I. ˈjȯrd ə n, ˈjȯ(ə)d- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English (also, a vessel used by physicians and alchemists), probably from the river Jordan in Palestine; perhaps from medieval pilgrims' bringing water from the Jordan back to England
dialect Britain : chamber pot
II. “, southern US often ˈjərd- or ˈjə̄d- or ˈjəid- adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Jordan, country in southwestern Asia
: of or from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan : of the kind or style prevalent in Jordan : jordanian
III. noun
also jordan engine or jordan refiner
( -s )
Usage: sometimes capitalized J
Etymology: after Joseph Jordan, 19th century American inventor
: a machine for refining paper pulp that consists of a stationary hollow cone having projecting knives on its interior surface and fitting over a rapidly rotating adjustable cone having similar knives on its outside surface
IV. transitive verb
( jordaned also jordanned ; jordaned also jordanned ; jordaning also jordanning -d ə niŋ ; jordans )
: to refine in a jordan