Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter J - Page 9
Jointer (n.) A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined ; especially:
Jointer (n.) The longest plane used by a joiner.
Jointer (n.) (Coopering) A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves.
Jointer (n.) (Masonry) A bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen the joints of a wall.
Jointer (n.) (Masonry) A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork.
Jointer (n.) A long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together [syn: jointer, jointer plane, jointing plane, long plane].
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.
Jointing (n.) The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced.
Jointing machine, A planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc.
Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2.
Jointing rule (Masonry), A long straight rule, used by bricklayers for securing straight joints and faces.
Jointless (a.) Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
Jointly (adv.) In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately.
Then jointly to the ground their knees they bow. -- Shak.
Jointly (adv.) In collaboration or cooperation; "this paper was written jointly".
Jointly (adv.) In conjunction with; combined; "our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage"; "we couldn't pay for the damages with all our salaries put together" [syn: jointly, collectively, conjointly, together with].
Jointress (n.) (Law) A woman who has a jointure. [Written also jointuress.] -- Blackstone.
Jointress or Jointuress. A woman who has an estate settled on her by her husband, to hold during her life, if she survive him. Co. Litt. 46.
Jointure (n.) A joining; a joint. [Obs.]
Jointure (n.) (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.
The jointure that your king must make, Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised. -- Shak.
Jointured (imp. & p. p.) of Jointure.
Jointuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jointure.
Jointure (v. t.) To settle a jointure upon.
Jointure (n.) (Law) An estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower [syn: jointure, legal jointure].
Jointure (n.) The act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" [syn: union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure] [ant: disunion].
Jointure, () estates.. A competent livelihood of freehold for the wife, of lands and tenements; to take effect in profit or possession, presently after the death of the husband, for the life of the wife at least.
Jointure, () Jointures are regulated by the statute of 27 Hen. VIII. o. 10, commonly called the statute of uses.
Jointure, () To make a good jointure, the following circumstances must concur, namely; 1. It must take effect, in possession or profit, immediately from the death of the husband. 2. It must be for the wife's life, or for some greater estate. 3. It must be limited to the wife herself, and not to any other person in trust for her. 4. It must be made in satisfaction for the wife's whole dower, and not of part of it only. 5. The estate limited to the wife must be expressed or averred to be, in satisfaction of her whole dower. 6. It must be made before marriage. A jointure attended with all these circumstances is binding on the widow, and is a complete bar to the claim of dower; or rather it prevents its ever arising. But there are other. modes of limiting an estate to a wife, which, Lord Coke says, are good jointures within the statute, provided the wife accepts of them after the death of the husband. She may, however, reject them, and claim her dower. Cruise, Dig. tit. 7; 2 Bl. Com. 137; Perk. h.t. In its more enlarged sense, a jointure signifies a joint estate, limited to both husband and. wife. 2 131. Com. 137. Vide 14 Vin. Ab. 540; Bac. Ab. h.t.; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1761, et seq.
Jointureless (a.) Having no jointure.
Compare: Jointress
Jointress (n.) (Law) A woman who has a jointure. [Written also jointuress.] -- Blackstone.
Jointuress (n.) See Jointress. -- Bouvier.
Jointweed (n.) (Bot.) A slender, nearly leafless, American herb ({Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
Jointworm (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Jointworm (n.) Larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and
other grains [syn: strawworm, jointworm].
Joist (n.) (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 Double, a.
Joisted (imp. & p. p.) of Joist.
Joisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joist.
Joist (v. t.) To fit or furnish with joists. -- Johnson.
Joist (n.) Beam used to support floors or roofs
Joke (n.) 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.
And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. -- Pope.
Or witty joke our airy senses moves To pleasant laughter. -- Gay.
Joke (n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.
Inclose whole downs in walls, 't is all a joke. -- Pope.
In joke, In jest; sportively; not meant seriously.
Practical joke. See under Practical.
Joked (imp. & p. p.) of Joke.
Joking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joke.
Joke (v. t.) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.
Joke (v. i.) To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.
He laughed, shouted, joked, and swore. -- Macaulay.
Syn: To jest; sport; rally; banter. See Jest.
Joke (n.) A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" [syn: joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape].
Joke (n.) Activity characterized by good humor [syn: jest, joke, jocularity].
Joke (n.) A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement [syn: antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on].
Joke (n.) A triviality not to be taken seriously; "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke."
Joke (v.) Tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" [syn: joke, jest].
Joke (v.) Act in a funny or teasing way [syn: joke, jest].
Joker (n.) 愛開玩笑的人；（紙牌中的）鬼牌，丑角牌，百搭 One who makes jokes or jests.
Joker (n.) (Card Playing) See {Best bower}, under 2d {Bower}.
Joker (n.) (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.
Joker (n.) 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.
Joker (n.) Hence: Any fact or condition which is unknown or not apparent, which reverses an apparently advantageous position; a kicker.
Joker (n.) 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?.
Joker (n.) A person who enjoys telling or playing jokes [syn: {joker}, {jokester}].
Joker (n.) A person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some joker is blocking the driveway" [syn: {joker}, {turkey}].
Joker (n.) An inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent; "when I demanded my money he showed me the joker in the contract."
Joker (n.) A playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester.
Jokingly (adv.) In a joking way; sportively. Jole
Jokingly (adv.) In jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express" [syn: jokingly, jestingly].
Jokingly (adv.) Not seriously; "I meant it facetiously" [syn: facetiously, jokingly, tongue-in-cheek].
Jole (v. t. & n.) Alt. of Joll.
Joll (v. t. & n.) Same as Jowl. -- Shak.
Compare: Jowl
Jowl (n.) 頜；大顎；頜骨；面頰；下頜垂肉 The cheek; the jaw. [Written also jole, choule, chowle, and geoule.]
Cheek by jowl, With the cheeks close together; side by side; in close proximity. "I will go with thee cheek by jole." -- Shak. " Sits cheek by jowl." -- Dryden.
Cheek by jowl (idiom) 緊靠在一起，緊接著 Very close together.
// The poor lived cheek by jowl in industrial mining towns in Victorian England.
Jolif (a.) Joyful; merry; pleasant; jolly. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Jollification (n.) 熱鬧，歡樂 A merrymaking; noisy festivity. [Colloq.]
We have had a jollification or so together. -- Sir W. Scott.
Jollification (n.) A boisterous celebration; a merry festivity [syn: {merrymaking}, {conviviality}, {jollification}].
Jollification (n.) [ C or U ] (Old-fashioned) 歡慶；歡宴 An enjoyable activity or celebration.
Jollify (v.) (v. t.) 使高興 (v. i.) 作樂 Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" [syn: revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail].
Jollily (adv.) In a jolly manner.
Jolliment (n.) 歡樂；歡鬧 Merriment; jollity. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Jolliness (n.) 愉快；高興 Jollity; noisy mirth. -- Chaucer.
Jollity (n.) 歡樂；歡鬧 Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment. -- Chaucer.
All now was turned to jollity and game. -- Milton.
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.
Jolly (a.) 快活的，高興的；【口】令人愉快的，宜人的；【口】略有醉意的 Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
Like a jolly troop of huntsmen. -- Shak.
"A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed." -- Wordsworth.
Jolly (a.) Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
And with his jolly pipe delights the groves. -- Prior.
Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear. -- Fairfax.
Jolly (a.) Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant. "A jolly cool wind." -- Sir T. North. [Now mostly colloq.]
Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit. -- Spenser.
The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. -- W. Irving.
Jolly (v. t.) 【口】用好話勸（某人）做……[（+into/ out of）]；【口】用好話使高興 [（+along）]；【口】開……的玩笑，戲弄 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.
Jolly (n.) (pl. Jollies) A marine in the English navy. [Sailor's Slang]
I'm a Jolly -- 'Er Majesty's Jolly -- soldier an' sailor too! -- Kipling.
Jolly (adv.) 【英】【口】非常，很 To a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" [syn: {reasonably}, {moderately}, {pretty}, {jolly}, {somewhat}, {fairly}, {middling}, {passably}] [ant: {immoderately}, {unreasonably}].
Jolly (a.) Full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: {gay}, {jocund}, {jolly}, {jovial}, {merry}, {mirthful}].
Jolly (n.) 遊玩；歡宴 A happy party.
Jolly (n.) A yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [syn: {jolly boat}, {jolly}].
Jolly (v.) (v. i.) 【口】開玩笑 Be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: {kid}, {chaff}, {jolly}, {josh}, {banter}].
Jolly-boat (n.) (Naut.) A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.
Jollyhead (n.) Jollity. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Jolo (n.) 霍洛島；是菲律賓西南部的火山島，屬於蘇祿群島的一部分，位於婆羅洲和棉蘭老島之間，面積869平方公里，島上最高點811米，人口約300,000。2005年2月，島上的戰鬥加劇，4,000至5,000名菲軍與約800名阿布沙耶夫伊斯蘭武裝分子發生衝突，超過12,000人逃離家園。
Is a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines and is the primary island of the province of Sulu wherein its capital of the same name is situated. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago, between Borneo and Mindanao, and has a population of approximately 500,000 people.
The island is the location of the Jolo Group of Volcanoes, and contains numerous volcanic cones and craters, including the active Bud Dajo cinder cone. The island is also the headquarters of Abu Sayyaf terrorists.
Jolted (imp. & p. p.) of Jolt.
Jolt (v. i.) To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
Jolt (v. t.) To cause to shake with a sudden 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.
Jolt (v. t.) To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or electrical shock; as, the earthquake jolted him out of bed.
Jolt (v. t.) 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.
Jolt (n.) A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.
The first jolt had like to have shaken me out. -- Swift.
Jolt (n.) A physical or psychological shock; see jolt 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.
Jolt (n.) Something which causes a jolt[2]; as, the bad news was a jolt.
Jolter (n.) One who, or that which, jolts. Jolterhead
Jolterhead (n.) Alt. of Jolthead.
Jolthead (n.) A dunce; a blockhead. -- Sir T. North.
Joltingly (adv.) In a jolting manner.
Jolty (a.) That jolts; as, a jolty coach. [Colloq.]
Jolty (a.) Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride" [syn: rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy] [ant: smooth].
Jonah (n.) The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
Jonah crab (Zool.), A large crab ({Cancer+borealis"> Jonah crab (Zool.), a large crab ({Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.
Jonah (n.) (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land.
Jonah (n.) A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him [syn: jonah, jinx].
Jonah (n.) A book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale [syn: Jonah, Book of Jonah].
Jonah, () A dove, the son of Amittai of Gath-hepher. He was a prophet of Israel, and predicted the restoration of the ancient boundaries (2 Kings 14:25-27) of the kingdom. He exercised his ministry very early in the reign of Jeroboam II., and thus was contemporary with Hosea and Amos; or possibly he preceded them, and consequently may have been the very oldest of all the prophets whose writings we possess. His personal history is mainly to be gathered from the book which bears his name. It is chiefly interesting from the two-fold character in which he appears, (1) as a missionary to heathen Nineveh, and (2) as a type of the "Son of man."
Jonah, or Jonas, A dove; he that oppresses; destroyer.
Jonesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Jones.
The Jonesian system, A system of transliterating Oriental words by English letters, invented by Sir William Jones. Jongleur
Jongleur (n.) Alt. of Jongler.
Jongler (n.) In the Middle Ages, a court attendant or other person who, for hire, recited or sang verses, usually of his own composition. See Troubadour.
Vivacity and picturesquenees of the jongleur's verse. -- J R. Green.
Jongler (n.) A juggler; a conjuror. See Juggler. -- Milton. Jonquil
Jongleur (n.) A singer of folk songs [syn: folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour].
Jonquil (n.) Alt. of Jonquille.
Jonquille (n.) (Bot.) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus ({N. 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 Corona.
Jonquil (n.) Widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers [syn: jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla].
Jonquil (n.) Often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil.
Joram (n.) See Jorum.
Joram = Jeho'ram. One of the kings of Israel (2 Kings 8:16, 25, 28). He was the son of Ahab.
Joram = Jeho'ram. Jehoram, the son and successor of Jehoshaphat on the throne of Judah (2 Kings 8:24).
Joram, To cast; elevated.
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. Jordan
Jordan (n.) Alt. of Jorden.
Jorden (n.) A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
Jorden (n.) A chamber pot. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. -- Shak.
Jordan (n.) A river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan [syn: Jordan, Jordan River].
Jordan (n.) An Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea [syn: Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan].
Jordan, () Heb. Yarden, "the descender;" Arab. Nahr-esh-Sheriah, "the watering-place" the chief river of Palestine. It flows from north to south down a deep valley in the centre of the country. The name descender is significant of the fact that there is along its whole course a descent to its banks; or it may simply denote the rapidity with which it "descends" to the Dead Sea.
It originates in the snows of Hermon, which feed its perennial fountains. Two sources are generally spoken of. (1.) From the western base of a hill on which once stood the city of Dan, the northern border-city of Palestine, there gushes forth a considerable fountain called the Leddan, which is the largest fountain in Syria and the principal source of the Jordan. (2.) Beside the ruins of Banias, the ancient Caesarea Philippi and the yet more ancient Panium, is a lofty cliff of limestone, at the base of which is a fountain. This is the other source of the Jordan, and has always been regarded by the Jews as its true source. It rushes down to the plain in a foaming torrent, and joins the Leddan about 5 miles south of Dan (Tell-el-Kady). (3.) But besides these two historical fountains there is a third, called the Hasbany, which rises in the bottom of a valley at the western base of Hermon, 12 miles north of Tell-el-Kady. It joins the main stream about a mile below the junction of the Leddan and the Banias. The river thus formed is at this point about 45 feet wide, and flows in a channel from 12 to 20 feet below the plain. After this it flows, "with a swift current and a much-twisted course," through a marshy plain for some 6 miles, when it falls into the Lake Huleh, "the waters of Merom" (q.v.).
During this part of its course the Jordan has descended about 1,100 feet. At Banias it is 1,080 feet above sea-level. Flowing from the southern extremity of Lake Huleh, here almost on a level with the sea, it flows for 2 miles "through a waste of islets and papyrus," and then for 9 miles through a narrow gorge in a foaming torrent onward to the Sea of Galilee (q.v.).
"In the whole valley of the Jordan from the Lake Huleh to the Sea of Galilee there is not a single settled inhabitant. Along the whole eastern bank of the river and the lakes, from the base of Hermon to the ravine of Hieromax, a region of great fertility, 30 miles long by 7 or 8 wide, there are only some three inhabited villages. The western bank is almost as desolate. Ruins are numerous enough. Every mile or two is an old site of town or village, now well nigh hid beneath a dense jungle of thorns and thistles. The words of Scripture here recur to us with peculiar force: 'I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation...And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it...And your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate' (Lev. 26:31-34).", Dr. Porter's Handbook.
From the Sea of Galilee, at the level of 682 feet below the Mediterranean, the river flows through a long, low plain called "the region of Jordan" (Matt. 3:5), and by the modern Arabs the Ghor, or "sunken plain." This section is properly the Jordan of Scripture. Down through the midst of the "plain of Jordan" there winds a ravine varying in breadth from 200 yards to half a mile, and in depth from 40 to 150 feet. Through it the Jordan flows in a rapid, rugged, tortuous course down to the Dead Sea. The whole distance from the southern extremity of the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea is in a straight line about 65 miles, but following the windings of the river about 200 miles, during which it falls 618 feet. The total length of the Jordan from Banias is about 104 miles in a straight line, during which it falls 2,380 feet.
There are two considerable affluents which enter the river between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, both from the east. (1.) The Wady Mandhur, called the Yarmuk by the Rabbins and the Hieromax by the Greeks. It formed the boundary between Bashan and Gilead. It drains the plateau of the Hauran. (2.) The Jabbok or Wady Zerka, formerly the northern boundary of Ammon. It enters the Jordan about 20 miles north of Jericho.
The first historical notice of the Jordan is in the account of the separation of Abraham and Lot (Gen. 13:10). "Lot beheld the plain of Jordan as the garden of the Lord." Jacob crossed and recrossed "this Jordan" (32:10). The Israelites passed over it as "on dry ground" (Josh. 3:17; Ps. 114:3). Twice afterwards its waters were miraculously divided at the same spot by Elijah and Elisha (2 Kings 2:8, 14).
The Jordan is mentioned in the Old Testament about one hundred and eighty times, and in the New Testament fifteen times. The chief events in gospel history connected with it are (1) John the Baptist's ministry, when "there went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and were baptized of him in Jordan" (Matt. 3:6). (2.) Jesus also "was baptized of John in Jordan" (Mark 1:9).
Jordan, The river of judgment.
Jordan, MT -- U.S. town in Montana
Population (2000): 364
Housing Units (2000): 233
Land area (2000): 0.355158 sq. miles (0.919855 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.355158 sq. miles (0.919855 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39925
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 47.321151 N, 106.910642 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 59337
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Jordan, MT
Jordan
Jordan, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 1314
Housing Units (2000): 542
Land area (2000): 1.155944 sq. miles (2.993882 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.155944 sq. miles (2.993882 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38825
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 43.065779 N, 76.472915 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 13080
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Jordan, NY
Jordan
Jordan, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 3833
Housing Units (2000): 1423
Land area (2000): 2.613680 sq. miles (6.769401 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.022625 sq. miles (0.058599 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.636305 sq. miles (6.828000 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32174
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.668459 N, 93.632483 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55352
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Jordan, MN
Jordan
Jorum (n.) A large drinking vessel; also, its contents. [Colloq. Eng.] -- Forby.
Jorum (n.) A large drinking bowl.
Joseph (n.) An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front. --Fairholt.
Joseph (n.) Leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904) [syn: Joseph, Chief Joseph]
Joseph (n.) (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt.
Joseph (n.) (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus.
Joseph, () Remover or increaser. The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 30:23, 24), who, on the occasion of his birth, said, "God hath taken away [Heb. 'asaph] my reproach." "The Lord shall add [Heb. yoseph] to me another son" (Gen. 30:24). He was a child of probably six years of age when his father returned from Haran to Canaan and took up his residence in the old patriarchal town of Hebron. "Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age," and he "made him a long garment with sleeves" (Gen. 37:3, R.V. marg.), i.e., a garment long and full, such as was worn by the children of nobles. This seems to be the correct rendering of the words. The phrase, however, may also be rendered, "a coat of many pieces", i.e., a patchwork of many small pieces of divers colours.
When he was about seventeen years old Joseph incurred the jealous hatred of his brothers (Gen. 37:4). They "hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him." Their anger was increased when he told them his dreams (37:11).
Jacob desiring to hear tidings of his sons, who had gone to Shechem with their flocks, some 60 miles from Hebron, sent Joseph as his messenger to make inquiry regarding them. Joseph found that they had left Shechem for Dothan, whither he followed them. As soon as they saw him coming they began to plot against him, and would have killed him had not Reuben interposed. They ultimately sold him to a company of Ishmaelite merchants for twenty pieces (shekels) of silver (about $2, 10s.), ten pieces less than the current value of a slave, for "they cared little what they had for him, if so be they were rid of him." These merchants were going down with a varied assortment of merchandise to the Egyptian market, and thither they conveyed him, and ultimately sold him as a slave to Potiphar, an "officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard" (Gen. 37:36). "The Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake," and Potiphar made him overseer over his house. At length a false charge having been brought against him by Potiphar's wife, he was at once cast into the state prison (39; 40), where he remained for at least two years. After a while the "chief of the cupbearers" and the "chief of the bakers" of Pharaoh's household were cast into the same prison (40:2). Each of these new prisoners dreamed a dream in the same night, which Joseph interpreted, the event occurring as he had said.
This led to Joseph's being remembered subsequently by the chief butler when Pharaoh also dreamed. At his suggestion Joseph was brought from prison to interpret the king's dreams. Pharaoh was well pleased with Joseph's wisdom in interpreting his dreams, and with his counsel with reference to the events then predicted; and he set him over all the land of Egypt (Gen. 41:46), and gave him the name of Zaphnath-paaneah. He was married to Asenath, the daughter of the priest of On, and thus became a member of the priestly class. Joseph was now about thirty years of age.
As Joseph had interpreted, seven years of plenty came, during which he stored up great abundance of corn in granaries built for the purpose. These years were followed by seven years of famine "over all the face of the earth," when "all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn" (Gen. 41:56, 57; 47:13, 14). Thus "Joseph gathered up all the money that was in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought." Afterwards all the cattle and all the land, and at last the Egyptians themselves, became the property of Pharaoh.
During this period of famine Joseph's brethren also came down to Egypt to buy corn. The history of his dealings with them, and of the manner in which he at length made himself known to them, is one of the most interesting narratives that can be read (Gen. 42-45). Joseph directed his brethren to return and bring Jacob and his family to the land of Egypt, saying, "I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. Regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land is yours." Accordingly Jacob and his family, to the number of threescore and ten souls, together with "all that they had," went down to Egypt. They were settled in the land of Goshen, where Joseph met his father, and "fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while" (Gen. 46:29).
The excavations of Dr. Naville have shown the land of Goshen to be the Wady Tumilat, between Ismailia and Zagazig. In Goshen (Egyptian Qosem) they had pasture for their flocks, were near the Asiatic frontier of Egypt, and were out of the way of the Egyptian people. An inscription speaks of it as a district given up to the wandering shepherds of Asia.
Jacob at length died, and in fulfilment of a promise which he had exacted, Joseph went up to Canaan to bury his father in "the field of Ephron the Hittite" (Gen. 47:29-31; 50:1-14). This was the last recorded act of Joseph, who again returned to Egypt.
"The 'Story of the Two Brothers,' an Egyptian romance written for the son of the Pharaoh of the Oppression, contains an episode very similar to the Biblical account of Joseph's treatment by Potiphar's wife. Potiphar and Potipherah are the Egyptian Pa-tu-pa-Ra, 'the gift of the sun-god.' The name given to Joseph, Zaphnath-paaneah, is probably the Egyptian Zaf-nti-pa-ankh, 'nourisher of the living one,' i.e., of the Pharaoh. There are many instances in the inscriptions of foreigners in Egypt receiving Egyptian names, and rising to the highest offices of state."
By his wife Asenath, Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim (Gen. 41:50). Joseph having obtained a promise from his brethren that when the time should come that God would "bring them unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob," they would carry up his bones out of Egypt, at length died, at the age of one hundred and ten years; and "they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin" (Gen. 50:26). This promise was faithfully observed. Their descendants, long after, when the Exodus came, carried the body about with them during their forty years' wanderings, and at length buried it in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor (Josh. 24:32; comp. Gen. 33:19). With the death of Joseph the patriarchal age of the history of Israel came to a close.
The Pharaoh of Joseph's elevation was probably Apepi, or Apopis, the last of the Hyksos kings. Some, however, think that Joseph came to Egypt in the reign of Thothmes III. (see PHARAOH �T0002923), long after the expulsion of the Hyksos.
The name Joseph denotes the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh in Deut. 33:13-17; the kingdom of Israel in Ezek. 37:16, 19, Amos 5:6; and the whole covenant people of Israel in Ps. 81:4.
Joseph, () One of the sons of Asaph, head of the first division of sacred musicians (1 Chr. 25:2, 9).
Joseph, () The son of Judah, and father of Semei (Luke 3:26). Other two of the same name in the ancestry of Christ are also mentioned (3:24, 30).
Joseph, () The foster-father of our Lord (Matt. 1:16; Luke 3:23). He lived at Nazareth in Galilee (Luke 2:4). He is called a "just man." He was by trade a carpenter (Matt. 13:55). He is last mentioned in connection with the journey to Jerusalem, when Jesus was twelve years old. It is probable that he died before Jesus entered on his public ministry. This is concluded from the fact that Mary only was present at the marriage feast in Cana of Galilee. His name does not appear in connection with the scenes of the crucifixion along with that of Mary (q.v.), John 19:25.
Joseph, () A native of Arimathea, probably the Ramah of the Old Testament (1 Sam. 1:19), a man of wealth, and a member of the Sanhedrim (Matt. 27:57; Luke 23:50), an "honourable counsellor, who waited for the kingdom of God." As soon as he heard the tidings of Christ's death, he "went in boldly" (lit. "having summoned courage, he went") "unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus." Pilate having ascertained from the centurion that the death had really taken place, granted Joseph's request, who immediately, having purchased fine linen (Mark 15:46), proceeded to Golgotha to take the body down from the cross. There, assisted by Nicodemus, he took down the body and wrapped it in the fine linen, sprinkling it with the myrrh and aloes which Nicodemus had brought (John 19:39), and then conveyed the body to the new tomb hewn by Joseph himself out of a rock in his garden hard by. There they laid it, in the presence of Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Joses, and other women, and rolled a great stone to the entrance, and departed (Luke 23:53, 55).
This was done in haste, "for the Sabbath was drawing on" (comp. Isa. 53:9).
Joseph, () Surnamed Barsabas (Acts 1:23); also called Justus. He was one of those who "companied with the apostles all the time that the Lord Jesus went out and in among them" (Acts 1:21), and was one of the candidates for the place of Judas.
Joseph, Increase; addition.
Joseph, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 1054
Housing Units (2000): 543
Land area (2000): 0.853569 sq. miles (2.210734 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.853569 sq. miles (2.210734 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37900
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 45.350874 N, 117.230231 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97846
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Joseph, UT -- U.S. town in Utah
Population (2000): 269
Housing Units (2000): 109
Land area (2000): 0.891551 sq. miles (2.309107 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.891551 sq. miles (2.309107 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39370
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 38.626797 N, 112.217185 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84739
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Headwords:
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Joseph's flower () (Bot.) A composite herb ({Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify.
Joso (n.) (Zool.) A small gudgeon.
Joss (n.) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. "Critic in jars and josses." -- Colman (1761).
Joss house, A Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode of worship.
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.
Joss (n.) A Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol.
JOSS, () JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (OS, JOHNNIAC)
JOSS, () Joint Object Services Submission.
JOHNNIAC Open Shop System
JOSS, () (JOSS) An early, simple, interactive calculator language developed by Charles L. Baker at Rand in 1964. There were two versions: JOSS I and JOSS II.
[Connection with Johnniac?]
["JOSS Users' Reference Manual", R.L. Clark, Report F-1535/9, RAND Corp (Jan 1975)].
[Sammet 1969, pp. 217-226].
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Jossa (interj.) A command to a horse, probably meaning "stand still." [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Jostled (imp. & p. p.) of Jostle.
Jostling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jostle.
Jostle (v. t.) 推，擠，煽動 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，沖撞 To push; to crowd; to hustle.
None jostle with him for the wall. -- Lamb.
Jostle (n.) 推擠，沖撞 A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.
The jostle of South African nationalities and civilization. -- The Nation.
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].
Jostlement (n.) Crowding; hustling.
Jostlement (n.) (pl. Jostlements) Disturbance by pushing and shoving.
// Bursting in his full-blown way along the pavement, to the jostlement of all weaker people.
Jot (n.) An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. Bit, n.
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.
Neither will they bate One jot of ceremony. -- Shak.
Jotted (imp. & p. p.) of Jot.
Jotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jot.
Jot (v. t.) To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.
Jot (n.) A brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note [syn: jotting, jot].
Jot (n.) A slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch
of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon].
Jot (v.) Write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of [syn: jot down, jot].
Jot or Iota, The smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, used metaphorically or proverbially for the smallest thing (Matt. 5:18); or it may be = yod, which is the smallest of the Hebrew letters.
Jotter (n.) One who jots down memoranda.
Jotter (n.) A memorandum book.
Jotter (n.) A small notebook for rough notes.
Jougs (n.) An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used in Scotland as a kind of pillory. [Written also juggs.] See Juke. -- Sir W. Scott.
Jouissance (n.) Jollity; merriment. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Compare: Juke
Juke (v. i.) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. [Written also jook and jouk.].
The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and tossing of his head. -- L' Estrange.
Jouk (v. i.) See Juke.
Joul (v. t.) See Jowl.
Joule (n.) (Physics.) A unit of work which is equal to 10^{7 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
Joule's equivalent. See under Equivalent, n.
Joule (n.) A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second [syn: joule, J, watt second].
Joule (n.) English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889) [syn: Joule, James Prescott Joule].
Jounced (imp. & p. p.) of Jounce.
Jouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jounce.
Jounce (v. t. & i.) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.
Jounce (n.) A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.
Jounce (n.) A sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers" [syn: jolt, jar, jounce, shock].
Jounce (v.) Move up and down repeatedly [syn: bounce, jounce].
Journal (a.) Daily; diurnal. [Obs.]
Whiles from their journal labors they did rest. -- Spenser.
Journal (n.) A diary; an account of daily transactions and events. Specifically:
Journal (n.) (Bookkeeping) A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.
Journal (n.) (Naut.) A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.
Journal (n.) (Legislature) The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.
Journal (n.) 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.
Journal (n.) That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey. [Obs. & R.] -- B. Jonson.
Journal (n.) (Mach.) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box.
Journal box, or Journal bearing (Mach.) The carrier of a journal; the box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin turns.
Journal (n.) A daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations [syn: diary, journal].
Journal (n.) A periodical dedicated to a particular subject; "he reads the medical journals".
Journal (n.) A ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred [syn: daybook, journal].
Journal (n.) A record book as a physical object.
Journal (n.) The part of the axle contained by a bearing. Journal
Journalling, () An on-going record of transactions, such as database updates, file system writes, procedure calls or message transmissions. A journal differs from a simple log in that the contents of the journal can be used to reconstruct the state of the system after a failure by re-applying the transactions in the journal to a snapshot of the system previous state. (2008-05-29)
Journal, () mar. law. The book kept on board of a ship or other vessel, which contains an account of the ship's course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage. Another name for logbook. (q.v.) Chit. Law of Nat. 199.
Journal, () common law. A book used among merchants, in which the contents of the waste-book are separated every month, and entered on the debtor and creditor side, for more convenient posting in the ledger.
Journal, () legislation. An account of the proceedings of a legislative body.
Journal, () The Constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 5, directs that "each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings; and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy." Vide 2 Story, Const., 301.
Journal, () The constitutions of the several states contain similar provisions.
Journal, () The journal of either house is evidence of the action of that house upon all matters before it. 7 Cowen, R. 613 Cowp. 17.