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Joint (joint), a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See .]
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1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action.
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2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
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I read this joint effusion twice over. T. Hook.
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3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; a joint bank account; joint debtor, etc. “Joint tenants of the world.” Donne.
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4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.
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A joint burden laid upon us all. Shak.
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Coloq. Joint committee (Parliamentary Practice), a committee composed of members of the two houses of a legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions of the two houses are necessary. Cushing. -- Coloq. Joint meeting , or Coloq. Joint session , the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a joint session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a United States senator. “Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared.” Joint Rules of Congress, U. S. -- Coloq. Joint resolution (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative body. “By the constitution of the United States and the rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made between bills and joint resolutions.” Barclay (Digest). -- Coloq. Joint rule (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a legislative assembly. “Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session.” Journal H. of R., U. S. -- Coloq. Joint and several (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged both together and individually thus a joint and several debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together or either of them individually; used especially in the phrase joint and several liability. -- Coloq. Joint stock , stock held in company. -- Coloq. Joint-stock company (Law), a species of partnership, consisting generally of a large number of members, having a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares, the shares owned by any member being usually transferable without the consent of the rest. -- Coloq. Joint tenancy (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession, under which the survivor takes the whole. Blackstone. -- Coloq. Joint tenant (Law), one who holds an estate by joint tenancy. Contrassted with tenant in common.
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Joint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jointing.]
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1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
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Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood. Pope.
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2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
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Jointing their force 'gainst Cæsar. Shak.
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3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
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The fingers are jointed together for motion. Ray.
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4. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. “He joints the neck.” Dryden.
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Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting. Holland.
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Joint, v. i. To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
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Jointed, a. Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. “The jointed herbage.” J. Philips. -- Jointedly, adv.
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Jointer (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, joints.
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2. A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined; especially: (a) The longest plane used by a joiner. (b) (Coopering) A long stationary plane, for planing the edges of barrel staves.
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3. (Masonry) (a) A bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen the joints of a wall. (b) A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork.
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Joint-fir (?), n. (Bot.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.
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Jointing, n. The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced.
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Coloq. Jointing machine , a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc. -- Coloq. Jointing plane . See , 2. -- Coloq. Jointing rule (Masonry), a long straight rule, used by bricklayers for securing straight joints and faces.
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Jointless, a. Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
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Jointly, adv. In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately.
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Then jointly to the ground their knees they bow. Shak.
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Jointress (?), n. (Law) A woman who has a jointure. [Written also jointuress.] Blackstone.
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Jointure (?), n. [F. jointure a joint, orig., a joining, L. junctura, fr. jungere to join. See , and cf. .]
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1. A joining; a joint. [Obs.]
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2. (Law) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
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The jointure that your king must make,
Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised. Shak.
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Jointure (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jointured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jointuring.] To settle a jointure upon.
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Jointureless, a. Having no jointure.
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Jointuress, n. See . Bouvier.
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Jointweed (?), n. (Bot.) A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
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Jointworm (?), n. (Zoöl.) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop.
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Joist (joist), n. [OE. giste, OF. giste, F. gîte, fr. gesir to lie, F. gésir. See .] (Arch.) A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor, under , a.
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Joist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Joisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Joisting.] To fit or furnish with joists. Johnson.
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Joke, n. [L. jocus. Cf , , .]
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1. Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes.
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And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope.
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Or witty joke our airy senses moves
To pleasant laughter. Gay.
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2. Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.
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Inclose whole downs in walls, 't is all a joke. Pope.
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Coloq. In joke , in jest; sportively; not meant seriously. -- Coloq. Practical joke . See under .
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Joke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Joked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Joking.] To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.
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Joke, v. i. [L. jocari.] To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.
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He laughed, shouted, joked, and swore. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To jest; sport; rally; banter. See .
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Joker (?), n. 1. One who makes jokes or jests.
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2. (Card Playing) See Best bower, under 2d .
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3. (Card Playing) An extra card usually included in a deck of playing cards, having the same design as the others on the back, but on the face having a picture of a jester. It is not included in the deck used in most games, but in certain games may be included and then takes on a special value, such as the highest-valued card, or a wild card.
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4. A clause placed in a document, such as a contract or a piece of legislation, not itself appearing significant, but in a subtle way substantially changing the effect of the document.
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5. Hence: Any fact or condition which is unknown or not apparent, which reverses an apparently advantageous position; a kicker.
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6. A person; a fellow; a chap; -- usually used in a mildly disparaging sense; as, who's the joker who left the ice cream on the table?.
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joking adj. intended as a joke; -- of communications.
Syn. -- jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund.
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Coloq. no joking matter a serious matter.
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Jokingly, adv. In a joking way; sportively.

{ Jole, Joll } (?), v. t. & n. Same as . Shak.
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Jolif (jŏlĭf), a. [See .] Joyful; merry; pleasant; jolly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Jollification (?), n. [Jolly + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See .] A merrymaking; noisy festivity. [Colloq.]
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We have had a jollification or so together. Sir W. Scott.
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Jollily (?), adv. In a jolly manner.
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Jolliment (?), n. Jollity. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Jolliness, n. Jollity; noisy mirth. Chaucer.
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Jollity (?), n. [From : cf. OF. jolieté, joliveté.] Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment. Chaucer.
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All now was turned to jollity and game. Milton.
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He with a proud jollity commanded him to leave that quarrel only for him, who was only worthy to enter into it. Sir P. Sidney.

Syn. -- Merriment; mirth; gayety; festivity; hilarity.
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Jolly (jŏll�), a. [Compar. Jollier (-lĭẽr); superl. Jolliest.] [OF. joli, jolif, joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E. yule; cf. Icel. jōl yule, Christmas feast. See .]
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1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
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Like a jolly troop of huntsmen. Shak.
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“A jolly place,” said he, “in times of old!
But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.” Wordsworth.
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2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
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And with his jolly pipe delights the groves. Prior.
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Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear. Fairfax.
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3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant. “A jolly cool wind.” Sir T. North. [Now mostly colloq.]
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Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit. Spenser.
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The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. W. Irving.
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Jolly (jŏll�), v. t. To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at. [Colloq.]

We want you to jolly them up a bit. Brander Matthews.

At noon we lunched at the tail of the ambulance, and gently “jollied” the doctor's topography. F. Remington.
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Jolly (jŏll�), n.; pl. Jollies (jŏllĭz). [Prob. fr. , a.] A marine in the English navy. [Sailor's Slang]

I'm a Jolly -- 'Er Majesty's Jolly -- soldier an' sailor too! Kipling.
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Jolly-boat (jŏll�bōt), n. [A corruption of Dan. jolle yawl, or of D. jol yawl + E. boat. See the boat.] (Naut.) A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.
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Jollyhead (jŏll�hĕd), n. Jollity. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Jolt (jōlt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jolting.] [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and orig. meaning, to knock on the head. See .] To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
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Jolt, v. t. 1. To cause to move with a sudden motion, especially an up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the passengers.
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2. To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or electrical shock; as, the earthquake jolted him out of bed.
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3. To stun or shock or change the mental state of (a person) suddenly, as if with a blow; as, the sight of the house on fire jolted him into action; his mother's early death jolted his idyllic happiness.
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Jolt, n. 1. A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.
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The first jolt had like to have shaken me out. Swift.
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2. A physical or psychological shock; see v. t. senses 2 and 3; as, the stock market plunge was a big jolt to his sense of affluence; he touched the casing of the ungrounded motor and got a jolt from a short inside.
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3. Something which causes a {2}; as, the bad news was a jolt.
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Jolter (?), n. One who, or that which, jolts.

{ Jolterhead, Jolthead } (?), n. [See , .] A dunce; a blockhead. Sir T. North.
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Joltingly, adv. In a jolting manner.
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Jolty (?), a. That jolts; as, a jolty coach. [Colloq.]
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Jonah (?), n. The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
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Coloq. Jonah crab (Zoöl.), a large crab (Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.
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Jonesian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Jones.
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Coloq. The Jonesian system , a system of transliterating Oriental words by English letters, invented by Sir William Jones.

{ Jongleur (?), Jongler (?), } n. [F. jongleur. See .]
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1. In the Middle Ages, a court attendant or other person who, for hire, recited or sang verses, usually of his own composition. See .
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Vivacity and picturesquenees of the jongleur's verse. J R. Green.
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2. A juggler; a conjuror. See . Milton.

{ Jonquil, Jonquille }, n. [F. jonquille, fr. L. juncus a rush, because it has rushlike leaves.] (Bot.) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (Narcissus Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of .
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Joram (?), n. See .

Jordan prop. n. A landlocked country of the Middle East, surrounded by Israel, Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, and that area on the west bank of the Jordan river which was once claimed by Jordan, and is at present occupied by Israel and in part governed by a Palestinian authority. It has a population of 4,212,152 (1996) in a total area of 89,213 sq km. The population is predominantly Arab and Moslem. Officially known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, it was formerly called Trans-Jordan when occupied by the British. The government is a constitutional monarchy, with King Hussein Bin Talal Al Hashimi as its ruler since 2 May 1953. Jordan is a small developing Arab country, having a Gross Domestic Product of $19.3 billion in 1995. CIA Factbook 1996.
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{ Jordan (?), Jorden (?), } n. [Prob. fr. the river Jordan, and shortened fr. Jordan bottle a bottle of water from the Jordan, brought back by pilgrims.]
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1. A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists. [Obs.] Halliwell.
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2. A chamber pot. [Obs.] Chaucer. Shak.
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Jordanella prop. n. a genus of fishes, including the American flagfish (Jordanella floridae), of Florida.
Syn. -- genus Jordanella.
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Jordanian adj. 1. Of or pertaining to Jordan{1}; as, Jordanian archeological sites.
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2. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Jordan; as, Jordanian palace guards.
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Jordanian n. A native or inhabitant of Jordan.
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Jorum (?), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. jorden an earthen pot.] A large drinking vessel; also, its contents. [Colloq. Eng.] Forby.
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Joseph (?), n. An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front. Fairholt.
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Joseph's flower (?). (Bot.) A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify.
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Joso (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small gudgeon.
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Joss (jŏs), n. [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. deos God, L. deus.] A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. “Critic in jars and josses.” Colman (1761).
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Coloq. Joss house , a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode of worship. -- Coloq. Joss stick , a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of odoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; -- burned by the Chinese before an idol.
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Jossa (?), interj. A command to a horse, probably meaning “stand still.” [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Joss paper. Gold and silver paper burned by the Chinese, in the form of coins or ingots, in worship and at funerals.
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Jostle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jostled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jostling (?).] [A dim. of joust, just, v. See , and cf. .] [Written also justle.] To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against. “Bullies jostled him.” Macaulay.
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Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other. I. Taylor.
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Jostle, v. i. To push; to crowd; to hustle.
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None jostle with him for the wall. Lamb.
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Jostle, n. A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.
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The jostle of South African nationalities and civilization. The Nation.
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Jostlement (?), n. Crowding; hustling.
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Jot (?), n. [L. iota, Gr. 'iw^ta the name of the letter ι (E. i, Heb. yōd), the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet. Cf. .] An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. , n.
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Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Matt. v. 18.
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Neither will they bate
One jot of ceremony. Shak.
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Jot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jotting.] To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.
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Jotter (?), n. 1. One who jots down memoranda.
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2. A memorandum book.
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Jougs (?), n. [F. joug a yoke, L. jugum. See .] An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used in Scotland as a kind of pillory. [Written also juggs.] See . Sir W. Scott.
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Jouissance (?), n. [F., fr. jouir to enjoy, fr. L. gaudere to rejoice.] Jollity; merriment. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Jouk (j�k), v. i. See .
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Joul (joul), v. t. See .
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joule (j�l), n. [From the distinguished English physicist, James Prescott Joule (1818-1889).] (Physics.) A unit of work which is equal to 107 ergs (the unit of work in the C. G. S. system of units), and is equivalent to one watt-second, the energy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere in a resistance of one ohm; also called the absolute joule. It is abbreviated J or j. The international joule is slightly larger, being 1.000167 times the absolute joule. The absolute joule is approximately equal to 0.737562 foot pounds, 0.239006 gram-calories (small calories), and 3.72506 x 10-7 horsepower-hours, and 0.000948451 B.t.u. HCP61
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Coloq. Joule's equivalent . See under , n.
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Joulemeter (j�lmētẽr; joulmētẽr), n. An integrating wattmeter for measuring the energy in joules expended in an electric circuit or developed by a machine.
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Joule's cycle (?). (Thermodynamics) The cycle for the air engine proposed by Joule. In it air is taken by a pump from a cold chamber and compressed adiabatically until its pressure is eqal to that of the air in a hot chamber, into which it is then delivered, thereby displacing an equal amount of hot air into the engine cylinder. Here it expands adiabatically to the temperature of the cold chamber into which it is finally exhausted. This cycle, reversed, is used in refrigerating machines.
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Joule's law. 1. (Elec.) The law that the rate at which heat is produced in any part of an electric circuit is measured by the product of the square of the current times the resistance of that part of the circuit. If the current (i) is constant for an interval of time (t), the energy (H) in heat units equals i2Rt, R being resistance.
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2. (Thermodynamics) The law that there is no change of temperature when a gas expands without doing external work and without receiving or rejecting heat.
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Jounce (jouns), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Jounced (jounst); p. pr. & vb. n. Jouncing (jounsĭng).] [Cf. .] To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.
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Jounce, n. A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.
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Journal (?), a. [F., fr. L. diurnalis diurnal, fr. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. See .] Daily; diurnal. [Obs.]
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Whiles from their journal labors they did rest. Spenser.
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Journal, n. [F. journal. See , a.]
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1. A diary; an account of daily transactions and events. Specifically: (a) (Bookkeeping) A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions. (b) (Naut.) A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc. (c) (Legislature) The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk. (d) A newspaper published daily; by extension, a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc.; a periodical; a magazine.
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