Definition of jam

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Jam (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.

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Jam :: "Jam (n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam..
Stop :: Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..
Stinkwood :: Stinkweed (n.) Stramonium. See Jamestown weed, and Datura..
Jambolana :: "Jambolana (n.) A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit..
Broadleaf :: Broadleaf (n.) A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit..
Jam :: Jam (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.
Sidepiece :: Sidepiece (n.) The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window..
Plumosite :: Plumosite (n.) Same as Jamesonite.
Franklinic :: Franklinic (a.) Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin.
Jacobite :: "Jacobite (n.) A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary..
Bindheimite :: Bindheimite (n.) An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite..
Trainband :: Trainband (n.) A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia.
Sweetwort :: Sweetwood (n.) The timber of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of several other related trees..
Jam :: Jam (n.) A kind of frock for children.
Spicewood :: Spicewood (n.) An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush..
Jam :: "Jam (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..
Jam :: "Jam (v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door..
Jammed :: Jammed (imp. & p. p.) of Ja.
Nonjuror :: Nonjuror (n.) One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite..
Jamesonite :: "Jamesonite (n.) A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron..
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