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prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Nigeria. Population (2000) = 339, 000. [ PJC ]

{ } [ Cf. LL. adjacentia. ] 1. The state or attribute of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; the attribute of being so near as to be touching; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings.
Syn. -- contiguousness [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is adjacent. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is adjacent. [ R. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jacēre to lie: cf. F. adjacent. ] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. “The adjacent forest.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adjacent or
contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adjoining; contiguous; near. -- Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc. I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ] Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to be adjacent. [ 1913 Webster ]

A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + jar. ] In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. on char ajar, on the turn; AS. cerr, cyrr, turn, akin to G. kehren to turn, and to D. akerre. See Char. ] Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Bot.) See Ajouan. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Also alfarga, alforge. ] [ Sp. ] A saddlebag. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Apple brandy; a brandy distilled from cider. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a country in the Caucuses, formerly an Asian Soviet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan. [ PJC ]

n. A traffic jam caused by tourists stopping to look at bears near the road; -- a phenomenon once common in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

v. t. To jade or tire. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To jape; to laugh at; to deceive. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To infect with jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Phys.) A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted from benzoin. ] See Benzoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of upper coat for men. [ Colloq. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin. Judg. iii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Min.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The ensign of a pirate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a serviceman in the navy.
Syn. -- navy man, sailor, sailor boy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Zool.) The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Bojanus, the discoverer. ] (Zool.) A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From its resemblance to the style of jacket work by the crews of World War II bomber airplanes. ] a short men's jacket made of leather, having a zipper in front, knitted cuffs, and ribbed trim. [ PJC ]

n. A device for pulling off boots. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] (Zool) A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia melanocephala syn. Brachyurus melanocephala). [ Written also cacajo. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions.
Syn. -- genus Cajanus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a jar used in ancient Egyptian tombs to contain the intestines of a person who was mummified for burial; -- also called canopic vase. [ Also spelled Canopic jar. ] [ PJC ]

[ From the Earl of Cardigan, who was famous in the Crimean campaign of 1854-55. ] 1. A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves, especially a knitted jacket with sleeves that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ car + hijack. ] to take (a car) by an act of carjacking; as, the three teens carjacked two automobiles in one night. [ PJC ]

n. [ car + hijacking. ] the forcible taking of a car while the driver is in it; the robber may force the driver out, force the driver to drive while under threat of harm, or be forced to relinquish the controls while also being forced to remain in the car. In the latter two cases, the act also constitutes a kidnapping. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea chavaria syn. Chauna chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A seller of low-priced, shoddy, or second goods; a hawker.
Syn. -- huckster, hawker, tout. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Condition of being circumjacent, or of bordering on every side. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. circumjacens, p. pr. of circumjacere; circum + jacēre to lie. ] Lying round; bordering on every side. T. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Low, worthless people; the rabble. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Clamjamphrie. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Now usually spelled crackerjack. ] [ prob. from crack + jack, a man. ] 1. An individual of marked ability or excellence, esp. in some sport; as, he is a crackajack at tennis. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A preparation of popped corn, candied and pressed into small cakes. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ Now usually spelled crackerjack. ] Of marked ability or excellence. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ also spelled crackerjack. ] [ prob. from crack + jack, a man. ] 1. An individual of marked ability or excellence, esp. in some sport; as, he is a crackajack at tennis. [ Slang ]
Syn. -- jimdandy, jimhickey. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. A preparation of popped corn, candied and pressed into small cakes. The name Cracker Jack(TM) is now a trademark for a similar confection. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

3. something excellent of its kind.
Syn. -- jimdandy, jimhickey. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ also spelled crackajack. ] Of marked ability or excellence. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. a tropical shrub (Tabernaemontana divaricata), native to India, having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; Northern India to Thailand.
Syn. -- crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay, Adam's apple, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricata. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Naut.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ejaculated p. pr. & vb. n. Ejaculating. ] [ L. ejaculatus, p. p. of ejaculari to throw out; e out + ejaculari to throw, fr. jaculum javelin, dart, fr. jacere to throw. See Eject. ] 1. To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject. [ Archaic or Technical ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Its active rays ejaculated thence. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]