Bible Dictionaries
Jamb
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) See Jam, v. t.
(2):
(n.) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.
(3):
(n.) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Jamb'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​j/jamb.html. 1828.