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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Jamb \Jamb\, n. [Prov. E. jaumb, jaum, F. jambe a leg, jambe de force a principal rafter. See {Gambol}.] 1. (Arch) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face. --Gwilt. 2. (Mining) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Jamb \Jamb\, v. t. See {Jam}, v. t. | |
