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dʒɑr
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–noun
1.
Archaic
.
a turn or turning.
—Idiom
2.
on the jar,
partly opened; ajar:
The window was on the jar.
Origin:
1665–75;
var. of
char
3
,
chare
;
cf.
ajar
2
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jar
(v.)
"to make a harsh, grating sound," 1526, usually said to be echoic or imitative, but no one explains how, or of what. Fig. sense of "have an unpleasant effect on" is from 1538.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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