Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: joint – journey
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joint, v. [see joint, n. and join, v.]
Join the parts of; unite the segments of; make contiguous the pieces of; [fig.] resurrect; restore the whole body of; make separated parts as one again.
jointed, verbal adj. [see joint, n.]
Split; akimbo; zigzagged; jagged; notched; segmented; branching; having junctures.
joke, n. [L. jocus, jest, joke, sport.]
Jest; prank; trick; antic; caper; surprise; wit; fun; levity; mortality of sacred things; [fig.] pretension; make-believe; [metaphor] divine comedy of death that the Lord will someday return to life.
jolly, adj. [OFr jolif, gay, merry, amorous, festive, gallant, well dressed, attractive.] (webplay: life).
- Silly; mirthful; merry; [fig.] active; lively; animated; fast falling; quickly moving.
- Gay; merry; jovial; lively; [fig.] swaying in the breeze.
jolt, v. [unknown origin.]
Shock; shake suddenly; strike in punishment; shove with short abrupt rising and falling.
Jordan, proper n. [L. possibly < Heb. jarden, channel or yarod, descend.]
River in the Middle East; waterway flowing down from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea; site of sacred events in the Holy Land; place where Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist (see Matthew 3:13); [fig.] death.
jostle, v. [OFr juste-r < L. juxtre, approach, come together, meet < L. juxt, near together.]
Push; shake; rustle; gently nudge.
jostled, verbal adj. [see jostle, v.]
Troubled; burdened; disturbed; [fig.] upset; shocked; grief-struck.
jot (-s), v. [L. iōta < Gk. smallest letter, 'I'.]
Mean; denote; import; have significance; [word play “jot down”] record; scribble; write quickly.
journey (-s), n. [OFr jornee.] (webplay: day, land, pass, time, travel, water).
- Travels; passage from one place to another; [fig.] flight; trajectory; migration; movement through the air.
- Pilgrimage; [fig.] passage through life; progression toward perfection.
- Load; amount carried in one trip.
- Wandering; drifting; [fig.] lack of focus; absence of perception.
- Ascension; rising into heaven in a chariot of fire (2 Kings 2:11-12).
- Locomotion; moving; creeping; careful crawling.
- Trip; quest; excursion.