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Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.

f the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; -- called also Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion to the deep blue of its water. It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream.

Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.

Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner. Japanned leather,leather treated with coatings of Japan varnish, and dried in a stove. Knight.

One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art.

The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.

After the manner of the Japanese; resembling japanned articles. Carlyle.

iar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islands etc., in the northern part of the empire of Japan, by some supposed to have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout and short, with hairy bodies.

Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.

y you live ten thousand years; -- used in salutation of the emperor and as a battle cry. [Japan]

sold in a lump. Bartlett. -- Block printing. (a) A mode of printing (common in China and Japan) from engraved boards by means of a sheet of paper laid on the linked surface and rubbed with a brush. S. W. Williams. (b) A method of printing cotton cloth and paper hangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved s…

See Japan black.

The unwritten code of moral principles regulating the actions of the Japanese knighthood, or Samurai; the chivalry of Japan.

One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.

An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers, the United States, and Japan in 1900 to take only joint action in the Chinese aspect of the Eastern Question.

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

The common name of the kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.

The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.daimyo The daimios, or territorial nobles, resided in Yedo and were divided into four classes. Am. Cyc.

ure in place on the cabin table in bad weather. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Fiddle beetle (Zoöl.), a Japanese carabid beetle (Damaster blaptoides); -- so called from the form of the body. -- Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead of side by side as in a comm…

is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. Bacon.