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Olla :: Olla (n.) A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay..

Slang :: Slang (n.) Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc..

Pound :: Pound (v. i.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds..

Jar :: Jar (v. t.) To tick; to beat; to mark or tell off.

Jargoning :: Jargoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jargo.

Goatsucker :: Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk..

Nightjar :: Nightjar (n.) A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker..

Hydria :: Hydria (n.) A water jar; esp., one with a large rounded body, a small neck, and three handles. Some of the most beautiful Greek vases are of this form..

Leyden Phial :: Leyden phial () A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland..

Mouth :: Mouth (n.) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc..

Jargon :: "Jargon (n.) Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang..

Jarble :: Jarble (v. t.) To wet; to bemire.

Jarvey :: Jarvey (n.) Alt. of Jarv.

Jarring :: Jarring (n.) Discord; a clashing of interests.

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar..

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously.

Barrel :: Barrel (n.) A jar.

Lute :: Lute (n.) A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc..

Jar-owl :: Jar-owl (n.) The goatsucker.

Jargle :: Jargle (v. i.) To emit a harsh or discordant sound.

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