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   jarful
         n 1: the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer"
               [syn: {jar}, {jarful}]

English Dictionary: Jgerball by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jerry-builder
n
  1. someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jerry-building
n
  1. construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jerry-built
adj
  1. of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"
    Synonym(s): jerry-built, shoddy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jirrbal
n
  1. a language of Australian aborigines [syn: Dyirbal, Jirrbal]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jarble \Jar"ble\, v. t.
      To wet; to bemire. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jerfalcon \Jer"fal`con\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The gyrfalcon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gyrfalcon \Gyr"fal`con\, n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL.
      gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and
      named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See
      {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons,
      esp. {Falco rusticolus} and the white species {F.
      Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the
      gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of {Accipiter}.
      [Written also {gerfalcon}, {gierfalcon}, and {jerfalcon}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jerfalcon \Jer"fal`con\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The gyrfalcon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gyrfalcon \Gyr"fal`con\, n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL.
      gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and
      named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See
      {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons,
      esp. {Falco rusticolus} and the white species {F.
      Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the
      gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of {Accipiter}.
      [Written also {gerfalcon}, {gierfalcon}, and {jerfalcon}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jerry-builder \Jer"ry-build`er\, n. [Prob. fr. the proper name
      Jerry, familiar form of Jeremiah.]
      A professional builder who erects cheap dwellings of poor
      materials and unsubstantial and slovenly construction.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jerry-built \Jer"ry-built`\, a.
      Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.
      [Colloq. Eng.]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Jerubbaal
      contender with Baal; or, let Baal plead, a surname of Gideon; a
      name given to him because he destroyed the altar of Baal (Judg.
      6:32; 7:1; 8:29; 1 Sam. 12:11).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Jerubbaal, he that defends Baal, let Baal defend his cause
  
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