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- English Word Jaeger Definition See Jager.
- English Word Jag Definition A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
- English Word Jag Definition A part broken off; a fragment.
- English Word Jag Definition A cleft or division.
- English Word Jag Definition To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
- English Word Jag Definition A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore.
- English Word Jag Definition To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc.
- English Word Jaganatha Definition Alt. of Jaganatha
- English Word Jaganatha Definition See Juggernaut.
- English Word Jager Definition A sharpshooter. See Yager.
- English Word Jager Definition Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).
- English Word Jagg Definition See Jag.
- English Word Jagged Definition of Jag
- English Word Jagged Definition Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks.
- English Word Jagger Definition One who carries about a small load; a peddler. See 2d Jag.
- English Word Jagger Definition One who, or that which, jags; specifically: (a) jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc. (b) A toothed chisel. See Jag, v. t.
- English Word Jaggery Definition Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis).
- English Word Jagging Definition of Jag
- English Word Jaggy Definition Having jags; set with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy teeth.
- English Word Jaghir Definition A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops.
- English Word Jaghirdar Definition The holder of a jaghir.
- English Word Jagua palm Definition A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for baskets and tubs.
- English Word Jaguar Definition A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called also the American tiger.
- English Word Jaguarondi Definition A South American wild cat (Felis jaguarondi), having a long, slim body and very short legs. Its color is grayish brown, varied with a blackish hue. It is arboreal in its habits and feeds mostly on birds.
- English Word Jah Definition Jehovah.
- English Word Jail Definition A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- English Word Jail Definition To imprison.
- English Word Jailer Definition The keeper of a jail or prison.
- English Word Jain Definition Alt. of Jaina
- English Word Jaina Definition One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the tenets of Jainism.