Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter J - Page 14

Justled (imp. & p. p.) of Justle.

Justling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Justle.

Jostle (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Jostled; p. pr. & vb. n. Jostling.] [Written also justle.] 擠;推;撞;與……貼近 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.

Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other. -- I. Taylor.

Jostle (v. i.) 推擠 [+against/ with];推推搡搡地前進 To push; to crowd; to hustle.

None jostle with him for the wall. -- Lamb.

Jostle (n.) 擠;推;撞A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.

The jostle of South African nationalities and civilization. -- The Nation. From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

Jostle (n.) The act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing) [syn: jostle, jostling].

Jostle (v.) Make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving; "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform".

Jostle (v.) Come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train" [syn: jostle, shove].

Justle (v. i.) 擁擠;衝撞;推擠 To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle. -- Shak.

The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways. -- Nahum ii. 4.

Justle (v. t.) 推;擠;撞 To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle.

We justled one another out, and disputed the post for a great while. -- Addison.

Justle (n.) 擁擠;衝撞;推擠 An encounter or shock; a jostle.

Justly (a.) In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately. "In equal balance justly weighed." -- Shak.

Nothing can justly be despised that can not justly be blamed: where there is no choice there can be no blame. -- South.

Justly (adv.) 公正地,公平地;正當地;應得地 With honesty; "he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time" [syn: rightly, justly, justifiedly] [ant: unjustly].

Justly (adv.) In accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" [syn: justly, right].

Justness (n.) [U] 正義;正直;公正;精確,正確 The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause.

In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it represented with all the justness and gracefulness of action. -- Dryden.

Note: Justness is properly applied to things, and justice to persons; but the distinction is not always observed.

Syn: Accuracy; exactness; correctness; propriety; fitness; reasonableness; equity; uprightness; justice.

Justness (n.) Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty" [syn: justness, rightness, nicety].

Justness (n.) The quality of being just or fair [syn: justice, justness] [ant: injustice, unjustness].

Jutted (imp. & p. p.) of Jut.

Jutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jut.

Jut (v. i.) 突出;伸出 [+out/ forth] To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building. "In jutting rock and curved shore." -- Wordsworth.

It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem. -- Sir T. Browne.

Jut (v. i.) To butt. [Obs.] "The jutting steer." -- Mason.

Jut (n.) 突出部分,尖端 [C] That which projects or juts; a projection.

Jut (n.) A shove; a push. [Obs.] -- Udall.

Jut (n.) Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence].

Jut (n.) The act of projecting out from something [syn: protrusion, projection, jut, jutting].

Jut (v.) (v. t.) 使突出;使伸出Extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project].

Compare: Protrude

Protrude (v. i.) 伸出,突出 To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.

The parts protrude beyond the skin. -- Bacon.

Protrude (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Protruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Protruding.] 使伸出,使突出To thrust forward; to drive or force along. -- Locke.

Protrude (v. t.) To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.

When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems. -- Thomson.

Protrude (v.) Extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project].

Protrude (v.) Bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out].

Protrude (v.) Swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" [syn: bulge, pouch, protrude].

Jute (n.) 【植】 黃麻纖維 The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and Corchorus capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.

Compare: Coarse

Coarse (a.) 粗的,粗糙的;供做粗活用的,普遍的 Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

Coarse (a.) Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.

I feel Of what coarse metal ye are molded. -- Shak.

To copy, in my coarse English, his beautiful expressions. -- Dryden.

Syn: Large; thick; rough; gross; blunt; uncouth; unpolished; inelegant; indelicate; vulgar.

Coarse (a.) Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave" [syn: coarse, harsh] [ant: fine].

Coarse (a.) Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn: coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar].

Coarse (a.) Of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" [syn: coarse, common].

Jutes (prop. n. pl. sing. Jute.) (Ethnol.) Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of which settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century.

Jute (n.) A plant fiber used in making rope or sacks.

Jute (n.) [the Jutes] 朱特族 (在第五、六世紀與盎格魯族,撒克遜族 (Angles,Saxons) 同時侵入英國東南部的日耳曼民族); (C) 朱特人 A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons.

Jutland (n.) 日德蘭半島(大部分為丹麥本土) Peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany [syn: Jutland, Jylland].

Compare: Peninsula

Peninsula (n.) (pl. peninsulas) 半島 [C] A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.

Peninsula (n.) A large mass of land projecting into a body of water.

Peninsula, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio

Population (2000):    602

Housing Units (2000): 254

Land area (2000): 4.674119 sq. miles (12.105912 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.010029 sq. miles (0.025976 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 4.684148 sq. miles (12.131888 sq. km)

FIPS code: 61574

Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39

Location: 41.240755 N, 81.556363 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 44264

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Peninsula, OH

Peninsula

Jutland (n.) An indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark [syn: Jutland, battle of Jutland].

Jutlander (n.) A native or inhabitant of Jutland in Denmark.

Jutlandish (a.) Of or pertaining to Jutland, or to the people of Jutland.

Jutting (a.) 突出的 Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc. -- Jut"ting*ly, adv.

Jutting (a.) Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck" [syn: jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking(p), sticking out(p)].

Jutting (n.) The act of projecting out from something [syn: protrusion, projection, jut, jutting].

Jutty (n.) (建築物的)突出部分;碼頭 A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole; a jetty. -- Shak.

Jutty (v. t. & i.) (v. i.) 【廢】突出 (v. t.) 【廢】突出於 To project beyond. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Juvenal (n.) A youth. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Juvenal (n.) Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140) [syn: Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis].

Compare: Satirist

Satirist (n.) [C] 諷刺作家;慣於諷刺的人One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.

The mighty satirist, who . . . had spread terror through the Whig ranks. -- Macaulay.

Satirist (n.) A humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm [syn: satirist, ironist, ridiculer].

Juvenescence (n.) 返老還童;變年輕;青春 A growing young.

Juvenescence (n.) The process of growing into a youth.

Juvenescent (a.) 到達少年期的;返老還童的;年輕的 Growing or becoming young.

Juvenile (a.) 少年的;適合少年的;少年特有的 Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance. "A juvenile exercitation." -- Glanvill.

Juvenile (a.) Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.

Juvenile (a.) Characteristic of children; immature; childish; puerile; infantile; as, a juvenile temper tantrum.

Syn: Puerile; boyish; childish. See Youthful.

Compare: Tantrum

Tantrum (n.) A whim; an affected air. [Colloq. and archaic] -- Thackeray.

Tantrum (n.) 發脾氣;發怒 A display of ill-humor, especially a demonstration of rage or frustration by shouting or violent physical movements, such as the stamping of feet; called also temper tantrum. It is usually associated with children, but is sometimes seen in adults.

Tantrum (n.) [fig.] A display of anger expressed by irrationally striking out at innocent targets or inanimate objects; as, the governor was so insulted by the article, he threw a temper tantrum and cancelled the ceremony.

Tantrum (n.) A display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption].

Tantrum (n.) [C] 耍(孩子)脾氣 A Sudden period of uncontrolled anger like a young  child's.

// Charlie had/ threw a tantrum in the shop because I wouldn't buy him any sweets.

// If she  doesn't get her own way she has temper tantrums.

Juvenile (n.) [C] 青少年;孩子;少兒讀物 A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly. -- C. Bront['e].

Juvenile (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people; "juvenile diabetes"; "juvenile fashions."

Juvenile (a.) Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile].

Juvenile (n.) A young person, not fully developed [syn: juvenile, juvenile person] [ant: adult, grownup].

Juvenileness (n.) The state or quality of being juvenile; juvenility.

Juvenileness (n.) In the sense of  callowness.

Compare: Callowness

Callowness (n.) 不成熟;缺乏經驗 Having a lack of experience of life.

Syn: jejuneness.

Callowness (n.) Lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life [syn: callowness, jejuneness, juvenility].

Compare: Jejuneness

Jejuneness (n.) 缺乏營養;枯燥;空洞;幼稚 Lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life [syn: callowness, jejuneness, juvenility].

Jejuneness (n.) The quality of being vapid and unsophisticated [syn: jejunity, jejuneness, tameness, vapidity, vapidness].

Jejuneness (n.) Quality of lacking nutritive value [syn: jejunity, jejuneness].

Juvenilities (n. pl. ) of Juvenility.

Juvenility (n.) 少年;年輕人的特性 Youthfulness; adolescence. -- Glanvill.

Juvenility (n.) The manners or character of youth; immaturity. -- Glanvill.

Juvenility (n.) Lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life [syn: callowness, jejuneness, juvenility].

Juvenility (n.) The freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person [syn: youth, youthfulness, juvenility].

Juvia (n.) (Bot.) A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree ({Bertholetia excelsa) which produces the large seeds known as Brazil nuts.

Juwansa (n.) (Bot.) The camel's thorn. See under Camel.

Juwise (n.) [Obs.] Same as Juise. -- Chaucer.

Juxtapose (v. t.) 將……並置,將……並列 To place in juxtaposition. -- Huxley.

Juxtapose (v.) Place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors".

Juxtapose (v.) [ T ] 把(不同的事物)並置,把…並列 To put things that are not similar next to each other.

// The exhibition juxtaposes Picasso's early drawings with some of his later works.

Juxtaposited (imp. & p. p.) of Juxtaposit.

Juxtapositing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Juxtaposit.

Juxtaposit (v. t.) To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose. -- Derham.

Juxtaposition (n.) 並排,並置,並列 A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.

Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition. -- Glanvill.

Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. -- Hare.

Juxtaposition (n.) The act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" [syn: juxtaposition, apposition, collocation].

Juxtaposition (n.) A side-by-side position. -- juxtapositional, a.

Juxtapositional (a.) In, or relating to, juxtaposition.

Juxtapositional (a.) I  n the sense of  adjacent.

Compare: Adjacent

Adjacent (a.) 毗連的,鄰接的;前後相接的;鄰近的 Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." -- B. Jonson.

Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.

Syn: Adjoining; contiguous; near.

Usage: Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc.

I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians. -- Howell.

Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain.

Adjacent (n.) That which is adjacent. [R.] -- Locke.

Adjacent (a.) Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side" [syn: adjacent, next, side by side(p)].

Adjacent (a.) Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)].

Adjacent (a.) Near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities."

Adjacency; Adjacent, () A relationship between two network devices, e.g. routers, which are connected by one media segment so that a packet sent by one can reach the other without going through another network device.  The concept of adjacency is important in the exchange of routing information.

Adjacent SNA nodes are nodes connected to a given node with no intervening nodes.  In DECnet and OSI, adjacent nodes share a common segment ({Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring). (1998-03-10)

Junold (a.) See Gimmal.

Compare: Gimmal

Gimmal (n.) 雙連環 Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.

Gimmal (n.) A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer. [Obs.]

Gimmal (a.) Made or consisting of interlocked rings or links; as, gimmal mail.

In their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit Lies foul with chewed grass. -- Shak.

Gimmal joint. See Gimbal joint, under Gimbal. Gimmer

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