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Contiguous. [Obs.] Carew.

Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. "The adjoining fane." Dryden. Upon the hills adjoining to the city. Shak.

An adjunct; a helper. [Obs.]

d for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. Barrow. 'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day. Shak.

Adjournment; postponement. [R.] "An adjournal of the Diet." Sir W. Scott.

The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.

The adjutant of a regiment.

On the jog.

The fruit of Ammi Copticum, syn. Carum Ajowan, used both as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also Javanee seed, Javanese seed, and ajava.

A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.

A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple. Shak.

A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.

A small cooper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.

A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.

A kind of banjo, with a short neck, tuned a fourth higher than the common banjo; -- popularly so called.

A trinket; a jewel; -- a word applied to anything small and of elegant workmanship.

Small articles of virtu, as jewelry, trinkets, etc.

A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.

The male wild turkey, the gobbler; -- so called in allusion to its notes.

A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8.