Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter J - Page 2
Jacobian (a.) Jacobean, Jacobian; Of or pertaining to James the First, of England, or of his reign or times; especially, pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration popular in the time of James I.; as, Jacobean writers. "A Jacobean table." -- C. L. Eastlake.
Jacobin (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris.
Jacobin (n.) One of a society of violent agitators in France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue.
Jacobin (n.) (Zool.) A fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck form a hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are long, and the beak moderately short.
Jacobin (a.) Same as Jacobinic.
Compare: Blackfriar, Black friar
Blackfriar, Black friar, () (Eccl.) A friar of the Dominican order, so named because wearing the black mantle of the Dominicans; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
Syn: Dominican.
Jacobin (n.) A member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
Jacobine (n.) A Jacobin. Jacobinic
Jacobinic (a.) Alt. of Jacobinical.
Jacobinical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism. --Burke. -- Jac`o*bin"ic*al*ly, adv.
Jacobinism (n.) The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government.
Under this new stimulus, Burn's previous Jacobitism passed towards the opposite, but not very distant, extreme of Jacobinism. -- J. C. Shairp.
Jacobinism (n.) The ideology of the most radical element of the French Revolution that instituted the Reign of Terror.
Jacobinized (imp. & p. p.) of Jacobinize.
Jacobinizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jacobinize
Jacobinize (v. t.) To taint with, or convert to, Jacobinism.
France was not then jacobinized. -- Burke.
Jacobite (n.) (Eng. Hist.) A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary. -- Macaulay.
Jacobite (n.) (Eccl.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century.
Jacobite (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobites. Jacobitic
Jacobite (n.) A supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts.
Jacobitic (a.) Alt. of Jacobitical
Jacobitical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobites; characterized by Jacobitism. -- Jac`o*bit"ic*al*ly, adv.
Jacobitism (n.) The principles of the Jacobites. -- Mason.
Jacobuses (n. pl. ) of Jacobus
Jacobus (n.) An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.
Jacobus, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 1203
Housing Units (2000): 500
Land area (2000): 0.914121 sq. miles (2.367562 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.914121 sq. miles (2.367562 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37640
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 39.882516 N, 76.712068 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 17407
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Jaconet (n.) A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc.
Jacquard (a.) Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.
Jacqueminot (n.) A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after General Jacqueminot, of France.
Jacquerie (n.) The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants.
Jactancy (n.) A boasting; a bragging.
Jactation (n.) 自誇；【醫】輾轉不安；折騰；虛張聲勢 A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation. -- Sir. W. Temple.
Jactation (n.) (Pathology) Extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness [syn: jactitation, jactation].
Jactitate (v. i.) Move or stir about violently.
Jactitate (v. i.) To move about restlessly.
Jactitation (n.) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.
Jactitation (n.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium.
Jactitation (n.) A tossing to and fro or jerking and twitching of the body.
Jactitation (n.) A tossing to and fro or jerking and twitching of the body or its parts : excessive restlessness especially in certain psychiatric disorders. - jactitate (v.t.) -- jactitated; -- jactitating.
Jaculable (a.) Fit for throwing.
Jaculated (imp. & p. p.) of Jaculate.
Jaculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jaculate
Jaculate (v. t.) To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to emit.
Jaculation (n.) The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears.
Jaculator () One who throws or casts.
Jaculator () The archer fish (Toxotes jaculator).
Jaculatory (a.) Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers.
Jadding (n.) See Holing.
Jade (n.) A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples.
Jade (n.) A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag.
Jade (n.) A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.
Jade (n.) A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt.
Jaded (imp. & p. p.) of Jade.
Jading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jade
Jade (v. t.) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
Jade (v. t.) To make ridiculous and contemptible.
Jade (v. t.) To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.
Jade (v. i.) To become weary; to lose spirit.
Jadeite (n.) See Jade, the stone.
Jadery (n.) The tricks of a jade.
Jadish (a.) Vicious; ill-tempered; resembling a jade; -- applied to a horse.
Jadish (a.) Unchaste; -- applied to a woman.
Jaeger (n.) See Jager.
Jag (n.) A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
Jag (n.) A part broken off; a fragment.
Jag (n.) A cleft or division.
Jagged (imp. & p. p.) of Jag.
Jagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jag.
Jag (v. t.) To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
Jag (n.) A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore.
Jag (v. t.) To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc.
Jaganatha (n.) Alt. of Jaganatha
Jaganatha (n.) See Juggernaut.
Jager (n.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
Jager (n.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).
Jagg (v. t. & n.) See Jag.
Jagged (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks.
Jagger (n.) One who carries about a small load; a peddler. See 2d Jag. [Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Jagger (n.) One who, or that which, jags; specifically:
Jagger (n.) A jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc.
Jagger (n.) A toothed chisel. See Jag, v. t.
Jagger spring, A spring beneath a seat, and resting on cleats or blocks in the body of a vehicle. -- Knight.
Jagger (n.) English rock star (born in 1943) [syn: Jagger, Mick Jagger, Michael Philip Jagger]
Jaggery (n.) Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis).
Jaggy (a.) Having jags; set with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy teeth.
Jaghir (n.) A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops.
Jaghirdar (n.) The holder of a jaghir.
Jagua palm () A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for baskets and tubs.
Jaguar (n.) A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called also the American tiger.
Jaguarondi (n.) 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. It is arboreal in its habits and feeds mostly on birds.
Jah (n.) Jehovah.
Jail (n.) A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also gaol.]
This jail I count the house of liberty. -- Milton.
Jail delivery, The release of prisoners from jail, either legally or by violence.
Jail delivery commission. See under Gaol.
Jail fever (Med.), Typhus fever, or a disease resembling it, generated in jails and other places crowded with people; -- called also hospital fever, and ship fever.
Jail liberties, or Jail limits, A space or district around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on certain conditions, allowed to go at large. -- Abbott.
Jail lock, A peculiar form of padlock; -- called also Scandinavian lock.
Jail (v. t.) To imprison. [R.] -- T. Adams (1614).
[Bolts] that jail you from free life. -- Tennyson. jailbird
Jail (n.) A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) [syn: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey].
Jail (v.) Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" [syn: imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand].
JAIL. () A prison; a place appointed by law for the detention of prisoners. A jail is an inhabited dwelling-house within the statute of New York, which makes the malicious burning of an inhabited dwelling-house to be arson. 8 John. 115; see 4 Call, 109. Vide Gaol; Prison.
Jailer (n.) The keeper of a jail or prison. [Written also jailor, gaoler.].
Jailer (n.) Someone who guards prisoners [syn: prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey].
Jain (n.) Alt. of Jaina
Jaina (prop. n.) One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the tenets of Jainism.
Jain (a.) Of or pertaining to Jainism; as, Jain gods.
Syn: Jainist.
Jain (a.) Relating to or characteristic of Jainism; "Jain gods" [syn: Jain, Jainist].
JAIN, () Java API for Integrated Networks (Java, API)
Jainism (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, and the denial of the divine origin and infallibility of the Vedas. It is intermediate between Brahmanism and Buddhism, having some things in common with each.
Jainism (n.) Sect founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism.
Jainism (n.) Religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism; emphasizes asceticism and immortality and transmigration of the soul; denies existence of a perfect or supreme being.
Jairou (n.) (Zool.) The ahu or Asiatic gazelle.
Compare: Jack
Jack (n.) (Bot.) A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow. [Written also jak.]
Jak (n.) (Bot.) see 1st Jack.
Jak (n.) Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted [syn: jackfruit, jak, jack].
Jakes (n.) A privy. -- Shak.
Jakes (n.) A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate [syn: outhouse, privy, earth-closet, jakes].
Jakie (n.) (Zool.) A South American striped frog ({Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog.
Jako (n.) (Zool.) An African parrot ({Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also gray parrot.
Jakwood (n.) See Jackwood.
Jalalabad (n.) 賈拉拉巴德（普什圖語：جلال آباد），阿富汗東部一城市，靠近巴基斯坦邊境，位於喀布爾河與庫納爾河匯合處，為楠格哈爾省省會，人口約96000人（2002年統計）。該城古代為佛教中心，法顯、玄奘等均曾經過。現址為莫臥兒帝國阿克巴大帝所建，為阿富汗同巴基斯坦間的交通重鎮。阿富汗內戰中，該城成為塔利班和北方聯盟爭奪的中心之一，據信賓·拉登也在該城駐紮過，致使其遭到嚴重毀壞。
Jalālābād , formerly called Ādīnapūr as documented by the 7th century Xuanzang, is a city in eastern Afghanistan. It is the capital of Nangarhar Province. Jalalabad is located at the junction of the Kabul River and Kunar River. It is linked by an approximately 150 kilometres (95 mi) highway with Kabul to the west, and a 130 kilometres (80 mi) highway with the Pakistani city of Peshawar to the east. Jalalabad has a population of 356,274 (2015 estimate), making it one of the five largest cities of Afghanistan. [3] Jalalabad is a leading center of social and trade activity because of its close proximity with the Torkham border crossing, 65 km (40 mi) away. [4] Major industries include papermaking, as well as agricultural products including oranges, rice, and sugarcane. It has 6 districts and a total land area of 12,796 hectares. [5] The total number of dwellings in this city are 39,586. [6]
Jalap (n.) (Med.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa.
False jalap, the root of Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock, or marvel of Peru.
Jalapic (a.) Of or pertaining to jalap.
Jalapin (n.) (Chem.) A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative.
Jalons (n. pl.) (Mil.) Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals. -- Farrow.
Jalousie (n.) 百葉窗；百葉簾；固定百葉窗 A Venetian or slatted inside window blind.
Jalousie (n.) A window or door made of multiple glass or plastic slats, which can be opened or closed like a jalousie[1].
Jalousie (n.) A window with glass louvers [syn: {louvered window}, {jalousie}].
Jalousie (n.) A shutter made of angled slats.
Jalousied (a.) Furnished with jalousies; as, jalousied porches.
Jam (n.) A kind of frock for children.
Jam (n.) See Jamb.
Jammed (imp. & p. p.) of Jam.
Jamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jam.
Jam (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in; to cram; as, rock fans jammed the theater for the concert.
The ship . . . jammed in between two rocks. -- De Foe.
Jam (v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door. [Colloq.]