Jar
JAR, sb. Nhb. Also w.Cy. Som. [dʒā(r.] 1. In comp. Jar-handles, a colloq. name for large or prominent ears. Nhb.1 2. A stone bottle having a handle on one side near the top ─ often enclosed in wickerwork. w.Som.1 John Gilpin's famous ‘stone bottles’ would be jars in w.Som. ‘Be sure they 'an't a-drinkt out all that there cider a'ready! why, I zend up the eight quart jar and the zix quart virkin to 'leb'm [eleven] o'clock, and 'tis on'y but half arter two now!’ ‘Mr. Kemp called in vor to zay, must zend on a jar o' gin and a jar o' brandy, cause they be gwain to hold the revel next week.’ 3. A vessel containing 20 gallons of oil. w.Cy. (Hall.) [A jarr, an earthen vessel, containing of oil from 18 to 26
gallons, Bailey (1721).]
JAR, JARR, v. and sb. Sc. Yks. Not. Der. Nhp. Wor. Ess. Hmp. Also in form jaur Rnf. [dʒar, dʒā(r).] 1. v. To make a harsh whirring or grating noise. w.Yks. (J.W.), nw.Der.1 s.Not. A could mek the stockin-frame jarr i' them days (J.P.K.). 2. Fig. To quarrel, fall out; to ruffle, disturb, discompose. with on: to be continually at variance. Fif. Tongues never wi' sic clitter-clatter Did jangle and did jarr, Tennant Papistry (1827) 108. Rnf. When they in their reveries began for to jaur, Webster Rhymes (1835) 142. n.Yks.4 Hence Jarring, ppl. adj. contending, quarrelling. Edb. Rino gilds its jarring wights Them to his side to draw, Learmont Poems (1791) 104. 3. To scold, ‘jaw.’ Ess. An' so he jarr'd no more, Clark J. Noakes (1839) st. 71; ‘Don't stand jarrin' there,’ i.e. talking loudly or disputing; also used of talking idly, without disputing (W.W.S.); Ess.1 4. sb. In comp. (1) Jar-bird, (2) Jar-owl, the goatsucker or nightjar, Caprimulgus Europaeus; (3) Jar-peg, the woodpecker, Gecinus viridis. (1) Hmp. Wise New Forest (1883) 187; Hmp.1 e.Hmp. A bird that makes a clatter with its bill against a dead bough, or some old pales, calling it a jar-bird, White Selborne (1788) 40, ed. 1853. (2) w.Wor. Berrow's Jrn. (Mar. 3, 1888). [Swainson Birds (1885) 97.] (3) Nhp. Swainson Birds 100; Nhp.1 This bird often takes its station on an old oaken stump, and strikes with its beak on a hard knot or peg, so that the jar is heard in the stillness of the evening
for a considerable distance around.
JAR, JARR, v. and sb. Sc. Yks. Not. Der. Nhp. Wor. Ess. Hmp. Also in form jaur Rnf. [dʒar, dʒā(r).] 1. v. To make a harsh whirring or grating noise. w.Yks. (J.W.), nw.Der.1 s.Not. A could mek the stockin-frame jarr i' them days (J.P.K.). 2. Fig. To quarrel, fall out; to ruffle, disturb, discompose. with on: to be continually at variance. Fif. Tongues never wi' sic clitter-clatter Did jangle and did jarr, Tennant Papistry (1827) 108. Rnf. When they in their reveries began for to jaur, Webster Rhymes (1835) 142. n.Yks.4 Hence Jarring, ppl. adj. contending, quarrelling. Edb. Rino gilds its jarring wights Them to his side to draw, Learmont Poems (1791) 104. 3. To scold, ‘jaw.’ Ess. An' so he jarr'd no more, Clark J. Noakes (1839) st. 71; ‘Don't stand jarrin' there,’ i.e. talking loudly or disputing; also used of talking idly, without disputing (W.W.S.); Ess.1 4. sb. In comp. (1) Jar-bird, (2) Jar-owl, the goatsucker or nightjar, Caprimulgus Europaeus; (3) Jar-peg, the woodpecker, Gecinus viridis. (1) Hmp. Wise New Forest (1883) 187; Hmp.1 e.Hmp. A bird that makes a clatter with its bill against a dead bough, or some old pales, calling it a jar-bird, White Selborne (1788) 40, ed. 1853. (2) w.Wor. Berrow's Jrn. (Mar. 3, 1888). [Swainson Birds (1885) 97.] (3) Nhp. Swainson Birds 100; Nhp.1 This bird often takes its station on an old oaken stump, and strikes with its beak on a hard knot or peg, so that the jar is heard in the stillness of the evening
for a considerable distance around.
JAR, sb. Lin. A glass of liquor. se.Lin. I paid for jars for him and me. Oh, he takes a jar or two most (Tuesdays) (J.T.B.).