings and streaks, somewhat as if imitating jasper.
An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped jasper or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper.
mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as, jasperated agate.
To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.
Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper.
Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike.
A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper.
Resembling jasper.
An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.
Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of the genus Jatropha.
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