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<i>Balfour (Cyc. of India).</i>

<h1>Jamesonite</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>Ja"me*son*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Prof. <er>Jameson</er>, of Edinburgh.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron.</def>

<h1>James's powder</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>James"'s pow`der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Antimonial powder, first prepared by Dr. <i>James</i>, ar English physician; -- called also <altname>fever powder</altname>.</def>

<h1>Jamestown weed</h1> <Xpage=796>

<hw>James"town` weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (<spn>Datura stramonium</spn>), a rank weed early noticed at <i>Jamestown</i>, Virginia. See <er>Datura</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; This name is often corrupted into <i>jimson</i>, <i>jimpson</i>, and <i>gympsum</i>.</note>

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<h1>Jan</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar.]</ety> <fld>(Moham. Myth.)</fld> <def>One of intermediate order between angels and men.</def>

<h1>Jane</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>Janua</ets> Genoa; L. <ets>Genua</ets>, also OE. <ets>Jean</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A coin of Genoa; any small coin.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See <er>Jean</er>.</def>

<h1>Jane-of-apes</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jane"-of-apes"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to <i>jackanapes</i>.</def>

<i>Massinger.</i>

<h1>Jangle</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Jangled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Jangling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>janglen</ets> to quarrel, OF. <ets>jangler</ets> to rail, quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. <ets>jangelen</ets>, <ets>janken</ets>, to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.</def> "Thou <i>janglest</i> as a jay."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.</def>

<blockquote>Good wits will be <b>jangling</b>; but, gentles, agree. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and <b>jangles</b> in an unmelodious manner. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jangle</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan"gle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.</def>