JAIL, j[=a]l, _n._ a prison.--_ns._ JAIL'-BIRD, GAOL'-BIRD, a humorous name
for one who is or has been confined in jail; JAIL'ER, GAOL'ER, one who has
charge of a jail or of prisoners, called also a turnkey; JAIL'-F[=E]'VER,
GAOL'-F[=E]'VER, typhus fever, so called because once common in
jails.--BREAK JAIL, to force one's way out of prison; COMMISSION OF JAIL
DELIVERY, one of the commissions issued to judges of assize and judges of
the Central Criminal Court in England. [O. Fr. _gaole_ (Fr. _geôle_)--Low
L. _gabiola_, a cage, dim. of Low L. _gabia_, a cage, a corr. of _cavea_, a
cage--L. _cavus_, hollow.]
JAIN, j[=a]n, _n._ an adherent of JAIN'ISM, or a member of a heterodox
Hindu sect, allied to ancient Buddhism: a style of architecture developed
about 450 A.D., with pseudo-arch and dome, built in horizontal courses and
of pointed section. [Hind. _jina_, a deified saint.]
JAKES, j[=a]ks, _n._ (_Shak._) a privy.--Also _Mrs Jones_.
JALAP, jal'ap, _n._ the purgative root of a plant first brought from
_Jalapa_ or Xalapa, in Mexico.--_adj._ JALAP'IC--_n._ JAL'APIN, a glucoside
resin, one of the purgative principles of jalap.
JALOUSE, jal-[=oo]z', _v.i._ (_Scot._) to suspect. See JEALOUS.
JALOUSIE, zhal-oo-z[=e]', _n._ a Venetian blind. [Fr.,--_jalousie_,
jealousy.]
JAM, jam, _n._ a conserve of fruit boiled with sugar. [Ety. dub.; perh.
from _jam_, to squeeze.]
JAM, jam, _v.t._ to press or squeeze tight:--_pr.p._ jam'ming; _pa.p._
jammed.--_n._ a crush, squeeze. [Cf. _cham_p.]
JAMAICA-PEPPER, ja-m[=a]'ka-pep'[.e]r, _n._ Allspice (q.v.).
JAMB, jam, _n._ the sidepiece or post of a door, fireplace, &c. [Fr.
_jambe_, perh. Celt. _cam_, bent.]
JAMBE, jäm, _n._ armour for the leg.--_ns.pl._ JAM'BEAUS, leggings;
JAMBIERES', leg-pieces of leather, &c. [Fr. _jambe_, leg.]
JAMBEE, jam-b[=e]', _n._ an 18th-century light cane.