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   jury-rigged
         adj 1: done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the
                  river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-
                  rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift
                  hammer" [syn: {improvised}, {jury-rigged}, {makeshift}]

English Dictionary: jury-rigged by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jury-rigged \Ju"ry-rigged`\, a. (Naut.)
      Rigged for temporary service. See {Jury}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jury-rigged \Ju"ry-rigged`\, a. (Naut.)
      Rigged for temporary service.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Jaare-oregim
      forests of the weavers, a Bethlehemite (2 Sam. 21:19), and the
      father of Elhanan, who slew Goliath. In 1 Chr. 20:5 called JAIR.
     
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