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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 276 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JARGON , in its earliest use a See also:

term applied to the chirping and twittering of birds, but since the 15th See also:century mainly confined to any See also:language, spoken or written, which is either unintelligible to the user or to the hearer. It is particularly applied by uninstructed hearers or readers to the language full of technical terminology used by scientific, philosophic and other writers. The word is O. Fr., and See also:Cotgrave defines it as " gibridge (gibberish), See also:fustian language." It is cognate with Span. gerigonza, and Ital. gergo, gergone, and probably related to the onomatopoeic O. Fr. jargouiller, to chatter. The See also:root is probably seen in See also:Lat. garrire, to chatter. Gen. v. 32, vi. Io, vii. 13, X. I ; cf. 1 Chron. i.

4. 2 Gen. ix. 27, X. 2, J. C. 850-750 B.C. In ix, 18 See also:

Ham is an editorial addition. ' Gen. x. 1-5 cf. I Chron. i. 5-7. For the significance of the genealogies in Gen. x. see HAM.

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Gomm Goo. s So we should read with I Chron. i. 7 (LXX.) for Dodanim. indistinct crystals with a yellowish-See also:brown See also:colour and brilliant lustre. Hardness 3; Sp. gr. 3.15. The best specimens, consisting of crystalline crusts on See also:limonite, are from the Jaroso See also:ravine in the Sierra Almagrera, See also:province of See also:Almeria, See also:Spain, from which locality the See also:mineral receives its name. It has been also found, often in association with See also:iron ores, at a few other localities. A variety occurring as concretionary or mulberry-like forms is known as 'moronolite (from Gr. µwpov, " mulberry," and XiOos, " See also:stone ") ; it is found at See also:Monroe in See also:Orange See also:county, New See also:York. The recently discovered See also:species natrojarosite and plumbojarosite occur as yellowish-brown glistening powders consisting wholly of See also:minute crystals, and are from See also:Nevada and New See also:Mexico respectively. (L.

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