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Webster 1913 Edition

Jamb

Jamb

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Noun.
[Prov. E.
jaumb
,
jaum
, F.
jambe
a leg,
jambe de force
a principal rafter. See
Gambol
.]
1.
(Arch)
The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.
Gwilt.
2.
(Mining)
Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.

Jamb

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Verb.
T.
See
Jam
,
Verb.
T.
&
I.

Webster 1828 Edition

Jamb

JAMB

,
Noun.
Among the lead miners of Mendip, a thick bed of stone which hinders them when pursuing the veins of ore.

JAMB

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Noun.
jam.
In architecture, a supporter; the side-piece or post of a door; the side-piece of a fireplace.

Definition 2024

jamb

jamb

English

Noun

jamb ‎(plural jambs)

  1. (architecture, interior decorating, finish carpentry) The vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
  2. (mining) Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.

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Verb

jamb ‎(third-person singular simple present jambs, present participle jambing, simple past and past participle jambed)

  1. (transitive) To fix or attach a jamb to.

Polish

Noun

jamb m inan

  1. iamb

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jâmb/

Noun

jȁmb m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ја̏мб)

  1. iamb

Declension

Etymology

Middle English jambe, from Middle French jambe ‎(“leg”), from Late Latin gamba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒæm/
  • Homophones: jam

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