| jap | (n) (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent, Syn. Nip | | japan | (n) a string of more than 3, 000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1, 300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean, Syn. Japanese Archipelago, Japanese Islands | | japan | (n) a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building, Syn. Nihon, Nippon | | japan | (n) lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer | | japan | (n) lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient | | japan | (v) coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan | | japan allspice | (n) deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers, Syn. winter sweet, Japanese allspice, Chimonanthus praecox | | japan current | (n) a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean, Syn. Kuroshio, Kuroshio current | | japanese | (n) a native or inhabitant of Japan, Syn. Nipponese | | japanese | (n) the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese |
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| Japan | n. [ From Japan, the country. ] Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Japan | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Japanned p. pr. & vb. n. Japanning. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To give a glossy black to, as shoes. [ R. ] Gay. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Japan | a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. [ 1913 Webster ]
Japan allspice (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan (Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina allspice. --
Japan black (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; -- called also Brunswick black, Japan lacquer, or simply Japan. --
Japan camphor, ordinary camphor brought from China or Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called borneol or Borneo camphor. --
Japan clover, or
Japan pea (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover. --
Japan earth. See Catechu. --
Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry. --
Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the poison sumac. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Japan current | . A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; -- called also Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion to the deep blue of its water. It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Japanese | n. sing. & pl. [ 1913 Webster ] 1. A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. sing. The language of the people of Japan, called in the Japanese language nihongo. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Japanese | a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Japanned | a. Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
Japanned leather, leather treated with coatings of Japan varnish, and dried in a stove. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Japanner | n. 1. One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A bootblack. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Japanning | n. The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Japannish | a. After the manner of the Japanese; resembling japanned articles. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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