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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Job, n.p. 727A piece of work; any thing undertaken, or assumed to be done, whether of more or less importance. 2. An undertaking with a view to profit; a public transaction done for private profit; something…
  2. Jŏb, v. t.p. 727To strike or stab with a sharp instrument. L'Estrange. 2. To drive in, as a sharp-pointed instrument. Morum. 3. To hire by the job, or period of use and service; as, to job a carriage. Thackeray. 4.…
  3. Jŏb, v. i.p. 727To perform pieces of work; to work by the job. 2. To seek private gain under the pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage. The judge shall job, the bishop bite the…
  4. Jo-bā'tion, n.p. 727A scolding; a long, tedious reproof. [Low.] Grose.
  5. Jŏb'ber, n.p. 727One who jobs; a worker by the job. 2. A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stock-jobber. 3. One who purchases goods from importers, and sells to retailers. 4. One who turns official actions to…
  6. Jŏb'ber-nōwl, n.p. 727A loggerhead; a blockhead.
  7. Jŏb'ber-y, n.p. 727The act of jobbing; the practice of jobbing. [Rare.]
  8. Jŏb'bing-house, n.p. 727A mercantile establishment which purchases from importers and sells to retailers. [U. S.]
  9. Job's'-tears, n.p. 727(Bot.) A grass-like plant of the genus Coix (C. lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly seeds, resembling falling tears.
  10. Jo'cant-ry, n.p. 727The art or practice of jesting. [Obs.] More.
  11. Jŏck'ey, n.p. 727
  12. Jôck'ey, v. i.p. 727To play the jockey, toward; to cheat; to trick; to deceive in trade. 2. To jostle by riding against. Johnson.
  13. Jôck'ey, v. i.p. 727To play or act the jockey.
  14. Jôck'ey-ism, n.p. 727Practice of jockeys.
  15. Jôck'ey-ship, n.p. 727The art or practice of being a jockey. Go flatter Surrey for his jockeyship. Chatterton. 2. The character of being a jockey, or one who bears this character. Where can at last his jockeyship retire?…
  16. Jo-cōse', a.p. 727Given to jokes and jesting; merry; waggish;— said of persons. Jocose and pleasant with an adversary whom they would choose to treat in a very different manner. Shaftesbury. 2. Containing a joke…
  17. Jo-cōse'ly, adv.p. 727In jest; for sport or game; waggishly.
  18. Jo-cōse'ness, n.p. 727The quality of being jocose; waggery; merriment.
  19. Jô-co-sê'ri-ôus, a.p. 727Partaking of mirth and seriousness.
  20. Jo-cōs'i-ty, n.p. 727A jocose act or saying; jocoseness.
  21. Jōc'ū-lar, a.p. 727Given to jesting; jocose; — said of persons. 2. Containing jokes; sportive; not serious; as, a jocular expression or style.
  22. Jôc'û-lâr'i-ty, n.p. 727Merriment; jesting.
  23. Jōc'ū-lar-ly, adv.p. 727In jest; for sport or mirth.
  24. Jŏc'ū-lar-y, a.p. 727Jocular. [Obs.] Brown.
  25. Jŏc'ŭ-lā'tor, n.p. 727A jester; a droll; a minstrel. [Obs.] Strutt.
  26. Jŏc'ŭ-la-to-ry, a.p. 727Droll; merrily said. [Obs.] Cockerson.
  27. Jō'cund, a.p. 727Merry; gay; airy; lively; sportive. “Rural sports and jocund strains.” Prior.
  28. Jo-cûn'di-ty, n.p. 727State of being merry; gayety.
  29. Jôc'und-ly, adv.p. 727Merrily; gayly.
  30. Jôc'und-ness, n.p. 727The state of being jocund; jocundity.
  31. Jōe, n.p. 727A Portuguese coin. See JOHANNES.
  32. Jŏg, v. t.p. 727To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to give notice to, or excite the attention of, by a slight push; to urge gently or repeatedly. Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid Fast by my side. Pope.
  33. Jŏg, v. i.p. 727To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot. So hung his destiny, never to rot, While he might still jog on, and keep his trot. Milton. 2. To walk or travel idly, heavily, or slowly.…
  34. Jŏg or Jog-trot, n.p. 727A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push. “To give them by turns an invisible jog.” Swift. 2. A rub; a small stop; obstruction. Glanville. Jog-trot, a slow…
  35. Jôg'ger, n.p. 727One who walks or moves heavily and slowly. 2. One who gives a sudden push.
  36. Jôg'gie, n.p. 727A devotee among the Hindoos, who lives on alms; a mendicant. [Written also joghis.]
  37. Jŏg'ging, n.p. 727A slight push or shake.
  38. Jŏg'gle, v. i.p. 727To shake slightly; to give a sudden but slight push; to jostle, or cause to move irregularly. 2. (Arch.) To join or match by jogs or notches, so as to prevent sliding apart. The struts of a roof are…
  39. Jôg'gle, v. i.p. 727To shake or totter.
  40. Jôg'gle, n.p. 727(Arch.) A joint between two bodies so constructed by means of jogs or notches, as to prevent their sliding past each other; — called also joggle-joint and joggled-joint. Greth. 2. (Masonry.) A…
  41. Jŏg'gle-pièce, n.p. 728(Arch.) A truss-post whose shoulders and sockets receive the lower ends of the struts. Brande.
  42. Jŏg'his, n.p. 728See JOGGIE.
  43. Jo-hăn'nēz, n.p. 728(Numis.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars; — contracted often into joe; as, a joe, or half-joe. It is named from the figure of King John, which it bears.
  44. Jo-hān'nīte, n.p. 728(Min.) A mineral of an emerald or apple-green color, being a hydrous sulphate of the protoxide of uranium. Dana.
  45. Jōhn, n.p. 728A proper name of a man; — sometimes used humorously, or in contempt, to designate an awkward or rude person.
  46. Jöhn'-äp'ple, n.p. 728A sort of apple which retains its freshness and soundness late into the spring.
  47. Jöhn Dō'ryp. 728(Ichth.) A small golden-colored sea-fish. See DORY.
  48. Jōhn'ite, n.p. 728(Min.) The mineral turquoise. See TURQUOISE.
  49. Jŏhn'ny-cāke, n.p. 728A cake made of the meal of maize or Indian corn, mixed with water, and originally baked on the hearth. [U. S.] J. Barlow.
  50. Jōhn'so-nēse', n.p. 728The style of Dr. Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it, that is, one characterized by the use of words of Latin rather than of Anglo-Saxon origin; an inflated, stilted, or tumid style. E. Everett.
  51. John-sō'ni-an-izm or Jōhn'son-izm, n.p. 728A manner of acting or writing peculiar to Dr. Johnson; character resembling that of Dr. Johnson.
  52. Jōhns'-wort, n.p. 728See St. JOHNS-WORT.
  53. Join, v. t.p. 728To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contiguity; to connect; to unite; to combine; to associate; to league. Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field. Is.…
  54. Join, v. i.p. 728To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to form a league or contract together; to become associated; to unite; — often followed by with. Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity…
  55. Join'der, n.p. 728The act of joining; conjunction. 2. (Law.) (a.) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit, or of causes of action. (b.) Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or fact.
  56. Join'er, n.p. 728One who joins; a companion; a uniter. 2. One whose occupation is to construct things by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the wood-work in the covering and finishing of buildings. Syn.—See…
  57. Join'er-y, n.p. 728The art of a joiner; the work of a joiner. “A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed.” Burke.
  58. Join'-händ, n.p. 728Writing in which letters are joined in words; — distinguished from writing in single letters. Addison.
  59. Joint, n.p. 728The place or part in which two things are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close fitting or junction; junction; as, a joint between two pieces of…
  60. Joint, a.p. 728Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint force or efforts. 2. Uniting or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; — in composition, held with a fellow or…