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Definition for JAR
JAR
JAR
JAR
, n.
2
[Sp.
jarra
,
jarro
; Port. id.; It.
giarro
.]
A vessel with a large belly and broad mouth, made of earth or glass; as, a jar of honey. – Dryden. We say, an electrical battery of nine jars.
A certain measure; as, a jar of oil.
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