2. Wrangling; altercation. Lamb.
Janissary
(Jan"is*sa*ry) n. See Janizary.
Janitor
(Jan"i*tor) n. [L., fr. janua a door.] A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public
building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.
Janitress
(Jan"i*tress Jan"i*trix) n. [L. janitrix. See Janitor.] A female janitor.
Janizar
(Jan"i*zar`) n. A janizary. [R.] Byron.
Janizarian
(Jan`i*za"ri*an) a. Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government. Burke.
Janizary
(Jan"i*za*ry) n.; pl. Janizaries [F. janissaire, fr. Turk. yei-tsheri new soldiers or troops.] A
soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed
in 1826. [written also janissary.]
Janker
(Jan"ker) n. A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Jansenism
(Jan"sen*ism) n. [F. Jansénisme.] (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will
and divine grace.
Jansenist
(Jan"sen*ist), n. [F. Janséniste.] (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman
Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will
and the possibility of resisting divine grace.
Jant
(Jant) v. i. See Jaunt.
Janthina
(||Jan"thi*na) n. (Zoöl.) See Ianthina.
Jantily
(Jan"ti*ly) adv. See Jauntily.
Jantiness
(Jan"ti*ness), n. See Jauntiness.
Jantu
(||Jan"tu) n. A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land. Knight.
Janty
(Jan"ty) a. See Jaunty.
January
(Jan"u*a*ry) n. [L. Januarius, fr. Janus an old Latin deity, the god of the sun and the year, to
whom the month of January was sacred; cf. janua a door, Skr. ya to go.] The first month of the year,
containing thirty-one days.
Before the adoption of New Style, the commencement of the year was usually reckoned from March 25.
Janus
(Ja"nus) n. [L. See January.] (Rom. Antiq.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking
in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near
the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in
peace. Dr. W. Smith.
Janus cloth, a fabric having both sides dressed, the sides being of different colors, — used for reversible
garments.
Janus-faced
(Ja"nus-faced`) a. Double- faced; deceitful.
Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key
entering on either side indifferently. Knight.
