Hypertext Webster Gateway: "junk"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Junk \Junk\, n. [Pg. junco; cf. Jav. & Malay jong, ajong, Chin.
chwan.] (Naut.)
A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge
masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese,
Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Junk \Junk\, n.
A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See
{Chunk}. [Colloq.] --Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Junk \Junk\, n. [Pg. junco junk, rush, L. juncus a bulrush, of
which ropes were made in early ages. Cf. {Junket}.]
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. (Naut.) Hard salted beef supplied to ships.
{Junk bottle}, a stout bottle made of thick dark-colored
glass.
{Junk dealer}, a dealer in old cordage, old metal, glass,
etc.
{Junk hook} (Whaling), a hook for hauling heavy pieces of
blubber on deck.
{Junk ring}.
(a) A packing of soft material round the piston of a steam
engine.
(b) A metallic ring for retaining a piston packing in
place;
(c) A follower.
{Junk shop}, a shop where old cordage, and ship's tackle, old
iron, old bottles, old paper, etc., are kept for sale.
{Junk vat} (Leather Manuf.), a large vat into which spent tan
liquor or ooze is pumped.
{Junk wad} (Mil.), a wad used in proving cannon; also used in
firing hot shot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
junk
n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken
up [syn: {debris}, {dust}, {rubble}, {detritus}]
2: any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
3: a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly
addictive morphine derivative [syn: {heroin}, {diacetylmorphine},
{H}, {horse}, {scag}, {shit}, {smack}]
v : dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old
chairs;"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
[syn: {trash}, {scrap}]
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