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Jar   /dʒɑr/   Listen
noun
Jar  n.  A turn. Note: (Only in phrase.)
On the jar, on the turn, ajar, as a door.


Jar  n.  
1.
A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar.
2.
The measure of what is contained in a jar; as, a jar of oil; a jar of preserves.
Bell jar, Leyden jar. See in the Vocabulary.


Jar  n.  
1.
A rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds.
2.
Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement. "And yet his peace is but continual jar." "Cease, cease these jars, and rest your minds in peace."
3.
A regular vibration, as of a pendulum. "I love thee not a jar of the clock."
4.
pl. In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed.


verb
Jar  v. t.  
1.
To cause a short, tremulous motion of, to cause to tremble, as by a sudden shock or blow; to shake; to shock; as, to jar the earth; to jar one's faith.
2.
To tick; to beat; to mark or tell off. (Obs.) "My thoughts are minutes, and with sighs they jar Their watches on unto mine eyes."


Jar  v. i.  (past & past part. jarred; pres. part. jarring)  
1.
To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly; as, the notes jarred on my ears. "When such strings jar, what hope of harmony?" "A string may jar in the best master's hand."
2.
To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute. "When those renowned noble peers Greece Through stubborn pride among themselves did jar." "For orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist."





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"Jar" Quotes from Famous Books



... are closely and strongly bound together, and between each one and its neighbour there is something so soft and elastic that we can bend our heads, or move in any direction, without the slightest strain or jar. ...
— Twilight And Dawn • Caroline Pridham
... how steadily we are moving. Not a tremor nor movement of any sort appreciable. How decidedly superior to car or steamboat traveling. Here we have no jar, noise, ...
— Doctor Jones' Picnic • S. E. Chapman
... tin. Then, having stirred the mixture with a stick, he took a red ember from the fire and dropped it into the kettle, a process which, as travellers in the veld know well, has a clearing effect upon the coffee. Next he produced pannikins, and handed them up with a pickle jar full of sugar to Mr. Clifford, upon the waggon chest. Milk they had none, yet that coffee tasted a great deal better than it looked; indeed, Benita drank two cups of it to warm herself and wash ...
— Benita, An African Romance • H. Rider Haggard
... as a mother because it gives out the flour by which the family is fed. No one must sit on cowdung cakes because they are the seat of Saturn, the Evil One, and their smell is called Sanichar ke bas. No one must step on the chulka or cooking-hearth nor jar it with his foot. At the midday meal, when food is freshly cooked, each man will take a little fire from the hearth and place it in front of him, and will throw a little of everything he eats on to the fire, and some ghi ...
— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV - Kumhar-Yemkala • R.V. Russell
... rushed for the jar of water and brought it to the Professor, who bathed his wounds, but the blow was so severe that he exhibited no ...
— The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen • Roger Finlay


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