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<hw>Jam`a*ci"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>Jamaicine.</def>

<h1>Jamadar</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jam"a*dar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Jemidar</er>.</def>

<h1>Jamaica</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Ja*mai"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the West India is islands.</def>

<cs><col>Jamaica ginger</col>, <cd>a variety of ginger, called also <altname>white ginger</altname>, prepared in Jamaica from the best roots, which are deprived of their epidermis and dried separately.</cd> -- <col>Jamaica pepper</col>, <cd>allspice.</cd> -- <col>Jamaica rose</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a West Indian melastomaceous shrub (<spn>Blakea trinervis</spn>), with showy pink flowers.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jamaican</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Ja*mai"can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Jamaica.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of Jamaica.</def></def2>

<h1>Jamaicine</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Ja*ma"i*cine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Jamaica</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of <spn>Geoffroya inermis</spn>, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam; -- called also <altname>jamacina</altname>.</def>

<i>Watts.</i>

<h1>Jamb</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jamb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>jaumb</ets>, <ets>jaum</ets>, F. <ets>jambe</ets> a leg, <ets>jambe de force</ets> a principal rafter. See <er>Gambol</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch)</fld> <def>The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.</def>

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.</def>

<h1>Jamb</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jamb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Jam</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>

<h1>Jambee</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jam*bee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Jamb</er>, <tt>n.</tt>: <ets>cf</ets>. OF. <ets>jamboier</ets> to walk.]</ety> <def>A fashionable cane.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Tatler.</i>

<h1>Jambes, Jambeux</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw><hw>Jambes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Jam"beux</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[From F. <ets>jambe</ets> a leg: cf. OF. <ets>jambiere</ets>. See <er>Jamb</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Ancient Armor)</fld> <def>In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>giambeux</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Jambolana</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jam`bo*la"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Pg. <ets>jambol&atil;o</ets> a kind of tropical fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (<spn>Calyptranthes Jambolana</spn>), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit.</def>

<h1>Jamdani</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Jam"da*ni</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>jamdanee</asp>.]</altsp>