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Webster 1913 Edition
January
Jan′u-a-ry
,Noun.
[L.
Januarius
, fr. Janus
an old Latin deity, the god of the sun and the year, to whom the month of January was sacred; cf. janua
a door, Skr. yā
to go.] The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
☞ Before the adoption of New Style, the commencement of the year was usually reckoned from March 25.
Webster 1828 Edition
January
JAN'UARY.
n. [L. januarius; L. geno, to beget, Eng. to begin.]The first month of the year, according to the present computation. At the foundation of Rome, March was considered the first month. January and February were introduced by Numa Pompilius.