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ajar (adv.)
"slightly open," 1718, also
on a jar
,
on the jar
, perhaps from Scottish dialectal
a char
"turned a little way," earlier
on char
(early 16c.), "on the turn (of a door or gate)," from Middle English
char
, from Old English
cier
"a turn."
