| junk | 1. Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc, and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships. 2. Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc, bought and sold by junk dealers. 3. Hard salted beef supplied to ships. Junk bottle, a stout bottle made of thick dark-coloured glass. Junk dealer, a dealer in old cordage, old metal, glass, etc. Junk hook, a wad used in proving cannon; also used in firing hot shot. Origin: Pg. Junco junk, rush, L. Juncus a bulrush, of which ropes were made in early ages. Cf. Junket. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| junk DNA | That portion of DNA which is not transcribed and expressed, comprising about 90% of the 3 billion base pairs of the human genome; its function is not known. (05 Mar 2000) |
| junket | To give entertainment to; to feast. "The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to junket her neighbors." (Walpole) Origin: Junketed; Junketing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |