J.

=Jamb=, not _jam_ is the spelling of the side-piece of a door,

window or fire-place.

=Jaundice=--jän´dĭs, not _jan-ders_.

=Jean=--jāne, not jeen. A twilled cotton cloth. Written also

=jane=.

=Jew's-harp=--jūz´härp, not jūs´härp.

=Jocund=--jŏk´und, not jō´kund. =Jocundity=, =jocundly=,

=jocundness=, have also the short o.

=Jugular=--jū´gu-lar, not jŭg´u-lar.

=Jujube=--jū´jūbe, not jū´jū-be. "Jujube paste."

=Just=, not jĕst in such sentences as: "I have _just_ done

it;" "He has _just_ enough," etc.

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