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Stramony :: Stramonium (n.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed..

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

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..

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap..

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

Plumosite :: Plumosite (n.) Same as Jamesonite.

Lovelock :: Lovelock (n.) A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.

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

Bindheimite :: Bindheimite (n.) An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite..

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..

Jam :: "Jam (n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam..

Franklin Stove :: Franklin stove () A kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin, the peculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air was directly supplied to the room from an air box; -- now applied to other varieties of open stoves..

Subtonic :: Subtonic (a.) Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202..

Elbow :: Elbow (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back..

Meringue :: Meringue (n.) A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added..

Jambes :: Jambes (n.) Alt. of Jambeu.

Otaheite Apple :: Otaheite apple () A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.

Unit :: Unit (n.) A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings..

Doorcheek :: Doorcheek (n.) The jamb or sidepiece of a door.

Jamb :: Jamb (n.) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.

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