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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 559 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JUNK . (I) (Through See also:

Port. junco, adapted from Javanese djong, or Malayan adjong, See also:ship), the name of the native sailing See also:vessel, See also:common to the far eastern seas, and especially used by the See also:Chinese and Javanese. It is a See also:flat-bottomed, high-sterned vessel with square bows and masts carrying See also:lug-sails, often made of See also:matting. (2) A nautical See also:term for small pieces of disused rope or See also:cable, cut up to make fenders, See also:oakum, &c., hence applied colloquially by sailors to the See also:salt See also:beef and pork used on See also:board ship. The word is of doubtful origin, but may be connected with " junk " (See also:Lat. juncus), a See also:reed, or See also:rush. This word is now obsolete except as applied to a See also:form of surgical appliance, used as a support in cases of fracture where immediate setting is impossible, and consisting of a shaped See also:pillow or See also:cushion stuffed with See also:straw or horsehair, formerly with rushes or reeds.

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