The "jamb" is the upright or side member; the "lintel" is the cross member of the doorway. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
A continuous stream of useless signals which "jamb" the intelligence of their opponents. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Paul leaned against the door-jamb, while the genial. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
Feller touched a thin-lined circle in the door jamb. From Wordnik.com. [A Spaceship Named McGuire] Reference
A large Tusayan doorway with one notched jamb 192 86. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228] Reference
It is filthy, the paint along the jamb a greasy brown. From Wordnik.com. [Better] Reference
Check the information placard found on the car's door jamb. From Wordnik.com. [What tires are on your car?] Reference
Zenas, crouched by the chimney-jamb, roasting chestnuts and. From Wordnik.com. [Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812] Reference
Mac-Taggart leaning against the jamb -- a figure of dejection!. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
With a hollow sound the door fell inward, taking with it the jamb. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Anything] Reference
As they crossed the humble portal took good care to miss the jamb. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two] Reference
The doctor stuck his head around the door jamb and looked in at her. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Incarnations and One Thousand Deaths - Part I] Reference
They have, however, a thick shaft worked on the stones of the jamb, and. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
She made a quick motion with her hand to a place near the jamb of the door. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys in Frisco] Reference
The load capacity is specified on a sticker located in the driver's door jamb. From Wordnik.com. [Video: Road trip! How to pack your car safely and why it is so important] Reference
Her chum leaned against the door jamb while peal after peal of laughter shook her. From Wordnik.com. [The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air] Reference
This relapse to the colloquial we afterwards heard was owing to a jamb in the revolver. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
As usual in this style, the shafts are detached and not worked on the stones of the jamb. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
Its cymatium ought to be one sixth of the jamb, with a projection equivalent to its height. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Ranged round the wall, from one door-jamb to the other, were three rows of precious jewels. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Spears And Other Fairy Tales] Reference
She spoke to me through the tiny space between door and jamb, the chain lock still in place. From Wordnik.com. [Perfect] Reference
The older sister appeared in the doorway of the kitchen and stood there, as if supporting the jamb. From Wordnik.com. [Being with Thin Girls] Reference
(The proper tire pressure is listed inside the driver's side door jamb, glove box or on the fuel cap.). From Wordnik.com. [Safety: It's a Slippery Slope] Reference
He was fully dressed; his hat lay on the doorstone beside him, and against the jamb leaned Old Sister. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
One of the other stick-men eased himself in, holding the door only wide enough to squeeze past the jamb. From Wordnik.com. [Vigorish] Reference
The placard is usually found on the door jamb, under the fuel fill cover or in the glove box of most cars. From Wordnik.com. [Tires Q&A: How to choose the right tire for a Honda Odyssey] Reference
In the stage above are three round-headed windows with a shaft in either jamb and foliage on the capitals. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
The door would not stay closely shut -- the door-jamb had sagged a little and the wind kept blowing the door ajar. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
These two shafts are worked on the stones of the jamb -- a mode of construction not very common in such early doorways. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
Her Majesty got out, clutching at her voluminous skirts in a worried manner, to keep from catching them on the door jamb. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
Their width on the face should be two thirds of the width of the jamb, but at the bottom one fourth slenderer than above. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Her Majesty got out, clutching at her voluminous skirts in a worried manner, to keep from catching them on the door-jamb. From Wordnik.com. [Brain Twister] Reference
It was dark, all 'cepting the light from the chimney, and I fumble all up and down the door jamb before I find de latch pin. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
On either side there are five shafts, the outermost order having two, which are placed on the front of the jamb and share one abacus. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
Then, shod and with a strange dignity, she crossed the room and stood beside the man, leaning against the jamb of the door for support. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
This fragment, which may be seen on the north-east corner of the chapter-house, is the jamb of one of the windows built between 1303 and. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See] Reference
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