Jamb
The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.
Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
See Jam, v. t.
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Jamb Translations
jamb in German is Pfosten
jamb in Spanish is jamba
jamb in Swedish is karm
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