JAR  , a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel of See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, made of earthenware, See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, &c., with a spoutless mouth, and usually without handles . The word came into See also:

• ENGLISH

English through Fr. jarre or Span. jarra, from Arab. jarrah, the earthenware vessel of Eastern countries, used to contain See also:

• WATER

water, oil, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, &c . The simple See also:

• ELECTRICAL
• ELECTRICAL (or ELECTROSTATIC) MACHINE

electrical See also:

• CONDENSER

condenser known as a See also:

• LEYDEN, JOHN (1775-1811)

Leyden Jar (q.v.) was so called because of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early experiments made in the See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science of See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity at See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden . In the sense of a harsh vibrating See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound, a sudden See also:

• SHOCK, or COLLAPSE

shock or vibrating See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement, hence dissension, See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel or See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty strife, " jar " is onomatopoeic in origin; it is also seen in the name of the See also:

• BIRD

bird See also:

• NIGHT

night-jar (also known as the See also:

• GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

goat-sucker) . In the' expression " on the jar " or " ajar," of a See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door or window partly open, the word is another form of chore or See also:

• CHAR (Salvelinus)

char, meaning turn or turning, which survives in See also:

• CHARWOMAN

charwoman, one who See also:

• WORKS

works at a turn, a See also:

• JOB

job and chore, a job, spell of See also:

• WORK

work .