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(1):

(n.) A kind of frock for children.

(2):

(n.) An injury caused by jamming.

(3):

(n.) A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.

(4):

(v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.

(5):

(v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.

(6):

(n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.

(7):

(n.) See Jamb.

(8):

(v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.