English Dictionary: jumpstart | by the DICT Development Group |
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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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Jambes \Jambes\, Jambeux \Jam"beux\, n. pl. [From F. jambe a leg: cf. OF. jambiere. See {Jamb}, n.] (Ancient Armor) In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees. [Written also {giambeux}.] --Chaucer. | |
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Jambes \Jambes\, Jambeux \Jam"beux\, n. pl. [From F. jambe a leg: cf. OF. jambiere. See {Jamb}, n.] (Ancient Armor) In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees. [Written also {giambeux}.] --Chaucer. | |
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Otaheite apple \O`ta*hei"te ap"ple\ [So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.] (Bot.) (a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree ({Spondias dulcis}), also called {vi-apple}. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. (b) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree ({Jambosa Malaccensis}) which bears crimson berries. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jump \Jump\, n. 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. [bd]To advance by jumps.[b8] --Locke. 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.] Our fortune lies Upon thisjump. -- Shak. 3. The space traversed by a leap. 4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. 5. (Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. {From the jump}, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.] {Jump joint}. (a) A butt joint. (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels. {Jump seat}. (a) A movable carriage seat. (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon. | |
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Jump \Jump\, n. 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. [bd]To advance by jumps.[b8] --Locke. 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.] Our fortune lies Upon thisjump. -- Shak. 3. The space traversed by a leap. 4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. 5. (Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. {From the jump}, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.] {Jump joint}. (a) A butt joint. (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels. {Jump seat}. (a) A movable carriage seat. (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon. | |
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Jump spark \Jump spark\ A spark produced by the jumping of electricity across a permanent gap. | |
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Jumpy \Jump"y\, a. [Compar. {Jumpier}; superl. {Jumpiest}.] Jumping, or inducing to jump; characterized by jumps; hence, extremely nervous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
June \June\, n. [L. Junius: cf. F. Juin. So called either from Junius, the name of a Roman gens, or from Juno, the goddess.] The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days. And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. -- Lowell. {June beetle}, {June bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus {Lachnosterna} and related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in the northern United States, about the first of June. The larv[91] of the June beetles live under ground, and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also {May bug} or {May beetle}. {June grass} (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue grass. See {Blue glass}, and Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug}, {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Juno Beach, FL (town, FIPS 35850) Location: 26.87837 N, 80.05642 W Population (1990): 2121 (2069 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Jon Postel One of the {Internet}'s founding fathers. Jon's name is prominent on many of the fundamental {standards} on which the Internet is built, such as {UDP}. He ran {IANA} for as long as anybody could remember, in fact for most of the time he *was* IANA. He wrote {STD 1}, {STD 2} and several dozen other {RFC}s. His friend {Vinton Cerf} noted his passing in {RFC 2468}. (1998-10-21) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Jonah, Book of This book professes to give an account of what actually took place in the experience of the prophet. Some critics have sought to interpret the book as a parable or allegory, and not as a history. They have done so for various reasons. Thus (1) some reject it on the ground that the miraculous element enters so largely into it, and that it is not prophetical but narrative in its form; (2) others, denying the possibility of miracles altogether, hold that therefore it cannot be true history. Jonah and his story is referred to by our Lord (Matt. 12:39, 40; Luke 11:29), a fact to which the greatest weight must be attached. It is impossible to interpret this reference on any other theory. This one argument is of sufficient importance to settle the whole question. No theories devised for the purpose of getting rid of difficulties can stand against such a proof that the book is a veritable history. There is every reason to believe that this book was written by Jonah himself. It gives an account of (1) his divine commission to go to Nineveh, his disobedience, and the punishment following (1:1-17); (2) his prayer and miraculous deliverance (1:17-2:10); (3) the second commission given to him, and his prompt obedience in delivering the message from God, and its results in the repentance of the Ninevites, and God's long-sparing mercy toward them (ch. 3); (4) Jonah's displeasure at God's merciful decision, and the rebuke tendered to the impatient prophet (ch. 4). Nineveh was spared after Jonah's mission for more than a century. The history of Jonah may well be regarded "as a part of that great onward movement which was before the Law and under the Law; which gained strength and volume as the fulness of the times drew near.", Perowne's Jonah. |