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Jar :: "Jar (n.) A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar..

Coat :: Coat (v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling..

Jardiniere :: "Jardiniere (n.) An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room..

Ajar :: Ajar (adv.) Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar..

Jar :: Jar (n.) A turn. [Only in phrase..

Linsey-woolsey :: Linsey-woolsey (n.) Jargon.

Jarrah :: Jarrah (n.) The mahoganylike wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata. See Eucalyptus.

Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning..

Discharger :: Discharger (n.) One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod..

Backlash :: Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion..

Cow-pilot :: Cow-pilot (n.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra..

Brinjaree :: Brinjaree (n.) A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound.

Receiver :: Receiver (n.) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump..

Jar :: Jar (v. t.) To tick; to beat; to mark or tell off.

Jarred :: Jarred (imp. & p. p.) of Ja.

Leyden Phial :: Leyden phial () A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland..

Jargon :: Jargon (n.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon.

Jargonelle :: Jargonelle (n.) A variety of pear which ripens early.

Goatsucker :: Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk..

Jug :: "Jug (v. t.) To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare..

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