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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 275 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAR , a See also:

vessel of See also:simple See also:form, made of earthenware, See also:glass, &c., with a spoutless mouth, and usually without handles. The word came into See also:English through Fr. jarre or Span. jarra, from Arab. jarrah, the earthenware vessel of Eastern countries, used to contain See also:water, oil, See also:wine, &c. The simple See also:electrical See also:condenser known as a See also:Leyden Jar (q.v.) was so called because of the See also:early experiments made in the See also:science of See also:electricity at See also:Leiden. In the sense of a harsh vibrating See also:sound, a sudden See also:shock or vibrating See also:movement, hence dissension, See also:quarrel or See also:petty strife, " jar " is onomatopoeic in origin; it is also seen in the name of the See also:bird See also:night-jar (also known as the See also:goat-sucker). In the' expression " on the jar " or " ajar," of a See also:door or window partly open, the word is another form of chore or See also:char, meaning turn or turning, which survives in See also:charwoman, one who See also:works at a turn, a See also:job and chore, a job, spell of See also:work.

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