n. [ Amer. Sp., fr. Mex. xacalli. ] In Mexico and the southwestern United States, a kind of plastered house or hut, usually made by planting poles or timber in the ground, filling in between them with screen work or wickerwork, and daubing one or both sides with mud or adobe mortar; also, this method of construction. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ F. jacamar, Braz. jacamarica; cf. Sp. jacamar. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus
n. [ Cf. Sp. jacania. ] (Zool.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus
☞ The most common South American species is Jacana spinosa. The East Indian or pheasant jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) is remarkable for having four very long, curved, middle tail feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Braz.; cf. Sp. & Pg. jacaranda. ] (Bot.)
n. [ Pg. jacaré; of Brazilian origin. ] (Zool.) A cayman. See Yacare. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL., fr. L. Jacchus a mystic name of Bacchus, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) The common marmoset (Hapale vulgaris). Formerly, the name was also applied to other species of the same genus. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Jaconet. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. jacens, p. pr. of jacere to lie: cf. F. jacent. ] Lying at length;
n. [ F. jacinthe, L. hyacinthus. See Hyacinth. ] See Hyacinth. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. jaque, jacque, perh. from the proper name Jacques. Cf. Jacquerie. ] A coarse and cheap mediæval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their horsemen are with jacks for most part clad. Sir J. Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]