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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..

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..

Jambeux :: "Jambeux (n.) In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees..

Tonic :: Tonic (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation..

Jamaican :: Jamaican (n.) A native or inhabitant of Jamaica.

Stinkwood :: Stinkweed (n.) Stramonium. See Jamestown weed, and Datura..

Clamjamphrie :: Clamjamphrie (n.) Low, worthless people; the rabble..

James''s Powder :: "James's powder () Antimonial powder, first prepared by Dr. James, ar English physician; -- called also fever powder..

Butterbird :: Butterbird (n.) The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.

Doorpost :: Doorpost (n.) The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.

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..

Jamb :: "Jamb (v. t.) See Jam, v. t..

Benjamite :: Benjamite (n.) A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin.

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.

Jamadar :: Jamadar (n.) Same as Jemidar.

Clanjamfrie :: Clanjamfrie (n.) Same as Clamjamphrie.

Jamaicine :: "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..

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..

Spurry :: Spur-royal (n.) A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings..

Belong :: Belong (v. i.) To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain..

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