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jar

3[jahr]
–noun
1. Archaic. a turn or turning.
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  (n.)
"cylindrical vessel," 1421, possibly from M.Fr. jarre "liquid measure" (smaller than a barrel), from Prov. jarra, from Arabic jarrah "earthen water vessel" (whence also Sp. jarra, It. giarra).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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