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   Jean Racine
         n 1: French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works
               on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699) [syn: {Racine}, {Jean
               Racine}, {Jean Baptiste Racine}]

English Dictionary: John Marquand by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jim Morrison
n
  1. United States rock singer (1943-1971) [syn: Morrison, Jim Morrison, James Douglas Morrison]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jinrikisha
n
  1. a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person
    Synonym(s): jinrikisha, ricksha, rickshaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Johann Maier Eck
n
  1. a German Roman Catholic theologian who was an indefatigable opponent of Martin Luther (1486-1543)
    Synonym(s): Eck, Johann Eck, Johann Maier Eck, Johann Maier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Herschel
n
  1. English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)
    Synonym(s): Herschel, John Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Herschel Glenn Jr.
n
  1. made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-)
    Synonym(s): Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn Jr.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Marquand
n
  1. United States writer who created the Japanese detective Mr. Moto and wrote other novels as well (1893-1960)
    Synonym(s): Marquand, John Marquand, John Philip Marquand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Marshall
n
  1. United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)
    Synonym(s): Marshall, John Marshall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Marstan
n
  1. English playwright (1575-1634) [syn: Marstan, {John Marstan}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Mercer
n
  1. British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866)
    Synonym(s): Mercer, John Mercer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Rock
n
  1. United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
    Synonym(s): Rock, John Rock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Ross
n
  1. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
    Synonym(s): Ross, John Ross, Sir John Ross
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Ruskin
n
  1. British art critic (1819-1900) [syn: Ruskin, {John Ruskin}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
junior class
n
  1. penultimate class in high school or college
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
junior college
n
  1. a college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
junior high
n
  1. a secondary school usually including 7th and 8th grades
    Synonym(s): junior high school, junior high
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
junior high school
n
  1. a secondary school usually including 7th and 8th grades
    Synonym(s): junior high school, junior high
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
junior school
n
  1. British school for children aged 7-11
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
junior status
n
  1. in a junior position
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
junior-grade
adj
  1. inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
    Synonym(s): junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jinrikisha \Jin*rik"i*sha\, n. [Jap. jin man + riki power + sha
      carriage.]
      A small, two-wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one more men.
      [Japan]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.]
      1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to
            determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
  
                     This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and
                     groove to equal breadth by.               --Moxon.
  
                     There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds.
                                                                              --I. Taylor.
  
      2. Measure; dimensions; estimate.
  
                     The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and
                     contempt.                                          --Burke.
  
      3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or
            regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or
            template; as, a button maker's gauge.
  
      4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the
            state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical
            elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some
            particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with
                  reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather
                  gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and
                  the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.
            (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
                  --Totten.
  
      6. The distance between the rails of a railway.
  
      Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is
               four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad,
               gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England,
               seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard
               gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called
               narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six
               inches.
  
      7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with
            common plaster to accelerate its setting.
  
      8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which
            is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of
            such shingles, slates, or tiles.
  
      {Gauge of a carriage}, {car}, etc., the distance between the
            wheels; -- ordinarily called the {track}.
  
      {Gauge cock}, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining
            the height of the water level in a steam boiler.
  
      {Gauge concussion} (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel
            flange striking the edge of the rail.
  
      {Gauge glass}, a glass tube for a water gauge.
  
      {Gauge lathe}, an automatic lathe for turning a round object
            having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round,
            to a templet or gauge.
  
      {Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is
            one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given
            measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc.
  
      {Gauge rod}, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of
            barrels, casks, etc.
  
      {Gauge saw}, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of
            cut. --Knight.
  
      {Gauge stuff}, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making
            cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.
  
      {Gauge wheel}, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to
            determine the depth of the furrow.
  
      {Joiner's gauge}, an instrument used to strike a line
            parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.
  
      {Printer's gauge}, an instrument to regulate the length of
            the page.
  
      {Rain gauge}, an instrument for measuring the quantity of
            rain at any given place.
  
      {Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance
            for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its
            specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.
  
      {Sea gauge}, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.
           
  
      {Siphon gauge}, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with
            mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the
            degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air
            pump or other vacuum; a manometer.
  
      {Sliding gauge}. (Mach.)
            (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted
                  dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use,
                  as screws, railway-car axles, etc.
            (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges,
                  and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the
                  working gauges.
            (c) (Railroads) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 5.
  
      {Star gauge} (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the
            diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its
            length.
  
      {Steam gauge}, an instrument for measuring the pressure of
            steam, as in a boiler.
  
      {Tide gauge}, an instrument for determining the height of the
            tides.
  
      {Vacuum gauge}, a species of barometer for determining the
            relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a
            steam engine and the air.
  
      {Water gauge}.
            (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water
                  surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or
                  glass.
            (b) The height of the water in the boiler.
  
      {Wind gauge}, an instrument for measuring the force of the
            wind on any given surface; an anemometer.
  
      {Wire gauge}, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or
            the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size.
            See under {Wire}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jenners, PA
      Zip code(s): 15546

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jennerstown, PA (borough, FIPS 38048)
      Location: 40.16443 N, 79.06215 W
      Population (1990): 635 (269 housing units)
      Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
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