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n. A thrust or stab. [ Scot. & Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Jabbered p. pr. & vb. n. Jabbering. ] [ Cf. Gibber, Gabble. ] To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense; to chatter. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber French. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who jabbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a jabbering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Jabber. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Jobbernowl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Braz. jabirú, jaburú. ] (Zool.) One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The American jabiru (Mycteria Americana) is white, with the head and neck black and nearly bare of feathers. The East Indian and Australian (Xenorhynchus Australis) has the neck, head, and back covered with glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to purple. The African jabiru (Mycteria Senegalensis or Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis) has the neck, head, wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also saddle-billed stork. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Jaborandi. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in jaborandi leaves, from which it is extracted as a white amorphous substance. In its action it resembles atropine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An arrangement of lace or tulle, looped ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress. [ 1913 Webster ]