English Dictionary: Jabiru mycteria | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jabber \Jab"ber\, 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. | |
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Jabberingly \Jab"ber*ing*ly\, adv. In a jabbering manner. | |
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Jabberment \Jab"ber*ment\, n. Jabber. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Jabbernowl \Jab"ber*nowl`\, n. Same as {Jobbernowl}. | |
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Jaborandi \Jab`o*ran"di\, n. (Bot.) The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub ({Pilocarpus pennatifolius}). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue. | |
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Jaborine \Jab"o*rine\, 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job. [Colloq.] Note: Job is used adjectively to signify doing jobs, used for jobs, or let on hire to do jobs; as, job printer; job master; job horse; job wagon, etc. {By the job}, at a stipulated sum for the work, or for each piece of work done; -- distinguished from time work; as, the house was built by the job. {Job lot}, a quantity of goods, usually miscellaneous, sold out of the regular course of trade, at a certain price for the whole; as, these articles were included in a job lot. {Job master}, one who lest out horses and carriages for hire, as for family use. [Eng.] {Job printer}, one who does miscellaneous printing, esp. circulars, cards, billheads, etc. {Odd job}, miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional work, of various kinds, or for various people. | |
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Jobbernowl \Job"ber*nowl`\, n. [OE. jobbernoule, fr. jobarde a stupid fellow; cf. E. noll.] A blockhead. [Colloq. & Obs.] --H. Taylor. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Java Remote Method Protocol by {Sun Microsystems} to transport {Java} {RMI}. JRMP serves the same function as {IIOP}, but also supports object passing. {Sun} plans to offer {IIOP} as an alternative to JRMP. Sun do not appear to use this term any longer, simply referring to the "RMI transport protocol". {(http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3.0/docs/guide/rmi/spec/rmi-protocol3.html)}. {Comparison (http://www.execpc.com/~gopalan/misc/compare.html)}. (2001-07-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Java Run-Time Environment required to run Java programs. The JRE consists of the {Java Virtual Machine}, the {Java} platform core {classes} and supporting files. It does not include the compiler, debugger or other tools present in the JDK. The JRE is the smallest set of executables and files that constitute the standard Java platform. (1998-11-30) |