Jam :: Jam (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.
Jam :: "Jam (v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door..
Jam :: Jam (v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
Jam :: "Jam (n.) 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..
Jamaica :: Jamaica (n.) One of the West India is islands.
Jamaican :: Jamaican (a.) Of or pertaining to Jamaica.
Jamaican :: Jamaican (n.) A native or inhabitant of Jamaica.
Jamaicine :: "Jamaicine (n.) An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Geoffroya inermis, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam; -- called also jamacina..
Jamb :: "Jamb (n.) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face..
Jamb :: Jamb (n.) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
Jambeux :: "Jambeux (n.) In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees..
Jambolana :: "Jambolana (n.) A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit..
Jamdani :: "Jamdani (n.) A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers..
James''s Powder :: "James's powder () Antimonial powder, first prepared by Dr. James, ar English physician; -- called also fever powder..
Jamesonite :: "Jamesonite (n.) A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron..
Jamestown Weed :: "Jamestown weed () The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura..