jamb-post 
an upright timber at I lie side of an aperture, as 
of a doorway window, tireplace, etc. 
jamb-shaft (juui'slml't), n. In arch., a small 
shaft having a capital and a base, placed 
against or forming part of the jamb of a door 
or window. Such shafts occur most frequently 
in medieval architecture. See cut on preced- 
ing page. 
jambu (jam'bo), n. [< E. Ind. jambu (Hind. 
jdiitiiH, jaiiiiin).] The rose-apple tree, Eugi-iiiu 
Jumbos. 
jambul (jam'bul), n. [E. Ind.] A small ever- 
green tree of India. The bark and seeds are 
said to be serviceable in diabetes. 
janidani ( jam-da'ni), n. [Hind, jdmddni, a kind 
of cloth with flowers interwoven/Jama (< Pers. 
jama), a garment, robe, vest (cloth), -r ddni, 
bountiful, liberal (rich!).] A variety of Dacca 
muslin woven in designs of flowers. 
jamesonite ( jam' Kon-it ), . [Named after Prof. 
Jamesonot Edinburgh (died!854). The surname 
Jameson stands for James's son; for James, see 
jack 1 .'] A native snlphid of antimony and lead, 
commonly occurring in fibrous masses, some- 
times in capillary forms (feather-ore). It has 
a lead-gray color and metallic luster. 
Jamestown weed*. Same &sjimson-weed. 
jamesweed (jamz'wed), . Same nsjacobwa. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
jameswort (jamz'wert), n. Same as jacobeea. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
jamewar (jam'e-war), n. [E. Ind.] A goafs- 
hair cloth made in Cashmere and the neigh- 
boring countries. The name is especially given to 
tin: striped Cashmere shawls, of which the stripes are Oiled 
with minute patterns In vivid color. 
jamidar, . Soejetuular. 
jam-nut (jam'nut), N. [<_/)! + nut.] In much., 
a nut fitted to a bolt and screwed down hard 
(jammed) against a principal or holding nut, 
to keep the latter from working loose through 
vibrations, jars, or shocks. Also called nut- 
lock. 
jampan (jam'pan), n. [E. Ind.] In the East 
Indies, a solid sedan-chair supported between 
two thick bamboo poles set crosswise and borne 
by four men. 
jampanee (jam-pa-ne'), n. [Hind, jampani, < 
jampan.'] A bearer of a jampan. 
jamrach (jam'rak), . [From Jamrach, the 
name of the proprietor of the largest and best- 
known of these in Ratcliff Highway [f], Lon- 
don.] A place for the keeping and sale of wild 
animals, such as are wanted for menageries and 
circuses. 
jamrosade (jam'ro-zad), . [Appar., accom. to 
E. rose, for *jamliosade, from the native name 
jumbos or its NL. form jambosa.'] The fruit 
of the East Indian tree Eugenia Jumbos; the 
rose-apple. 
jam-Weld (jam'weld), n. A weld in which the 
heated ends or edges of the parts are square- 
butted against each other and welded. E. 3. 
Knight. 
Jan. An abbreviation of January. 
janapmn (jan'a-pum), . [E. Ind.] The Bengal 
or Sunn hemp'. See hemp. 
janca-tree (jang'ka-tre), n. [< W. Ind.jaiica + 
E. tree.] A West Indian tree, Amyrix balxiimi- 
fera, of the natural order Rutacece. Also called 
white candlewood. 
jane (jan), . [Also written jean; < ME. jane 
(cf. ML. januinus).& coin, < Jean, OF. Genes, 
Jannes, etc., mod. F. Genes, It. Geneva, Genoa, 
E. now Genoa, < L. Genua, ML. also Janua, a city 
iu Italy. Cf. florin, florence, bezant, and other 
names of coins, of local origin.] If. A small 
silver coin of Genoa imported into England by 
foreign merchants, especially in the fifteenth 
century. Compare gutley-ltaljpenny. 
His robe was of ciclatouu, 
That coste many a jane. 
Chaucer, Sir Thopas, 1. 21. 
The first which then refused me (said hee) 
Certes was but a common Courtisane ; 
Yet flat refosd to have adoe with mee, 
Because I could not give her many a Jane. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. vii. 68. 
2. Same as jerui. '_'. 
jane-of-apes (jan'ov-aps), . [Formed from 
Jane, a fein. name (also Jean, < ME. Jane, Jean, 
< OF. Jeanne, < ML. Joanna, fern, of Joannes, 
John: see John, and cf.joan), in imitation of 
jackanapes for "jack-of-apes : see jackanapes, 
and cf. JofeMMMMf.] A pert girl: the female 
counterpart of jnclciiiiapps. [Rare.] 
Poiiph. But we shall want a woman. 
Grac. No, here's Jane-of-apes shall serve. 
Ma&iwjer, Bomlnmn, iii. :;. 
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jangada (jan-ga'dft), n. [8p. Pg., a raft, a 
float.] A raft-boat or catamaran used in Peru 
and the northern parts of Brazil. 
jangle (jang'gl ),>; pret. and pp. jangled, ppr. 
jangling. [<.lilE.jan</len,jangelen (also, rarely, 
with initial guttural or palatal, ganglen, yaii- 
glen, after the D.), chatter, jabber, talk loudly, 
< OF. janyler, gangler, jangle, prattle, tattle, 
wrangle, = Pr. janglar, < OD. 'jungeten, found 
only in mod. D. jangelen, importune, freq. of 
OD.jancken, mod. D. janken = LG. Janken, yelp, 
howl, as a dog; prob., like equiv. L. gannire, of 
imitative origin.] I. intrans. 1. To talk much 
or loudly; chatter; babble; jabber. 
These fals lovers, in this tynie now present, 
Thei serue to boste, to Jangle as a lay. 
Political Poemt, etc. (ed. Furnlvall), p. 77. 
Jangling is whan man speketh to inoche before folk, 
and clappeth as a mille, and taketh no kepe what he seith. 
Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
2. To quarrel; altercate; bicker; wrangle; 
grumble. 
And qwo-so jangle in time of drynk. 
Englith Qild (E. E. T. 8.), p. 79. 
Good wits will Yte jangling; but, gentles, agree: 
This civil war of wits were much better us'd 
On Navarre and his book-men. 
SAa*., 1.. I.. I.., ii. 1, 227. 
3. To sound discordant or harsh; make harsh 
discord. 
It is the bane and torment of our ears 
To hear the discords of those jangling rhymers. 
B. Joneon, Poetaster, v. 1. 
And in derision sets 
Upon their tongues a various spirit, to rase 
Quito out their native language ; and, instead, 
To show a jangling noise of words unknown. 
Milton, P. L., xit 56. 
H. trans. If. To gossip; contend; tell. 
Yet that there should be such a jail as they jangle and 
such fashions as they feign is plainly impossible. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 
[1850XP.281. 
2. To cause to sound harsh or inharmonious ; 
cause to emit discordant sounds. 
And I, of ladies most deject and wretched, 
That suck'd the honey of his music vows, 
Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, 
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh. 
Shale., Hamlet, ill. 1. 
3. To utter in a discordant or inharmonious 
manner. 
Ere Monkish Rhimes 
Had jangled their fantastick Chimes. 
Prior, Protogeues and Apelles. 
jangle (jang'gl), n. [< ME. jangle; < jangle, t>.] 
It. Idle talk; chatter; babble. 
This somonour that was as full ol jangle*, 
As ful of venym been time waryangles, 
And evere enqueryng upon everythyng. 
Chaucer, Friar's Tale, 1. 109. 
2. Altercation ; wrangle ; quarrel. 
But, now, Sir Peter, if we have finished our daily jangle, 
I presume I may go to my engagement at Lady Sneer- 
well's. Sheridan, School for Scandal, ii. 1. 
But nothing has clouded 
This friendship of ours, 
Save oue little jangle. 
Uarper-1 Mag., LXXVL 670. 
3. Discordant sound. 
The mtul jangle of Matilda's lyre. Giford, Mieviad. 
4. A seaweed, Laminaria digitata. 
janglert (jang'gler), >i. [< ME. jangler, janglere, 
< OF.jangleor, gengleour, janglerres (= Pr. jan- 
glador,janglaire),& chatterer, talkative person; 
<. jangler, jangle, chatter: see jangle.'] An idle 
talker ; a story-teller ; a gossip. 
A jangler is to God abhominable. 
Chaucer, Manciple's Tale, 1. 239. 
Thau* ma na janglour us espy, 
That is to lufe contrair. 
Itobene and Malcyne (Child's Ballads. IV. -J4!i). 
jangleresst (jang'gler-es), n. [ME../M//mvr , 
< jangler + -ess. J A female gossip ; a talkative 
jannock 
suborn n' I wan as is a leoneoe, 
AIM! of my tonge a veray janylereme. 
Chaucer, IToL to Wife of Bath's Tale, L OS. 
jangleryt (jang'gler-i), n. [ME.jauglerie, < OF. 
janglerie (= Pr. janglaria), < jangler, jangle: 
*<-i-jrnii/li:\ Babbling; gossip; idle talk; chat- 
ter. 
The janglerie of women can hide thyngls that tli'-y wol 
nought. Chaucer, Tale of Mollbcu*. 
janglourt, A variant at jangler. 
jangly(jang'gli).a. [< jangle + -yl.] Jangling 
or jangled; harsh-sounding. 
Answering hack with jangly scream, 
Sit thy brothers by the score. 
Joel Benton, April Blackbird. 
janisariant, janisaryt. See janizarian, jani- 
zary. 
janissaryt, janisert, n. Obsolete forms of jani- 
zary. 
janitor (jan'i-tor), n. [< L. janitor, a door- 
keeper, < janua, "a door.] 1. A doorkeeper; a 
porter. 
'Hi' Hesperian dragon not more fierce and fell ; 
Nor the gaunt, growling janitor of hell. 
Smollett, Advice, A Satire. 
2. A man employed to take charge of rooms or 
buildings, to see that they are kept clean and in 
order, to lock and unlock them, and generally 
to care for them, 
janitress (jan'i-tres), n. [(.janitor + -ess. Cf. 
janitrix.] A female janitor, 
janitrix (jan'i-triks), n. [L., fern, of janitor, 
a. v.] 1. A female janitor; a janitress. 2f. 
The portal vein, or vena portae, of the liver. 
Janiveret, [< ME. Janivere, Janyvere, Jany- 
ver, Janver, Jeniver, < OF. Janvier, F. Janvier, 
January: see January."] January. 
Time sure hath wheel'd about his yeare, 
December meeting Janiveere. 
Cleacelaiul, Char, of London DInrnall (1647). 
janizart (jan'i-ziir), . See janizary. 
janizarian (jan-i-za'ri-an), a. [Formerly also 
janisarian; < janizary -an.] Pertaining to 
the janizaries or their government. 
I never shall so far injure the/aniKjrion republlckof Al- 
giers as to put it in comparison, for every sort of crime, tur- 
pitude, and oppression, with the jacobin repiihllck of Paris. 
Burte, A Regicide Peace, L 
janizary (jan'i-za-ri), n.; pi. janizaries (-riz). 
[Formerly also janisary, jauixsary, sometimes 
janizar, janixcr, jannizer ; < OF. jannissaire, F. 
janissaire = Sp. Pg. genizaro, Pg. also janizaro 
= It. giannizzcro = D. janisaar = G. janitschar 
(ML. janizari, pi.), < Turk, yefticheri (in part 
conformed to tno It.), lit. 'new troops,' < yeKi, 
new, + 'asker, army, soldier, pi. asdkir, sol- 
diers, < Ar. 'askar, army, troop, 'askariy, Pers. 
'askari, a soldier.] One of a former body of 
Turkish infantry, constituting the Sultan's 
guard and the main standing army, first organ- 
ized in the fourteenth century, and until the 
latter part of the seventeenth century largely 
recruited from compulsory conscripts and con- 
verts taken from the Rayas or Christian sub- 
jects. In later times Turks and other Mohammedans 
joined the corps on account of the various privileges at- 
tached to iU The body became large, and very powerful 
and turbulent, often controlling the destiny of the govern- 
ment; and after a revolt purposely provoked by the Sul- 
tan Mahmoud II. in 1826, many thousand janizaries were 
massacred, and the organization was abolished. 
Immediatly came officers & appointed I (miner t to beare 
fro vs our presents. llatduyt's Voyage*, II. 170. 
But Sclyiniis subduing Aegypt, the tombe was defaced, 
and ransackt by his Janizaries. Sandy*, Travailes, p. 106. 
Janizary music, music performed by a band largely com- 
posed of percussive instruments, such as drums, cymbals, 
triangles, etc., with some shrill oboes and flutes : so called 
because arranged in imitation of the bands and music of 
the janizaries. Also called Turkish mutic. 
janker (jaug'ker), n. [Origin obscure; cf. 
yank*, r.J A long pole on two wheels, used in 
Scotland for transporting logs of wood, etc. 
[Scotch.] 
jann (jan), n. [Pers. Jaw, soul, life, spirit.] In 
Mohammedan myth., an inferior kind of demon ; 
a jinn ; one of the least powerful, according to 
a tradition from the Prophet, of the five orders 
of Mohammedan genii. The jann are said to have 
been created by God 2,000 years before Adam. Al-jann is 
sometimes used as a name for Iblis, the father of thejinns. 
janner (jan'er), v. i. Same as jauner, jaunder. 
[Scotch.] 
jannis, n. An obsolete or dialectal form of 
jaundice. 
jannock (jan 'ok), . A cake or bannock. 
[Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
Mattie gae us baith a drap skimmed milk, and ane <>' 
her thick ait jarmocfo, that was as wat an' raw as a divot. 
Scott, Hob Roy, xir. 
