Definitions

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  • noun obsolete A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists.
  • noun obsolete A chamber pot.

Etymologies

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Probably from the river Jordan, and shortened from Jordan bottle ("a bottle of water from the Jordan, brought back by pilgrims").

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  • It was an ape, not a monkey. deathmetalhero awesome! mangoshakes yeah i also love Routh. he's actually a draw for me if he'd get some meaty movie roles. also, i dig the cgi costume too. though i wonder if it'll be half cgi with the mo-cap suit acting as a "base". and phooey i thought it'd be cool if nathan fillion got the martin jordan role. that'd be funny.

    Casting Notes: Brandon Routh in The Walking Dead, Jon Tenney in Green Lantern, Unknowns in Todd Phillips/Joel Silver’s Mystery Comedy Project X | /Film 2010

  • At 12: 50 PM, hester said ... did you really stay for the whole thing?? quite impressive! btw, our performance of zimmermann's Erde-Wasser-Luft-Töne was prepared with heavy non-stick masking tape and blankets. drury's performance of it in jordan hall used steel putty. glad you enjoyed the iditarod!

    On the Trail Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • In An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, Ernest Weekly suggested an even earlier association with the word jordan, a medieval alchemist's vessel and, later, a chamberpot.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 4 1993

  • a hospital of horrors. mb: rebecca jordan is starting true to hell. a research ...

    Archive 2009-10-01 admin 2009

  • Lilly_Lovely Can we also discuss jordan aka katie price.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • » paulina porizkova confirmed something we already knew - tyra banks is a diva! katie price (aka jordan) is apparently already in love with some other guy! gabby babble

    popbytes 2009

  • Even Doherty could make a case for his views, if one brings into consideration the Mandaean material in which a "jordan" (Mandaic yardna) is any flowing water appropriate for baptism, which connects one with the light world (presumably passing through the infamous sub-lunar realm).

    Mythicism and John the Baptist James F. McGrath 2010

  • November 18th, 2005 at 9: 16 pm pgw says: don’t worry: the iraqi’s have 91 battalions ready to go … as long as 150,000 ameriocan troops are there to battle the insurgency, which is made mostly of foreign fighters. the iraqis are only blowing themselves up in jordan.

    Think Progress » As White House Smears Iraq Critics, Pentagon Readies Plan for Withdrawal 2005

  • I have on my home directory a hidden folder called ". jordan", it has two folders inside, one

    Discussions: Message List - root 2010

  • » katie price (aka 'jordan') is giving into peter andre's quickie divorce request paris hilton sure knows how to make the most obnoxious poses (site NSFW) egotastic

    popbytes 2009

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  • A type of container.

    June 6, 2010

  • It must be descending!

    June 6, 2010