Jamb, n. Side-piece (of a fireplace, a door, a window, etc.).
Jamestown weed. Thorn-apple, stramonium, stramony, jimson, apple-peru (Datura stramonium).
Jangle, v. n.
- 1. Wrangle, squabble, bicker, quarrel, dispute, spar, spat, jar, tiff, have words, have an altercation.
- 2. Clash and clang, sound harshly or discordantly.
Jangle, v. a. Sound discordantly, utter inharmoniously.
Jangle, n.
- 1. Discord, discordant sound.
- 2. Wrangling, jangling.
Jangled, a. Discordant, inharmonious, out of tune.
Jangler, n. Wrangler, quarrelsome fellow.
Jangling, n. Wrangling, bickering, quarrelling, altercation, jangle, jar.
Janitor, n. Porter, doorkeeper, concierge.
Janty, a. [Written also Jaunty.] Showy, finical, airy, fluttering, bedizened, gairish, dressy, gay, fine, pranked out.
Japan, v. a. Varnish, lacquer.
Japan earth. Catechu, terra japonica, gambier, cutch.
Japanese, a. Of Japan.
Japanese, n.
- 1. Native of Japan.
- 2. Language of Japan, Japanese language.
Jar, v. n.
- 1. Vibrate harshly.
- 2. Clash, interfere.
- 3. Wrangle, contend, quarrel, bicker, spat, spar, jangle, squabble, tiff, have words, have an altercation.