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Jam :: Jam (v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.

Jamb :: Jamb (n.) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.

Jamaica :: Jamaica (n.) One of the West India is islands.

Sidepiece :: Sidepiece (n.) The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window..

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap..

Butterbird :: Butterbird (n.) The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.

Bitterwood :: Bitterwood (n.) A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.

Jambee :: Jambee (n.) A fashionable cane.

Jamaican :: Jamaican (a.) Of or pertaining to Jamaica.

Bible :: Bible (n.) The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible..

Benjamin :: Benjamin (n.) See Benzoin.

Plumosite :: Plumosite (n.) Same as Jamesonite.

Benjamin :: Benjamin (n.) A kind of upper coat for men.

Compounder :: Compounder (n.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm..

Belong :: Belong (v. i.) To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain..

Marmalade :: Marmalade (n.) A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence..

Antilegomena :: Antilegomena (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena..

Broadleaf :: Broadleaf (n.) A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit..

Stramony :: Stramonium (n.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed..

Jacobite :: "Jacobite (n.) 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..

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