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ge; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. "A barbarous jargon." Macaulay. "All jargon of the schools." Prior. The jargon which serves the traffickers. Johnson.

A variety of pear which ripens early.

Of or pertaining to the mineral jargon.

One addicted to jargon; one who uses cant or slang. Macaulay.

A movement or piece in largo time.

Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic. The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having a peculiar smell which prevents the attacks of flies. Sir S. Baker.

nating, an organic acid (called also nonoic acid) found in the leaves of the geranium (Pelargonium) and allied plants.

A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceæ, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.

A kind of sauce or pickle. King.

Any one of several species of sparoid fishes belonging to Sargus, Pomodasys, and related genera; -- called also sar, and saragu.

An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the voyage.

fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

e act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.

Crude tartar. See Argol.

Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo.

Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece. -- n.

To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.

it of all. It is called general average, because it falls upon the gross amount of ship, cargo, and freight at risk and saved by the sacrifice. Kent. -- Particular average signifies the damage or partial loss happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight, in consequence of some fortuitous or unavoidable accident; and it…

Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.

n his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo. Kent. Part.