Lexicon: jointed – journey

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jointed, adj. [see joint, n.]

Split; jagged; branching; having junctures.

joke, n. [L. jocus, jest, joke, sport.]

Levity; flippancy; making light of sacred things.

jolly, adj. [OFr jolif, gay, merry, amorous, festive, gallant, well dressed, attractive.] (webplay: life).

  1. Gay; merry; jovial; lively.
  2. Silly; mirthful.

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; [fig.] death; (see Numbers 33:51).

jostle, v. [OFr juste-r < L. juxtre, approach, come together, meet < L. juxt, near together.]

Rustle; gently nudge.

jostled, verbal adj. [see jostle, v.]

Troubled; burdened; disturbed.

jot (-s), v. [L. iōta < Gk. smallest letter, 'i'.]

Be noteworthy; be of some importance; have some significance; [word play] 'jot down'; write quickly; scribble something.

journey (-s), n. [OFr jornee.] (webplay: day, land, pass, time, travel, water).

  1. Travels; passage from one place to another.
  2. Trip; quest; excursion.
  3. [Fig.] pilgrimage through life; progression toward perfection.
  4. Ascension into heaven in a chariot of fire (2 Kings 2:11-12).
  5. [Fig.] creep; careful crawl.
  6. [Fig.] lack; absence of something.
  7. Load; amount carried in one trip.

journey (-ing), v. [see journey, n.] (webplay: day).

Walk; travel; go from one place to another.