English Dictionary: Josef von Sternberg | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
3. (Naut.) (a) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of {Ship}); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom. (b) The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of {Sail}). (c) The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction. 4. (Scots Law) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease. --Burrill. 5. Confidence; reliance. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Tack of a flag} (Naut.), a line spliced into the eye at the foot of the hoist for securing the flag to the halyards. {Tack pins} (Naut.), belaying pins; -- also called {jack pins}. {To haul the tacks aboard} (Naut.), to set the courses. {To hold tack}, to last or hold out. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jacob91an lily \Jac`o*b[91]"an lil"y\ [See {Jacobean}.] (Bot.) A bulbous plant ({Amaryllis, [or] Sprekelia, formosissima}) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower. [Written also {Jacobean}.] | |
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Jacob91an lily \Jac`o*b[91]"an lil"y\ [See {Jacobean}.] (Bot.) A bulbous plant ({Amaryllis, [or] Sprekelia, formosissima}) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower. [Written also {Jacobean}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jacobean \Ja*co"be*an\ (?; 277), Jacobian \Ja*co"bi*an\, a. [From L. Jacobus James. See 2d {Jack}.] Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England. [bd]A Jacobean table.[b8] --C. L. Eastlake. | |
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Jacobean \Ja*co"be*an\ (?; 277), Jacobian \Ja*co"bi*an\, a. [From L. Jacobus James. See 2d {Jack}.] Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England. [bd]A Jacobean table.[b8] --C. L. Eastlake. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jacobin \Jac"o*bin\, n. [F. See 2d {Jack}, {Jacobite}.] 1. (Eccl. Hist.) A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris. 2. One of a society of violent agitators in France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck form a hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are long, and the beak moderately short. | |
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Jacobin \Jac"o*bin\, a. Same as {Jacobinic}. | |
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Black friar \Black" fri`ar\ (Eccl.) A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also {predicant} and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine. | |
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Jacobine \Jac"o*bine\, n. A Jacobin. | |
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Jacobinic \Jac`o*bin"ic\, Jacobinical \Jac`o*bin"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism. --Burke. -- {Jac`o*bin"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Jacobinic \Jac`o*bin"ic\, Jacobinical \Jac`o*bin"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism. --Burke. -- {Jac`o*bin"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Jacobinic \Jac`o*bin"ic\, Jacobinical \Jac`o*bin"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism. --Burke. -- {Jac`o*bin"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Jacobinism \Jac"o*bin*ism\, n. [Cf. F. Jacobinisme.] The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government. Under this new stimulus, Burn's previous Jacobitism passed towards the opposite, but not very distant, extreme of Jacobinism. --J. C. Shairp. | |
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Jacobinize \Jac"o*bin*ize`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jacobinized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jacobinizing}.] [Cf. F. Jacobiniser.] To taint with, or convert to, Jacobinism. France was not then jacobinized. --Burke. | |
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Jacobinize \Jac"o*bin*ize`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jacobinized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jacobinizing}.] [Cf. F. Jacobiniser.] To taint with, or convert to, Jacobinism. France was not then jacobinized. --Burke. | |
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Jacobinize \Jac"o*bin*ize`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jacobinized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jacobinizing}.] [Cf. F. Jacobiniser.] To taint with, or convert to, Jacobinism. France was not then jacobinized. --Burke. | |
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Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also {preaching friars}, {friars preachers}, {black friars} (from their black cloak), {brothers of St. Mary}, and in France, {Jacobins}. | |
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Jasponyx \Jasp`o"nyx\, n. [L. iasponyx, Gr. [?]. See {Jasper}, and {Onyx}.] (min.) An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Josephine, TX (town, FIPS 38068) Location: 33.06159 N, 96.31635 W Population (1990): 503 (199 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Josephine, WV Zip code(s): 25857 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Josephine County, OR (county, FIPS 33) Location: 42.36201 N, 123.56104 W Population (1990): 62649 (26912 housing units) Area: 4246.6 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Joseph-Marie Jacquard 1834-08-07) The inventor of the {Jacquard loom}. (1998-10-19) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Jashobeam dweller among the people; or to whom the people turn, the Hachmonite (1 Chr. 11:11), one of David's chief heroes who joined him at Ziklag (12:6). He was the first of the three who broke through the host of the Philistines to fetch water to David from the well of Bethlehem (2 Sam. 23:13-17). He is also called Adino the Eznite (8). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Jashobeam, the people sitting; or captivity of the people |