JAMS

Noun

jams

plural of jam

Verb

jams

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jam

Anagrams

• JASM, jasm

Noun

JAMs

plural of JAM

Anagrams

• JASM, jasm

Source: Wiktionary


JAM

Jam, n. Etym: [Per. or Hind. jamah garment, robe.]

Definition: A kind of frock for children.

Jam, n. (Mining)

Definition: See Jamb.

Jam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jamming.] Etym: [Either fr. jamb, as if squeezed between jambs, or more likely from the same source as champ See Champ.]

1. To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in. The . . . jammed in between two rocks. De Foe.

2. To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door. [Colloq.]

3. (Naut.)

Definition: To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback. W. C. Russell.

Jam, n.

1. A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.

2. An injury caused by jamming. [Colloq.]

Jam, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. jam, v.; but cf. also Ar. jamad ice, jelly, jamid congealed, jamd congelation, ice.]

Definition: A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam. Jam nut. See Check nut, under Check.

– Jam weld (Forging), a butt weld. See under Butt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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