English Dictionary: John Tyndall | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Jamdani \[d8]Jam"da*ni\, n. A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers. [Written also {jamdanee}.] --Balfour (Cyc. of India). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Ianthina \[d8]I*an"thi*na\, n.; pl. L. {Ianthin[91]}, E. {Ianthinas}. [NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. [?]; [?] violet + [?] flower.] (Zo[94]l.) Any gastropod of the genus {Ianthina}, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also {purple shell}, and {violet snail}. [Written also {janthina}.] Note: It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus. | |
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Jantiness \Jan"ti*ness\, n. See {Jauntiness}. | |
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Jauntiness \Jaun"ti*ness\, n. The quality of being jaunty. That jauntiness of air I was once master of. --Addison. | |
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Jaunt \Jaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jaunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jaunting}.] [Cf. Scot. jaunder to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer, dial. Sw. ganta to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perh. akin to E. jump. Cf. {Jaunce}.] 1. To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion. 2. To ride on a jaunting car. {Jaunting car}, a kind of low-set open vehicle, used in Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting back to back. [Written also {jaunty car}.] --Thackeray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jaunt \Jaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jaunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jaunting}.] [Cf. Scot. jaunder to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer, dial. Sw. ganta to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perh. akin to E. jump. Cf. {Jaunce}.] 1. To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion. 2. To ride on a jaunting car. {Jaunting car}, a kind of low-set open vehicle, used in Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting back to back. [Written also {jaunty car}.] --Thackeray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jenneting \Jen"net*ing\, n. [Prob. fr. a dim. of Jean John, so named as becoming ripe about St. John's day, June 24. F. Jean is fr. L. Johannes. See {Zany}.] A variety of early apple. See {Juneating}. [Written also {geniting}.] | |
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Juneating \June"a*ting\, n. A kind of early apple. [Written also {jenneting}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jenneting \Jen"net*ing\, n. [Prob. fr. a dim. of Jean John, so named as becoming ripe about St. John's day, June 24. F. Jean is fr. L. Johannes. See {Zany}.] A variety of early apple. See {Juneating}. [Written also {geniting}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Juneating \June"a*ting\, n. A kind of early apple. [Written also {jenneting}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Joint \Joint\, a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See {Join}.] 1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action. 2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together. I read this joint effusion twice over. --T. Hook. 3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc. [bd]Joint tenants of the world.[b8] --Donne. 4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond. A joint burden laid upon us all. --Shak. {Joint committee} (Parliamentary Practice), a committee composed of members of the two houses of a legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions of the two houses are necessary. --Cushing. {Joint meeting}, [or] {Joint session}, the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a joint session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a United States senator. [bd]Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared.[b8] --Joint Rules of Congress, U. S. {Joint resolution} (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative body. [bd]By the constitution of the United States and the rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made between bills and joint resolutions.[b8] --Barclay (Digest). {Joint rule} (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a legislative assembly. [bd]Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session.[b8] --Journal H. of R., U. S. {Joint and several} (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged both together and individually thus a joint and several debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together or either of them individually. {Joint stock}, stock held in company. {Joint-stock company} (Law), a species of partnership, consisting generally of a large number of members, having a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares, the shares owned by any member being usually transferable without the consent of the rest. {Joint tenancy} (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession, under which the survivor takes the whole. --Blackstone. {Joint tenant} (Law), one who holds an estate by joint tenancy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Joint \Joint\ (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See {Join}.] 1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe. 2. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See {Articulation}. A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel, Must glove this hand. --Shak. To tear thee joint by joint. --Milton. 3. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg. 4. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. 5. (Geol.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. 6. (Arch.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint. 7. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. {Coursing joint} (Masonry), the mortar joint between two courses of bricks or stones. {Fish joint}, {Miter joint}, {Universal joint}, etc. See under {Fish}, {Miter}, etc. {Joint bolt}, a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood, one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of the pieces. {Joint chair} (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of abutting rails. {Joint coupling}, a universal joint for coupling shafting. See under {Universal}. {Joint hinge}, a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge. {Joint splice}, a re[89]nforce at a joint, to sustain the parts in their true relation. {Joint stool}. (a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool. --Shak. (b) A block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint; a joint chair. {Out of joint}, out of place; dislocated, as when the head of a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well together; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Joint \Joint\, a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See {Join}.] 1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action. 2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together. I read this joint effusion twice over. --T. Hook. 3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc. [bd]Joint tenants of the world.[b8] --Donne. 4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond. A joint burden laid upon us all. --Shak. {Joint committee} (Parliamentary Practice), a committee composed of members of the two houses of a legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions of the two houses are necessary. --Cushing. {Joint meeting}, [or] {Joint session}, the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a joint session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a United States senator. [bd]Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared.[b8] --Joint Rules of Congress, U. S. {Joint resolution} (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative body. [bd]By the constitution of the United States and the rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made between bills and joint resolutions.[b8] --Barclay (Digest). {Joint rule} (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a legislative assembly. [bd]Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session.[b8] --Journal H. of R., U. S. {Joint and several} (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged both together and individually thus a joint and several debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together or either of them individually. {Joint stock}, stock held in company. {Joint-stock company} (Law), a species of partnership, consisting generally of a large number of members, having a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares, the shares owned by any member being usually transferable without the consent of the rest. {Joint tenancy} (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession, under which the survivor takes the whole. --Blackstone. {Joint tenant} (Law), one who holds an estate by joint tenancy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Joint \Joint\, a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See {Join}.] 1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action. 2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together. I read this joint effusion twice over. --T. Hook. 3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc. [bd]Joint tenants of the world.[b8] --Donne. 4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond. A joint burden laid upon us all. --Shak. {Joint committee} (Parliamentary Practice), a committee composed of members of the two houses of a legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions of the two houses are necessary. --Cushing. {Joint meeting}, [or] {Joint session}, the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a joint session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a United States senator. [bd]Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared.[b8] --Joint Rules of Congress, U. S. {Joint resolution} (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative body. [bd]By the constitution of the United States and the rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made between bills and joint resolutions.[b8] --Barclay (Digest). {Joint rule} (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a legislative assembly. [bd]Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session.[b8] --Journal H. of R., U. S. {Joint and several} (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged both together and individually thus a joint and several debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together or either of them individually. {Joint stock}, stock held in company. {Joint-stock company} (Law), a species of partnership, consisting generally of a large number of members, having a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares, the shares owned by any member being usually transferable without the consent of the rest. {Joint tenancy} (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession, under which the survivor takes the whole. --Blackstone. {Joint tenant} (Law), one who holds an estate by joint tenancy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Joint \Joint\, a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See {Join}.] 1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action. 2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together. I read this joint effusion twice over. --T. Hook. 3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc. [bd]Joint tenants of the world.[b8] --Donne. 4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond. A joint burden laid upon us all. --Shak. {Joint committee} (Parliamentary Practice), a committee composed of members of the two houses of a legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions of the two houses are necessary. --Cushing. {Joint meeting}, [or] {Joint session}, the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a joint session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a United States senator. [bd]Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared.[b8] --Joint Rules of Congress, U. S. {Joint resolution} (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative body. [bd]By the constitution of the United States and the rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made between bills and joint resolutions.[b8] --Barclay (Digest). {Joint rule} (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a legislative assembly. [bd]Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session.[b8] --Journal H. of R., U. S. {Joint and several} (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged both together and individually thus a joint and several debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together or either of them individually. {Joint stock}, stock held in company. {Joint-stock company} (Law), a species of partnership, consisting generally of a large number of members, having a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares, the shares owned by any member being usually transferable without the consent of the rest. {Joint tenancy} (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession, under which the survivor takes the whole. --Blackstone. {Joint tenant} (Law), one who holds an estate by joint tenancy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jointing \Joint"ing\, 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Joint \Joint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jointing}.] 1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood. --Pope. 2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. Jointing their force 'gainst C[91]sar. --Shak. 3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. The fingers are jointed together for motion. --Ray. 4. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. [bd]He joints the neck.[b8] --Dryden. Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting. --Holland. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jointing \Joint"ing\, 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jointing \Joint"ing\, 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jointing \Joint"ing\, 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Juneating \June"a*ting\, n. A kind of early apple. [Written also {jenneting}.] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
John Atanasoff {John Vincent Atanasoff} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Jehonathan whom Jehovah gave. (1.) One of the stewards of David's store-houses (1 Chr. 27:25). (2.) A Levite who taught the law to the people of Judah (2 Chr. 17:8). (3.) Neh. 12:18. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Jonathan whom Jehovah gave, the name of fifteen or more persons that are mentioned in Scripture. The chief of these are, (1.) A Levite descended from Gershom (Judg. 18:30). His history is recorded in 17:7-13 and 18:30. The Rabbins changed this name into Manasseh "to screen the memory of the great lawgiver from the stain of having so unworthy an apostate among his near descendants." He became priest of the idol image at Dan, and this office continued in his family till the Captivity. (2.) The eldest son of king Saul, and the bosom friend of David. He is first mentioned when he was about thirty years of age, some time after his father's accession to the throne (1 Sam. 13:2). Like his father, he was a man of great strength and activity (2 Sam. 1:23), and excelled in archery and slinging (1 Chr. 12:2;2 Sam. 1:22). The affection that evidently subsisted between him and his father was interrupted by the growth of Saul's insanity. At length, "in fierce anger," he left his father's presence and cast in his lot with the cause of David (1 Sam. 20:34). After an eventful career, interwoven to a great extent with that of David, he fell, along with his father and his two brothers, on the fatal field of Gilboa (1 Sam. 31:2, 8). He was first buried at Jabesh-gilead, but his remains were afterwards removed with those of his father to Zelah, in Benjamin (2 Sam. 21:12-14). His death was the occasion of David's famous elegy of "the Song of the Bow" (2 Sam. 1:17-27). He left one son five years old, Merib-baal, or Mephibosheth (2 Sam. 4:4; comp. 1 Chr. 8:34). (3.) Son of the high priest Abiathar, and one who adhered to David at the time of Absalom's rebellion (2 Sam. 15:27, 36). He is the last descendant of Eli of whom there is any record. (4.) Son of Shammah, and David's nephew, and also one of his chief warriors (2 Sam. 21:21). He slew a giant in Gath. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Jehonathan, gift of the Lord; gift of a dove | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Jonathan, given of God | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Juan De Nova Island (possession of France) Juan De Nova Island:Geography Location: Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique Map references: Africa Area: total area: 4.4 sq km land area: 4.4 sq km comparative area: about 7.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 24.1 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 12 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: claimed by Madagascar Climate: tropical Terrain: NA Natural resources: guano deposits and other fertilizers Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 90% other: 10% Irrigated land: 0 sq km Environment: current issues: NA natural hazards: periodic cyclones international agreements: NA Note: wildlife sanctuary Juan De Nova Island:People Population: uninhabited Juan De Nova Island:Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Juan de Nova Island local long form: none local short form: Ile Juan de Nova Digraph: JU Type: French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic, resident in Reunion Capital: none; administered by France from Reunion Independence: none (possession of France) Economy Overview: no economic activity Juan De Nova Island:Transportation Railroads: total: NA km; short line going to a jetty Ports: none; offshore anchorage only Airports: total: 1 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1 Juan De Nova Island:Defense Forces Note: defense is the responsibility of France |