Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”).
Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
To fix or attach a jamb to.
A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.
A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
An act of urination.
To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.
(of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.
To urinate.
To bleed.
To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.