English Dictionary: Jasminum officinale | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jackman \Jack"man\, n.; pl. {Jackmen}. 1. One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d {Jack}, n. Christie . . . the laird's chief jackman. --Sir W. Scott. 2. A cream cheese. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jackman \Jack"man\, n.; pl. {Jackmen}. 1. One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d {Jack}, n. Christie . . . the laird's chief jackman. --Sir W. Scott. 2. A cream cheese. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc[?]p, sce[a0]p; akin to OFries. sk[?]p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf, OHG. sc[be]f, Skr. ch[be]ga. [root]295. Cf. {Sheepherd}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus {Ovis}, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia. Note: The domestic sheep ({Ovis aries}) varies much in size, in the length and texture of its wool, the form and size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep, remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which always has four horns. 2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth. 3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd. {Rocky mountain sheep}.(Zo[94]l.) See {Bighorn}. {Maned sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aoudad}. {Sheep bot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See {Estrus}. {Sheep dog} (Zo[94]l.), a shepherd dog, or collie. {Sheep laurel} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs. {Sheep pest} (Bot.), an Australian plant ({Ac[91]na ovina}) related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep. {Sheep run}, an extensive tract of country where sheep range and graze. {Sheep's beard} (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the conspicuous pappus of the achenes. {Sheep's bit} (Bot.), a European herb ({Jasione montana}) having much the appearance of scabious. {Sheep pox} (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep, characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon the skin. {Sheep scabious}. (Bot.) Same as {Sheep's bit}. {Sheep shears}, shears in which the blades form the two ends of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so called because used to cut off the wool of sheep. {Sheep sorrel}. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel. {Sheep's-wool} (Zo[94]l.), the highest grade of Florida commercial sponges ({Spongia equina}, variety {gossypina}). {Sheep tick} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless parasitic insect ({Melophagus ovinus}) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the blood, leaving a swelling. Called also {sheep pest}, and {sheep louse}. {Sheep walk}, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run. {Wild sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argali}, {Mouflon}, and {O[94]rial}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jasmine \Jas"mine\, n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. y[be]sm[c6]n, Pers. y[be]sm[c6]n; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf. {Jessamine}.] (Bot.) A shrubby plant of the genus {Jasminum}, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The {J. officinale}, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is {J. Sambac}, and, with {J. angustifolia}, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the {Gelseminum sempervirens} (see {Gelsemium}). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of {Calotropis} and {Faramea}. [Written also {jessamine}.] {Cape jasmine}, or {Cape jessamine}, the {Gardenia florida}, a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern United States. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jejune \Je*june"\, a. [L. jejunus fasting, hungry, dry, barren, scanty; of unknown origin.] 1. Lacking matter; empty; void of substance. 2. Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative. - {Je*june"ly}, adv. -- {Je*june"ness}, n. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jasmine \Jas"mine\, n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. y[be]sm[c6]n, Pers. y[be]sm[c6]n; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf. {Jessamine}.] (Bot.) A shrubby plant of the genus {Jasminum}, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The {J. officinale}, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is {J. Sambac}, and, with {J. angustifolia}, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the {Gelseminum sempervirens} (see {Gelsemium}). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of {Calotropis} and {Faramea}. [Written also {jessamine}.] {Cape jasmine}, or {Cape jessamine}, the {Gardenia florida}, a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern United States. | |
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Jessamine \Jes"sa*mine\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Jasmine}. | |
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Jasmine \Jas"mine\, n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. y[be]sm[c6]n, Pers. y[be]sm[c6]n; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf. {Jessamine}.] (Bot.) A shrubby plant of the genus {Jasminum}, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The {J. officinale}, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is {J. Sambac}, and, with {J. angustifolia}, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the {Gelseminum sempervirens} (see {Gelsemium}). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of {Calotropis} and {Faramea}. [Written also {jessamine}.] {Cape jasmine}, or {Cape jessamine}, the {Gardenia florida}, a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern United States. | |
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Jessamine \Jes"sa*mine\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Jasmine}. | |
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Jugement \Jug"e*ment\, n. Judgment. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Jackman, ME Zip code(s): 04945 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Jasmine Estates, FL (CDP, FIPS 35350) Location: 28.29264 N, 82.69035 W Population (1990): 17136 (9309 housing units) Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Jessamine County, KY (county, FIPS 113) Location: 37.87179 N, 84.58233 W Population (1990): 30508 (11209 housing units) Area: 448.5 sq km (land), 3.4 sq km (water) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Jachin and Boaz the names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubits high and twelve in circumference (Jer. 52:21, 23; 1 Kings 7:17-21). They had doubtless a symbolical import. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Jeshimon the waste, probably some high waste land to the south of the Dead Sea (Num. 21:20; 23:28; 1 Sam. 23:19, 24); or rather not a proper name at all, but simply "the waste" or "wilderness," the district on which the plateau of Ziph (q.v.) looks down. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Jokmeam gathering of the people, a city of Ephraim, which was given with its suburbs to the Levites (1 Chr. 6:68). It lay somewhere in the Jordan valley (1 Kings 4:12, R.V.; but in A.V. incorrectly "Jokneam"). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Jokneam gathered by the people, (Josh. 19:11; 21:34), a city "of Carmel" (12:22), i.e., on Carmel, allotted with its suburbs to the Merarite Levites. It is the modern Tell Kaimon, about 12 miles south-west of Nazareth, on the south of the river Kishon. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Jekamean, the people shall arise | |
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Jeshimon, solitude; desolation | |
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Jokmeam, confirmation, or revenge, of the people | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Jokneam, possessing, or building up, of the people |