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One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.

To cherish; to comfort. Ye have nourished your hearts. James v. 5.

ojection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place. Check nut, Jam nut, Lock nut, a nut which is screwed up tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut. -- Nut buoy. See under Buoy. -- Nut coal, screened coal of a size sm…

e ascension, etc. See under Angle,Ascension, etc. -- Oblique arch (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence askew. -- Oblique bridge, a skew bridge. See under Bridge, n. -- Oblique case (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See Case, n. -- Oblique ci…

in. Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. James ii. 10. If it be a sin to cevet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. Shak.

A bloody fray or battle. [Scot.] Jamieson.

A single farmhouse; a steading. [Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Grose. Jamieson.

To bind with a thread or cord; to join; to unite. [Scot.] Jamieson.

atus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow berries. -- Orange bird (Zoöl.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena); -- so called from its bright orange breast. -- Orange cowry (Zoöl.), a large, handsome cowry (Cypræa aurantia), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity. -- Orange grass (Bot.), an i…

A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.

ut and perfect in a month. Bacon. She has not been out [in general society] very long. H. James.

A quarrel; a contention. [Scot.] Jamieson.

not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin. Atterbury.

Arch; cunning; sly. [Scot.] Jamieson.

An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft. [Scot.] Jamieson.

se airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle. Jamieson.

ompassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. James v. 11.

Same as Jamesonite.

One who distrains property. [Scot.] Jamieson.

The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law. It is the shallow, unimproved intellects that are the confident pretenders to certainty. Glanvill.