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jam

• (n.) A kind of frock for children.
• (n.) See Jamb.
• (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position
• to crowd
• to squeeze
• to wedge in.
• (v. t.) To crush or bruise
• as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.
• (v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
• (n.) A mass of people or objects crowded together
• also, the pressure from a crowd
• a crush
• as, a jam in a street
• a jam of logs in a river.
• (n.) An injury caused by jamming.
• (n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water
• as, raspberry jam
• currant jam
• grape jam.

 

jamacina

• (n.) Jamaicine.

 

jamadar

• (n.) Same as Jemidar.

 

jamaica

• (n.) One of the West India is islands.

 

jamaican

• (a.) Of or pertaining to Jamaica.
• (n.) A native or inhabitant of Jamaica.

 

jamaicine

• (n.) An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Geoffroya inermis, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam
• -- called also jamacina.

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