Definition of Jodan
Jordan, a river of Palestine, which rises on the western side of
Mount Hermon, and flows S. below Cæsarea-Philippi within banks, after
which it expands into lagoons that collect at length into a mass in Lake
Merom (Huleh), 2 m. below which it plunges into a gorge and rushes on for
9 m. in a torrent, till it collects again in the Sea of Galilee to lose
itself finally in the Dead Sea after winding along a distance of 65 m. as
the crow flies; at its rise it is 1080 ft. above and at the Dead Sea 1300
ft. below the sea-level.
- Wikipedia
{ Jor"dan (?), Jor"den (?), }
n. [Prob. fr. the river Jordan, and
shortened fr. Jordan bottle a bottle of water from the Jordan,
brought back by pilgrims.]
1. A pot or vessel with a large neck,
formerly used by physicians and alchemists. [Obs.]
Halliwell.
2. A chamber pot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
JORDAN. A chamber-pot.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Country in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
- (rivers) A river of the Middle East, mentioned in the Bible, that empties into the Dead Sea.
Norwegian
- Jordan
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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