jamnut

An auxilliary nut screwed down upon another one to hold it; a check-nut, lock-nut, or pinching-nut. [NUT-LOCK.] IMG:content-0099.png:[blocks in formation] 2394 ment with boiling alcohol. It crystallizes in yellowish-brown needles, which are soluble in boiling water and in alcohol, but insoluble in ether It melts at 98° to a brownish-red liquid; at a higher temperature it swells up very much, and burns, giving off an odor of roasted cocoa. It is inodorous, very bitter, and neutral to vegetable colors. The salts of jam aïcine are bitter, crystalline, and soluble in water and in alcohol.' jăm-a-na, subst. [JACANA.] The same as the JACANA (q.v.). ( Swains on .) jamb, *Jam, *jaum, *Jambe, *jaumbe, s. [Fr. jambe the leg or shank, a jamb of a door, from Low Lat. gamba =a hoof. Cf. Ital. & Sp. gamba =the leg.] 1. Arch .: The upright sides of an aperture, as a doorway, window, or fireplace, and supporting the lintel, entablature, or man tel. C D IMG:content-0100.png:[blocks in formation] way or window. jamb-stone, s. Arch.: One of the stone pillars on the sides of a doorway or of a window. jămb ( b silent), v. t. [JAM, V.] *Jăm-bart, s. [JAMBE]. *jămbe ( pl . *Jambes, *Jam-beux, *jam-beaux), s. [ Fr.jambe the leg.] [JAMB, 8.] Old Armor: A leg or shin-piece of cuirbouilli or metal worn during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, but especially during the reign of Richard II. *Jăm-bee, s . [O. Fr. jamboier =to walk; jambe =the leg.] A walking-stick or cane. jam-beux, s. pl. [JAMBE.]