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.
Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”).
Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
To fix or attach a jamb to.
One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme.
A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.
The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.
A staff or walking stick.
A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.