*jan*

n. a country in the Caucuses, formerly an Asian Soviet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan. [ PJC ]

[ From Bojanus, the discoverer. ] (Zool.) A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions.
Syn. -- genus Cajanus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Also fingan, findjan, fingian, etc. ] [ Ar. finjān. ] In the Levant, a small coffee cup without a handle, such as is held in a cup or stand called a zarf. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter noisily. [ R. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. ] (Moham. Myth.) One of an intermediate order between angels and men. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. Janua Genoa; L. Genua, also OE. Jean. ] 1. A coin of Genoa; any small coin. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See Jean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Jangled p. pr. & vb. n. Jangling ] [ OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail, quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken, to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip. “Thou janglest as a jay.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. jangle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Discordant sound; wrangling. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The unmelodious ringing of multiple metallic objects striking together, such as a set of small bells. [ PJC ]

The musical jangle of sleigh bells. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. jangleor. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An idle talker; a babbler; a prater. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wrangling, noisy fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female prater or babbler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. janglerie chattering, talk. ] Jangling. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Producing discordant sounds. “A jangling noise.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Idle babbling; vain disputation. [ 1913 Webster ]

From which some, having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling. 1 Tim. i. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wrangling; altercation. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; sounding with a jangle{ 3 }; as, a custodian with a jangly set of keys.
Syn. -- jangling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Janizary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. janua a door. ] 1. A door-keeper; a porter. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster PJC ]

2. One who is employed to care for a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.; a caretaker; -- the duties may include removal of trash, cleaning of the rooms and public areas, and minor repairs. [ 1913 Webster PJC ]

{ } n. [ L. janitrix. See Janitor. ] A female janitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A janizary. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Janizaries [ F. janissaire, fr. Turk. yeñi-tsheri new soldiers or troops. ] A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826. [ written also janissary. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Jansénisme. ] (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Janséniste. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. See Jaunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) See Ianthina. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. See Jauntily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Jauntiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Jaunty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Januarius, fr. Janus an old Latin deity, the god of the sun and the year, to whom the month of January was sacred; cf. janua a door, Skr. yā to go. ] The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Before the adoption of New Style, the commencement of the year was usually reckoned from March 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. See January. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace. Dr. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Janus cloth, a fabric having both sides dressed, the sides being of different colors, -- used for reversible garments. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Double-faced; deceitful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indifferently. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Double-headed. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. same as Kanchenjunga.
Syn. -- Kanchenjunga, Kinchinjunga. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the middle part of January. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. 1. (Hinduism) The Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ F. séant, p. pr. of seoir to sit, L. sedere. ] (Her.) Sitting, as a lion or other beast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sejant rampant, sitting with the forefeet lifted up. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Trojanus, fr. Troja, Troia, Troy, from Tros, Gr. Trw`s, Trwo`s, Tros, the mythical founder of Troy. ] 1. Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Troy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who shows the pluck, endurance, determined energy, strength, or the like, attributed to the defenders of Troy; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase
like a Trojan; as, he endured the pain like a Trojan; he studies like a Trojan. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Tim jumped like a Trojan from the bed. Finnegan's Wake (Irish song) [ PJC ]

n. [ from the incident described in Homer's . ] 1. (Classical mythology) a large hollow wooden horse built by Greek soldiers besieging Troy during the Trojan War, and left as a “gift” when they pretended to abandon their seige. It was taken into the city by the Trojans, and Greek soldiers concealed inside came out and opened the gates to the city, enabling the capture of the city by the Greeks. [ RP + PJC ]

2. Hence, any thing or person which appears harmless but is designed to destroy or attack from within. It may sometimes refer to a group; -- see also fifth column. [ RP + PJC ]

3. (Computers) A computer program designed to evade the security precautions within a computer system and perform illicit operations, or to do malicious damage, and often designed to look like a different kind of program, such as a game, archiver, or directory lister. This term is not applied to a program that replicates itself, such as a virus. [ RP + PJC ]