prop. phr. [A prep.1 of state + JAR sb. discord, quarrel; or for earlier at jar.] In a jarring state, out of harmony, at odds.
1553–87. Foxe, A. & M. (1843), VIII. 170. You are at jar amongst yourselves.
1860. Hawthorne, Marble Faun, I. xiii. 146. Any accident, misfortune, crime, or peculiarity of character, that puts an individual ajar with the world.
1877. Ht. Martineau, Autobiog., I. 83. My temper was so thoroughly ajar.
