Definition of jar

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"Jar (n.) In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed..

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Gurglet :: Gurglet (n.) A porous earthen jar for cooling water by evaporation.
Jards :: "Jards (n.) A callous tumor on the leg of a horse, below the hock..
Ajar :: Ajar (adv.) Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar..
Stinkpot :: Stinkpot (n.) An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, -- sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel..
Jargon :: Jargon (n.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon.
Jar :: Jar (n.) Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement.
Gibberish :: Gibberish (v. i.) Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon.
Discord :: Discord (n.) To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
Cell :: Cell (n.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery..
Brinjaree :: Brinjaree (n.) A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound.
Jarble :: Jarble (v. t.) To wet; to bemire.
Nightjar :: Nightjar (n.) A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker..
Zircon :: Zircon (n.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon..
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..
Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning..
Crouke :: Crouke (n.) A crock; a jar.
Olla :: Olla (n.) A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay..
Barrel :: Barrel (n.) A jar.
Jarl :: "Jarl (n.) A chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in the Danish and Norse invasions..
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..
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