D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Jamb

/jăm/ · IPA /d͡ʒæm/
01 n. The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-br…
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    The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.(Arch)
  2. 2.
    Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.(Mining)
02 v. t. See Jam, v. t. & i.
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    See Jam, v. t. & i. See: Jam
03 n. See Jambes.
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    See Jambes. See: Jambes