Jan"is*sa*ry (?), n. See Janizary.
Jan"i*tor (?), n. [L., fr. janua a door.] A door-keeper; a porter; one
who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for
offices, suites of rooms, etc.
{ Jan"i*tress (?), Jan"i*trix (?), } n. [L. janitrix. See Janitor.] A
female janitor.
Jan"i*zar` (?), n. A janizary. [R.] Byron.
Jan`i*za"ri*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their
government. Burke.
Jan"i*za*ry (?), n.; pl. Janizaries (#). [F. janissaire, fr. Turk.
ye&?;i-tsheri new soldiers or troops.] A soldier of a privileged
military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but
was suppressed in 1826. [written also janissary.]
Jan"ker (?), n. A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs.
[Scot.] Jamieson.
Jan"sen*ism (?), n. [F. Jansénisme.] (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of
Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.
Jan"sen*ist, n. [F. Janséniste.] (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Cornelius
Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th
century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the
possibility of resisting divine grace.
Jant (?), v. i. See Jaunt.
||Jan"thi*na (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Ianthina.
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Jan"ti*ly (?), adv. See Jauntily.
Jan"ti*ness, n. See Jauntiness.
||Jan"tu (?) n. A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for
||raising water to irrigate land. Knight.
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Jan"ty (?), a. See Jaunty.
Jan"u*a*ry (?), n. [L. Januarius, fr. Janus an old Latin deity, the god
of the sun and the year, to whom the month of January was sacred; cf.
janua a door, Skr. y to go.] The first month of the year, containing
thirty-one days.
Before the adoption of New Style, the commencement of the year was
usually reckoned from March 25.
Ja"nus (?), n. [L. See January.] (Rom. Antiq.) A Latin deity
represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said
to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum,
which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in
war and closed in peace. Dr. W. Smith.
Janus cloth, a fabric having both sides dressed, the sides being of
different colors, -- used for reversible garments.
Ja"nus-faced` (?), a. Double- faced; deceitful.
Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right
or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indifferently.
Knight.
Ja"nus-head`ed (?), a. Double- headed.
Ja*pan" (j*pn"), n. [From Japan, the country.] Work varnished and
figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in
japanning.
Ja*pan", a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
country; as, Japan ware.
Japan allspice (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan (Chimonanthus
fragrans), related to the Carolina allspice. -- Japan black (Chem.), a
quickly drying black lacquer or varnish, consisting essentially of
asphaltum dissolved in naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating
ironwork; -- called also Brunswick black, Japan lacquer, or simply
Japan. -- Japan camphor, ordinary camphor brought from China or Japan,
as distinguished from the rare variety called borneol or Borneo
camphor. -- Japan clover, or Japan pea (Bot.), a cloverlike plant
(Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder, first noticed
in the Southern United States about 1860, but now become very common.
During the Civil War it was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel
clover. -- Japan earth. See Catechu. -- Japan ink, a kind of writing
ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry. -- Japan varnish, a varnish
prepared from the milky juice of the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree
related to the poison sumac.
Ja*pan" (j*pn"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Japanned (j*pnd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Japanning.]
1. To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of
the Japanese; to lacquer.