The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . efly black or col-ored. _ . , jambi (jam), M. [Formerly also jaumb,]aumbe,jauiii; < ME. jambc,jauiiibe, jamiie,< OF. jaiiibe,leg, shank, ham, corbel, pier, side post of a door(in the last sense also, in mod. F. exclusively,jambaqc); = Sp. (jamba, OSp. caiiiba = Pg. (/am-(«?(( = It. r/((«(iff, the log, E. cam, q. v.), but in any case con-nected with L. camiii; crooked, camera, camara,dr. Kuiinpa, a vault, chamber (> E. camera, caiii-heri, chamber, etc., q
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . efly black or col-ored. _ . , jambi (jam), M. [Formerly also jaumb,]aumbe,jauiii; < ME. jambc,jauiiibe, jamiie,< OF. jaiiibe,leg, shank, ham, corbel, pier, side post of a door(in the last sense also, in mod. F. exclusively,jambaqc); = Sp. (jamba, OSp. caiiiba = Pg. (/am-(«?(( = It. r/((«(iff, the log, E. cam, q. v.), but in any case con-nected with L. camiii; crooked, camera, camara,dr. Kuiinpa, a vault, chamber (> E. camera, caiii-heri, chamber, etc., q. v.), and ult. with E. ham^.q. V. From LL. gaiiiba are also ult. <jamh, ijaiiiha,qaiiibadc, qambit, gambol, (jammnifi, etc., andwords foirowing.] If. A leg.—2t. The side orcheek of a helmet or shield. Vniovuis the Jamnys that iuste were to-gedur. Vestnictlon of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 939. 3. In nrcli., a side or vertical piece of anyopening or aperture in a wall, such as a Church of SI. CencM. NcvcR. ; ?3th century. -/..-. ).1«-(I-roiii Vlullcl-lc-Uuci. ? Diet, de r Architecture- > jamb-post window, or chimney, which helps to bear thelintel or other member overhead serving to sus-tain or discharge the superincumbent weightof the the other side stood the stately palace of Dultibie,. in which were dores and jamnes of Ivory. Sandys, Travailes, p. 93. The jam6s or flanking stones [ot stairs] are also adornedby either figures of animals or bas-reliefs. J. Feryusson, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 198. 4. In imniiiq, a mass of mineral or stone in aquarry or pit standing upright, and more orless distinct from neighboring or adjoiningparts. Also spelled j«»i. jamb^t, «. An obsolete spelling of jaml. jambel (jamb),«. It. An obsolete fonn — 2. [()F.: see jrtHffcl. Ct. jambieres.] Armorfor the leg, sometimes made of cuir-bouilli, butmost frequently of metal, much used during thefoiu-teenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth
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