in antiquity, a sort of spear five feet and a half long; the shaft of which was of wood, with a steel point.—Every soldier in the Roman armies had seven of these, which were very light and slender.

JAWER, a city of Silesia, capital of a province of the same name, with a citadel, and a large square, surrounded with piazzas. It is 12 miles south-east of Lignitz, 30 south-west of Breslau, and 87 east of Prague. E. Long. 16. 29. N. Lat. 50. 56.