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The same as Kotow. I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. H. James.

without or destitute of; to want; to need. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. James i. 5.

A burying place. [Scot.] Jamieson.

leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette.

the Countess of Pembroke's "Arcadia," a gallant legendary full of pleasurable accidents. James I.

A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea. Etym: Jamaican E limba to bend, fr. E. limber (1950)]. Often performed at celebrations, such as weddings. (1950-1996)

nsciousness of being alone; lonesome. I am very often alone. I don't mean I am lonely. H. James.

lot. I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English heads, chiefly of the reign of James I. Walpole.

ominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. Burton. A long lovelock and long hair he wore. Sir W. Scott.

th her already in his heart. Matt. v. 28. The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy. James iv. 5.

That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.

Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage. [Obs. or Scots Law] Jamieson.

p of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence. Marmalade tree (Bot.), a sapotaceous tree (Lucuma mammosa) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long, containing a pleasant-fla…

sages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings. If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as Maximian had massacred the Theban legion. Macaulay.

A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added.

A person who poses as a pattern to an artist. A professional model. H. James. Working model, a model of a machine which can do on a small scale the work which the machine itself does, or expected to do.

To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.

provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. -- Mo`ti*va"tion (#), n. William James.

h and mountain colley. See Ousel. -- Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of Jamaica (Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate leaves. -- Mountain quail (Zoöl.), the plumed partridge (Oreortyx pictus) of California. It has two long, slender, plume…

t as a mountaineer; to climb mountains. You can't go mountaineering in a flat country. H. James.