jaup 
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware [watery stuff] 
That jatips in luggies. Burm, To a Haggis. 
jaup (jap), n. [< jaup, >.] Water, mud, etc., 
dashed or splashed up. [Scotch.] 
And dash the gnmlie [muddy] jaups up to the pouring 
skies. Burns, Brigs of Ayr. 
Java (jii'va), n. [So called from the island of 
Java.] A breed of the domestic hen, origi- 
nated in the United States. The javas are of good 
size and broad and deep shape, and rank well for utility. 
There are two varieties, the blacks, which have dark legs, 
and the mottled, the latter being evenly marked black and 
white, with legs also mottled. Both varieties have upright 
combs. 
Java almonds. See almond. 
Javan (ja'van), a. [< Java (see def.) + -an.] 
Of or belonging to Java, a large island of the 
East Indies belonging to the Dutch, southeast 
of Sumatra; Javanese. 
The Javan flora on the pure volcanic clay differs from 
that where the soil is more overlaid with forest humus. 
H. 0. Forbes, Eastern Archipelago, p. 78. 
Javan opossum, rhinoceros, etc. See the nouns. 
javanee-seeds (jav-a-ne'sedz), n.pl. Same as 
ajowan. 
Javanese ( jav-a-nes' or -nez'), a. and n. [< Java 
+ -K. -f- -ese." The name Java in the native 
speech is Jdwa, in early forms Jawa, Jaba, etc.] 
1. a. Of or pertaining to the island of Java. 
The house of a Javanese chief has eight roofs, while the 
mass of the people are restricted to four. 
Amer. Naturalist, XXIII. 32. 
II. n. 1. sing, or pi. A native or natives of 
Java. 2, The language of Java, of the Malay- 
an family. 
Java sparrow. See sparrow. 
javelH (jav'el), n. [Early mod. E. javel, jevel 
(dial, jabel); < ME. javel; origin unknown.] A 
low, worthless fellow. 
He [the friar] called the fellow ribbald, villain, javel, 
backbiter, slanderer, and the child of perdition. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), i. 
Expired had the terme that these twojavels 
Should render up a reckning of their travels 
Unto their master. 
Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 309. 
javel 2 t,- [Alsojavil; <OF.javelle,javele(F. 
javelle), f., javel, m., assibilated form of gavelle, 
> E. gavel, a bundle, sheaf: see gaveft.~] A 
sheaf : same as gavel' 2 . 
Then must the foresaid javils or stalkes bee hung out a 
second time to be dried in the sun. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, xix. 1. 
jave! 3 t (jav'el), v. t. [Also written jarvel, jar- 
ble; cf. So. javel, jevel, joggle, spill a small 
quantity of liquid, distinguished from jairble, 
jirble, spill a large quantity of liquid, jabble, a 
slight motion of water; origin obscure. Cf. 
jaw 2 .] To bemire. 
javel 4 (ja'vel), n. [< M.E. javelle, a later variant 
of jaiole, etc., jail: see jail.'] A jail. Cath. 
Ann., p. 194. (Halliwell.) 
javelin (jav'lin), . [Formerly also javeling; 
< OF. javelin, m., javeline, f., F. javelins = Sp. 
jabalina = It. giavelina, a javelin (cf. also jave- 
lot) ; of Celtic origin : cf . Bret, gavlin and gav- 
locl (prob. accom. to the P.), a javelin, gavl, 
the fork of a tree : see further under gavelock, 
gavel 2 , gable 1 , and gaff 1 .'] 1. A spear intended 
to be thrown by the hand, with or without the 
aid of a thong or a thro wing-stick. The word is the 
general term for all such weapons. The javelin was in use 
in Europe in the middle ages, and in antiquity. Among 
Oriental nations and among modern savage tribes it is a 
common weapon of oifense. See pilum, amentum, and 
jereed. 
0, be advised ; thou know'st not what it is 
With javelin's point a churlish swine to gore. 
Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 616. 
His flgur'd shield, a shining orb, he takes, 
And in his hand a pointed jav'lin shakes. 
Pope, Iliad, iii. 420. 
2. In her., a bearing representing a short- 
handled weapon with a barbed head, and so 
distinguished from a half-spear, which has a 
lance-head without barbs. 
javelin (jav'lin), v. t. [<jai-elin, n."\ To strike 
or wound with or as with a javelin. [Rare.] 
A bolt 
(For now the storm was close about them) struck, 
Furrowing a giant oak, and javelining 
With darted spikes and splinters of the wood 
The dark earth round. Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
javelin-bat (jav'lin-bat), n. A South American 
vamrjire, Phyllostoma hastatmn. 
javeliniert, n. [< OF. javelinier, < javeline, a 
javelin: see javelin.] A soldier armed with a 
javelin. Also javelotier. 
Ihejaveliniers foremost of all began the flght. 
Holland, tr. of Livy, p. 286. 
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javelin-man (jav'lin-man), n. A yeoman re- 
tained by the sheriff to escort the judge of as- 
size. Wharton. 
If necessary the sheriff must attend [at the aisizes] with 
javelin men to keep order. J. Stephen, Com., II. 631, n. 
javelin-snake (jav'lin-snak), . A snake-liz- 
ard of the family Acontiidai. 
Javelle water (zha-vel' wa'ter). Same as eau 
de Javelle (which see, under eau). 
javelott, n. [OF. (= It. giavellotto) : see javelin.] 
A javelin. 
javelotiert,". [< OF. javelotier, <javelot,a, small 
javelin: see javelot.] Same as javelinier. 
The spearmen or javettottiers of the vaward . . . made 
head and received them with flght. 
Holland, tr. of Livy, p. 264. 
jaw 1 (ja), n. [< ME.jawe, ulsojowe, geowe, an 
alteration (with sonant j for orig. surd ch, as 
also in jowl, jar 1 , jar%, ajar%, and perhaps jam 1 ) 
of ME. 'chawe, *cheowe, found only in early mod. 
E. choice, chaw, jaw (= OD. kauwe, the jaw of 
a fish (Hexam), kouwe, the cavity of the mouth, 
= Dan. kjatve, the jaw) ; appar. < ME. cheowen, 
cliewen, mod. E. chew, chaw = OD. kouwen, etc., 
chew. The form may have been affected by 
association with jowl, ME.jolle, chaul, etc., and 
perhaps with F. joue, cheek.] 1. One of the 
bones which form the skeleton or framework 
of the mouth; a maxilla or mandible; these 
bones collectively. The jaws in nearly all vertebrates 
are two in number, the upperand the lower. Theupperjaw 
on each side consists chiefly of the superior maxillary or 
supraraaxilla, and of an intermaxillary bone or premax- 
illa, both of which commonly bear teeth in mammals, rep- 
tiles, batrachians, and some fossil birds. The lower jaw 
in mammals is a single bone, the inframaxillary, inframax- 
illa, or mandible, or one pair of bones united at the mid- 
dle line by a symphysis. In vertebrates below mammals 
this bone is represented by several pieces, its bony ele- 
ments becoming quite complex in birds and most reptiles 
and many tishes. The mandible, and especially its termi- 
nal element when there are several, commonly bears teeth 
like the upper jaw. As a rule, it is movably articulated 
with the rest of the skull. In mammals this articula- 
tion is direct, and is known as the temporomaxillary. In 
birds it is indirect, by intervention of a quadrate bone ; 
and in the lower vertebrates various other modifications 
occur. See cuts under Cydodus, Gallince, Felidae, and 
skull. 
Theise Serpentes slen men, and thei eten hem wepynge ; 
and whan thei eten, thei meven the over ./owe, and uoughte 
the nether Jowe; and thei have no Tonge. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 288. 
2. The bones and associated structures of the 
mouth, as the teeth and soft parts, taken to- 
gether as instruments of prehension and mas- 
tication; mouth-parts in general: commonly 
in the plural. In most invertebrates, as insects and 
crustaceans, the jaws are much complicated, and consist 
essentially of modified limbs, maxillipeds, gnathopods, or 
jaw-feet; and the opposite parts work upon each other 
sidewise, not up and down. Often used figuratively. See 
cut under mouth-part. 
My tongue cleaveth to my jaws. Ps. xxii. 15. 
Now, when we were in the very jaws of the gulf, I felt 
, ' iproaching it. 
TRles, I. 172. 
jaw-tackle 
II. intrans. To splash ; dash, as a wave. 
For now the water jams owre my head, 
And it gurgles in my mouth. 
Sir Roland (Child's Ballads, I. 227). 
[Scotch in all uses.] 
jaw 2 (ja), re. [<jaw%, D.] A considerable quan- 
tity of any liquid ; a wave. [Scotch.] 
She's ta'en her by the lily hand, . . . 
And led her down to the river strand ; . . . 
She took her by the middle sma', . . . 
And dash'd her bonny back to the jaw. 
The Cruel Sister (Child's Ballads, II. 233). 
jawbatipn (ja-ba'shon),. [Avar.ofjo&afen, 
simulating jaw) 1 , n.',' 4, jaw 1 , v.~\ A scolding. 
N. and Q., 7th ser., VIII. 35. [Colloq.] 
jaw-bit ( ja'bit), n . A short bar placed beneath 
a journal-box to unite the two pedestals in a 
car-truck. 
jaw-bolt (ja'bolt), n. A bolt with a TJ-shaped 
split head, perforated to carry a pin. Car- 
Builder's Diet. 
jaw-bone (ja'bon), n. Any bone of the jaws, 
as a maxillary or mandibular bone ; especially, 
a bone of the lower jaw. 
And he found a new jawbone ot an ass, . . . and took it, 
and slew a thousand men therewith. Judges xv. 15. 
jaw-box (ja'boks), n. [< jaw 2 + fioa; 2 .] Same 
asjaw-hole. [Scotch.] 
jaw-breaker (ja'bra"ker), n. A word hard to 
pronounced [Slang.] 
jaw-chuck (ja'chuk), n. A chuck which has 
movable studs on a face-plate, to approach and 
grasp an object. 
jawed (jad), a. [{jaw 1 + -ed! 2 .] Having jaws; 
having jaws of a specified kind: as, heavy- 
jawed. 
For they [her eyes] are blered 
And graye beared 
more composed than when we were only approaching it. 
Foe, " ~ 
To drop head-foremost in the jaws 
Of vacant darkness. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, xxxiv. 
3. Something resembling in position or use, 
in grasping or biting, the jaw or jaws of an 
animal, (a) ffaut., the hollowed or semicircular inner 
end of a boom or gaff. See gajfi, 2. (6) In mach. : (1) One 
of two opposing members which can be moved toward or 
from one another : as, the jaws of a vise or wrench ; the 
jaws of a stone-crusher. (2) Same as housing, 9 (). 
4. [(jaw 1 , v.] Rude loquacity; coarse railing; 
abusive clamor; wrangling. [Vulgar.] Angle 
of the jaw. See angle*. Articular process of the 
lowerjaw. See articular. Jaws Of death. Seedeath's 
door, under death. To hold one's jaw, to cease or refrain 
from talking. [Vulgar.] To wag one's jaw, or the jaws. 
Same as to waff one's chin (which see, under chin). 
jaw 1 ()&), v. [< jaw 1 , .] I. intrans. To talk 
or gossip; also, to scold; clamor. [Vulgar.] 
But, neighbor, ef they prove their claim at law, 
The best way is to settle, an' not jaw. 
Lowell, Biglow Papers, 2d ser., ii. 
There they was [the child and the jay-birdl, ajawin' at 
each other. Bret Harte, Luck of Roaring Camp. 
H. trans. If. To seize with the jaws ; bite ; 
devour. 
In me hath greefe slaine feare. . . . 
I reck not if the wolves would jaw; me. 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, iii. 2. 
2. To abuse by scolding; use impertinent or 
impudent language toward. [Vulgar.] 
jaw 2 (ja), v. [Appar. connected with javel 1 and 
jaup.] I. trans. To pour out; throw or dash 
out rapidly, and in considerable quantity, as a 
liquid; splash; dash. [Scotch.] 
Tempests may cease to jaw the rowan flood. 
Ramsay, Gentle Shepherd, i. 1. 
Jawed lyke a jetty. 
Skeltan, Elynour Rummyng. 
The metamorphosis of the jawed Neuroptera is little 
more marked. E. D. Cope, Origin of the Fittest, p. 316. 
jawfall (ja'fal), n. Depression of the jaw; 
hence, depression of spirits, as indicated by 
depression of the jaw. [Rare.] 
jawfallen (ja'fa"ln), a. Depressed in spirits ; 
dejected; chapf alien. [Obsolete or rare.] 
Nay, be not jaw-falne. Marston, Dutch Courtezan, i. 1. 
He may be compared to one so jaw-fallen with over long 
fasting that he cannot eat meat when brought unto him. 
Fuller, \\ orthies, Essex. 
jaw-foot (ja'fut), n. 1. Same as jaw-hole. 2. 
In zool., same as foot-jaw. 
jaw-footed (ja'fuf'ed), a. Gnathopod. 
jaw-hole (ja'hol), n. [Also corruptly jaurhole, 
jarhole; < jaw% + hole 1 .'] A place into which 
dirty water, etc., is thrown; a sink. Also jaw- 
box, jaw-foot. [Scotch.] 
Before the door of Sannders Joup . . . yawned that odo- 
riferous gulf ycleped, in Scottish phrase, the jaw-hole: in 
other words, an uncovered common sewer. 
Scott, St. Ronan's Well, xxviii. 
jawing-tackle (ja'ing-tak"l), n. Same as jaw- 
tackle. [Slang.] 
Ah ! Eve, my girl, your jawing-tackle is too well hung. 
C. Reade, Love me Little, xxii. 
jaw-jerk (ja'jerk), n. Inpathol., same as chin- 
jerk. 
jawless (ja'les), a. [< jaw 1 + -Jess.] Having 
no jaws; agnathous"; specifically, having no 
lower jaw, as a lamprey or hag. 
jaw-lever (ja'lev"er), n. An instrument for 
opening the mouth of a horse or a cow in order 
to administer medicine to it. 
jaw-mouthed (ja'moutht), a. Having a mouth 
with a lower jaw : a translation of the epithet 
gnafliostomous applied to the cranial vertebrates 
except the round-mouthed or single-nostriled 
lampreys and hags. 
jawnt, . An obsolete form of yawn. Com- 
pare chawn. 
Stop his javming chaps. 
Marston, Scourge of Villanie, i. 3. 
jaw-rope (ja'rop), n. Naut., a rope attached 
to the jaw of a gaff to prevent it from coming 
off the mast. 
jawsmith (ja'smith), n. [< jaw 1 , n. (def. 1, with 
allusion also to def. 4), + smith.'] One who 
works with his jaw ; especially, a loud-mouthed 
demagogue : originally applied to an official 
"orator" or "instructor" of the Knights of 
Labor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1886. [Slang, 
U. S.] 
jaw-spring (ja'spring), . A journal-spring. 
jaw-tackle (ja'tak"l), . The mouth. Also 
jawing 
tackle, 
to talk too much. [Fishermen's slang.] 
