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<h1>Jabber</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Jab"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Jabbered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Jabbering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gibber</er>, <er>Gabble</er>.]</ety> <def>To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense; to chatter.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Jabber</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Jab"ber</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; <as>as, to <ex>jabber</ex> French</as>.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Jabber</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Jab"ber</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Jabber</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Jab"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who jabbers.</def>

<h1>Jabberingly</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Jab"ber*ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a jabbering manner.</def>

<h1>Jabberment</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Jab"ber*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Jabber.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Jabbernowl</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Jab"ber*nowl`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Jobbernowl</er>.</def>

<h1>Jabiru</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Jab"i*ru</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Braz. <ets>jabir\'a3</ets>, <ets>jabur\'a3</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of several large wading birds of the genera <spn>Mycteria</spn> and <spn>Xenorhynchus</spn>, allied to the storks in form and habits.</def>

<note>&hand; The American jabiru (<spn>Mycteria Americana</spn>) is white, with the head and neck black and nearly bare of feathers. The East Indian and Australian (<spn>Xenorhynchus Australis</spn>) has the neck, head, and back covered with glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to purple. The African jabiru (<spn>Mycteria, &or; Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis</spn>) has the neck, head, wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also <stype>saddle-billed stork</stype>.</note>

<h1>Jaborandi</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Jab`o*ran"di</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (<spn>Pilocarpus pennatifolius</spn>). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue.</def>

<h1>Jaborine</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Jab"o*rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Jaborandi</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid found in jaborandi leaves, from which it is extracted as a white amorphous substance. In its action it resembles atropine.</def>

<h1>Jabot</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Jab"ot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt.</def>