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▪ I. jarring, vbl. n.|ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ|
[f. jar v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. jar.
1. The production or utterance of a harsh grating, creaking, or vibratory sound; a sound of this kind; harsh dissonance; discordant sound.
1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. viii. 187 Certeine saluages with dogges heades..that make a very terrible charringe with their mouths. 1567Drant tr. Horace, Art Poetry, What though sum iudges cannot marke the iarringe of a rime. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. lxix. 281 It was a most dreadfull thing to hear the discord and jarring of those barbarous Instruments. 1820Byron Mar. Fal. i. i. 11 He hears the jarring of a distant door.
2. Vibration caused by concussion; agitation of the nerves or feelings, as from a physical shock.
1775Phil. Trans. LXV. 192 The great jarring [was] consequent upon taking off the old rafters. 1873J. Richards Wood-working Factories 152 The jarring communicated to the foot is disagreeable, and often injurious in heavy work. 1880Le Conte Sight 11 Coarse vibrations are perceived by the nerves of common sensation as a jarring. 1893Winning of May iii, The sense of leisure and culture..rested her nerves after their long jarring in cramped noisy quarters.
3. Discordant or conflicting action.
1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 172 b, By what meanes can you forge unto us such a crafty devise of iarryng, in so uniforme an agreement of Iudgement, betwixt Luther and Calvine? 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth (1702) 60 Natural Things will continue..without Jarring, Disorder, or Invasion of one another. 1772Sir J. Reynolds Disc. v. (1876) 365 A harsh jarring of incongruent principles.
4. Quarrelling, disputing, wrangling.
1574J. Studley tr. Bale's Pageant Popes iii. 49 After wrangling and iarring betwene him and Theophilact. 1649Cromwell Let. Nov. in Carlyle, If the Father..be so kind, why should there be such jarrings and heart-burnings amongst the children? 1719D'Urfey Pills (1872) I. 32 Strange jarring I know 'Twixt the High Church and Low. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. v. iv, Nothing but untempered obscure jarring; which breaks forth ever and anon into open clangour of riot.
▪ II. ˈjarring, ppl. a.
[f. jar v.1 + -ing2.]
That jars.
1. Sounding with harsh or rough vibration; grating; hence, inharmonious, discordant, out of tune; grating upon the ear or (transf.) the feelings or nerves.
1552Huloet, Iarrynge or discordyng, discrepans, dissonus [etc.]. a1592H. Smith Serm. (1637) 451 A note above Ela is a jarring note, and alwayes makes a discord in the harmony. 1626Bacon Sylva §169 A Bell, if it haue a Rift in it,..giueth a Hoarse and Iarring Sound. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 880 Op'n flie With impetuous recoile and jarring sound, Th' infernal dores. 1773Phil. Trans. LXIII. 283 The wild note..of the bulfinch..is a most jarring and disagreeable noise. 1803T. Beddoes Hygëia III. ix. 201 Creaking wheels, jarring windows.
2. Striking with a concussion; causing vibration.
1665R. Hooke Microgr. vi. 13 Another Instance of the strange loosening nature of a violent jarring Motion. a1732Gay (J.), My knees tremble with the jarring blow. 1830Herschel Stud. Nat. Phil. 238 The jarring effect of a blow.
3. Discordant, conflicting, clashing.
1661Boyle Style of Script. (1675) 95 Writings, alledg'd..to countenance their jarring opinions. 1762Falconer Shipwr. Proem 1 While jarring int'rests wake the world to arms. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 226 Their jarring inclinations and mutual concessions gave to the whole administration a strangely capricious character.
4. Quarrelling, disputing, wrangling.
1628Ford Lover's Mel. ii. i, A young lady contracted to a noble gentleman..being hindered by their jarring parents, stole from her home. 1780Cowper Nightingale & Glow-worm 27 Hence jarring sectaries may learn Their real interest to discern. a1832Mackintosh Wks. (1846) II. 474 The suspicion and jealousy of jarring parties.
Hence ˈjarringly adv., in a jarring manner. ˈjarringness, the quality of being jarring.
1583Babington Commandm. i. (1590) 34 That they [the strings of an instrument] sounde iarringlie and out of tune. 1832Lytton Eugene A. i. x, The answer sounded jarringly on the irritated nerves of the disappointed rival. 1865Pall Mall G. 22 Apr. 11 Self-complacency which implies jarringness to others, and pococurantism. |