jam (1)

[Etym. doubtful: Skeat connects it with JAM, v. (q. v.)] A conserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water. jăm (2), s. [Pers. & Hind.jam ah =dre .] 1. A kind of muslin dre worn in India. 2. A child's frock. Jăm (3), s. [JAM, V.] A crush, a squeeze; a crowd or block of people. jăm (4), s. [JAMB.] jăm, v . t . [Of doubtful origin: according to Skeat the same as cham or champ =to chew, to tread heav ily; also as adj. hard, firm.] 1. To wedge in, to pre , to crush, to squeeze. 2. To tread hard; to make hard and firm by tread ing, as land by cattle. ( Provincial.)