Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: JOB'BER – JOC'UND-LY
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JOB'BER, n.
- One who does small jobs.
- A dealer in the public stocks or funds; usually called a stock-jobber. – Swift.
- One who engages in a low, lucrative affair.
- A merchant who purchases goods from importers and sells to retailers.
JOB'BER-NOWL, n. [said to be from Flemish jobbe, dull, and Sax. knol, head or top.]
A loggerhead; a blockhead. [A low word.] – Hudibras.
JOB'BING, n.
The practice of taking jobs for profit.
JOB'BING, ppr.
Stabbing with a pointed instrument.
JOB'S-TEARS, n.
A plant of the genus Coix.
JO'CANT-RY, n. [L. jocans.]
The act or practice of jesting. [Not in good use.] – More.
JOCK'EY, n. [said to be from Jackey, a diminution of Jack, John; primarily, a boy that rides horses.]
- A man that rides horses in a race. – Addison.
- A dealer in horses; one who makes it his business to buy and sell horses for gain. Hence,
- A cheat; one who deceives or takes undue advantage in trade.
JOCK'EY, v.t.
- To cheat; to trick; to deceive in trade.
- To jostle by riding against one. – Johnson.
JOCK'EY-ED, pp.
Cheated; tricked in trade.
JOCK'EY-ING, ppr.
Cheating; deceiving in trade.
JOCK'EY-ISM, n.
Practice of jockeys.
JOCK'EY-SHIP, n.
The art or practice of riding horses.
JO-COSE, a. [L. jocosus, from jocus, a joke.]
- Given to jokes and jesting; merry; waggish; used of persons.
- Containing a joke; sportive; merry; as, jocose or comical airs. – Watts.
JO-COSE-LY, adv.
In jest; for sport or game; waggishly. – Broome.
JO-COSE-NESS, n.
The quality of being jocose; waggery; merriment. [Jocosity is not used.]
JO-CO-SE'RI-OUS, a.
Partaking of mirth and seriousness. – Green.
JOC'U-LAR, a. [L. jocularis, from jocus, a joke.]
- Jocose; waggish; merry; given to jesting; used of persons.
- Containing jokes; sportive; not serious; as, a jocular expression or style.
JOC-U-LAR'I-TY, n.
Merriment; jesting. – Brown.
JOC'U-LAR-LY, adv.
In jest; for sport or mirth. – Bp. Lavington.
JOC'U-LAR-Y, a.
Jocular. [Not in use.] – Ash. Bacon.
JOC'U-LA-TOR, a. [L.]
A jester; a droll; a minstrel. – Strutt.
JOC'U-LA-TO-RY, a.
Droll; merrily said.
JOC'UND, a. [L. jocundus, from jocus, a joke.]
Merry; gay; airy; lively; sportive. Rural sports and jocund strains. – Prior.
JO-CUND'I-TY, or JOC'UND-NESS, n.
State of being merry; gayety.
JOC'UND-LY, adv.
Merrily; gayly.