Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists
retraction, as when leaded into stone.
Jag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jagging (?).] To
cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch. [Written also
jagg.]
Jagging iron, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for cutting cakes or
pastry into ornamental figures.
Jag, n. [Scot. jag, jaug, a leather bag or wallet, a pocket. Cf. Jag a
notch.] A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] [Written also jagg.] Forby.
Jag, v. t. To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. [Prov. Eng. &
Colloq. U.S.]
{ ||Jag`a*nat"ha (?), ||Jag`a*nat"ha (?), } n. See Juggernaut.
Ja"ger (?), n. [G. jäger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf. Yager.] [Written
also jaeger.] 1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
2. (Zoöl.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species
occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls
and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are
usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and
marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic
gull (Megalestris skua).
Jagg (?), v. t. & n. See Jag.
Jag"ged (jg"gd), a. Having jags; having rough, sharp notches,
protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks. "
Jagged vine leaves' shade." Trench. -- Jag"ged*ly, adv. --
Jag"ged*ness, n.
Jag"ger (jg"gr), n. One who carries about a small load; a peddler. See
2d Jag. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Jag"ger, n. [From 4th Jag.] One who, or that which, jags; specifically:
(a) jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc. (b) A toothed
chisel. See Jag, v. t.
Jagger spring, a spring beneath a seat, and resting on cleats or blocks
in the body of a vehicle. Knight.
Jag"ger*y (?), n. [Hind jgr. Cf. Sugar.] Raw palm sugar, made in the
East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm
trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis).
[Written also jagghery.]
Jag"gy (?), a. Having jags; set with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy
teeth. Addison.
||Ja"ghir (?), n. [Per. jgr.] A village or district the government and
||revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in
||consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of
||troops. [Written also jaghire, jagir, etc.] [India] Whitworth.
||
||Ja"ghir*dar` (?), n. [Per. jgr-dr.] The holder of a jaghir.
||
Ja"gua palm` (?). [Sp. jagua the fruit of the jagua palm.] (Bot.) A
great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which
are used for baskets and tubs.
Ja*guar" (?), n. [Braz. yagoára: cf. & Pg. jaguar.] (Zoöl.) A large and
powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to
Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat
angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is
chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called also the American tiger.
||Ja`gua*ron"di (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A South American wild
||cat (Felis jaguarondi), having a long, slim body and very short legs.
||Its color is grayish brown, varied with a blackish hue. It is
||arboreal in its habits and feeds mostly on birds.
||
Jah (jä), n. [Heb. yh.] Jehovah. Ps. lxviii. 4.
Jail (?), n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole, jaiole, F.
geôle, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See
Cage.] A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held
in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to
some future judicial proceeding. [Written also gaol.]
This jail I count the house of liberty.
Milton.
Jail bird, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison. [Slang] --
Jail delivery, the release of prisoners from jail, either legally or by
violence. -- Jail delivery commission. See under Gaol. -- Jail fever
(Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling it, generated in jails
and other places crowded with people; -- called also hospital fever,
and ship fever. -- Jail liberties, or Jail limits, a space or district
around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on certain
conditions, allowed to go at large. Abbott. -- Jail lock, a peculiar
form of padlock; -- called also Scandinavian lock.
Jail, v. t. To imprison. [R.] T. Adams (1614).
[Bolts] that jail you from free life.
Tennyson.
Jail"er (?), n. [OE. jailer, gailer, OF. geolier, F. geôlier. See
Jail.] The keeper of a jail or prison. [Written also jailor, gaoler.]
{ Jain (?), Jai"na, } n. [Skr. Jaina, fr. Jina, a proper name, fr. jina
victorious.] One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the
tenets of Jainism.
Jain"ism (?), n. The heterodox Hindoo religion, of which the most
striking features are the exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called
jins, above the ordinary Hindoo gods, and the denial of the divine
origin and infallibility of the Vedas. It is intermediate between
Brahmanism and Buddhism, having some things in common with each.
||Jai*rou" (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The ahu or Asiatic gazelle.
||
Jak (?), n. (Bot.) see 1st Jack.
Jakes (?), n. [Prob. fr. F. Jacques, the proper name. See 2d Jack.] A
privy. Shak.
Ja"kie (?), n. (Zoöl.) A South American striped frog (Pseudis
paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and
hence called also paradoxical frog.
Jak"o (jk"), n. (Zoöl.) An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very
commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also gray parrot.
Jak"wood` (?), n. See Jackwood.
Jal"ap (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. jalapa; -- so called from Jalapa, a town in
Mexico, whence it was first obtained.] (Med.) The tubers of the Mexican
plant Ipomœa purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the
morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the
tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomœa
yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I.
tuberosa.
False jalap, the root of Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock, or marvel of
Peru.
Ja*lap"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to jalap.
Jal"a*pin (?), n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap
plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative.
||Ja`lons", n. pl. [F. Of unknown origin.] (Mil.) Long poles, topped
||with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals. Farrow.
||
||Ja`lou`sie", n. [F. See Jealousy.] A Venetian or slatted inside
||window blind.
||
Ja`lou`sied" (?), a. Furnished with jalousies; as, jalousied porches.
Jam (?), n. [Per. or Hind. jmah garment, robe.] A kind of frock for
children.
Jam, n. (Mining) See Jamb.
Jam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jammed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jamming.] [Either
fr. jamb, as if squeezed between jambs, or more likely from the same
source as champ See Champ.]
1. To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to
wedge in.
The . . . jammed in between two rocks.
De Foe.
2. To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.
[Colloq.]
3. (Naut.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper
sails are laid aback. W. C. Russell.
Jam, n. 1. A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the
pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in
a river.