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   Julian the Apostate
         n 1: Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored
               paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and
               destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed
               after his death (331?-363) [syn: {Julian}, {Julian the
               Apostate}, {Flavius Claudius Julianus}]

English Dictionary: Julian the Apostate by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jylland
n
  1. peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany
    Synonym(s): Jutland, Jylland
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jail \Jail\, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole,
      jaiole, F. ge[93]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L.
      cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.]
      A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons
      held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with
      reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also
      {gaol}.]
  
               This jail I count the house of liberty.   --Milton.
  
      {Jail bird}, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.
            [Slang]
  
      {Jail delivery}, the release of prisoners from jail, either
            legally or by violence.
  
      {Jail delivery commission}. See under {Gaol}.
  
      {Jail fever} (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling
            it, generated in jails and other places crowded with
            people; -- called also {hospital fever}, and {ship fever}.
           
  
      {Jail liberties}, [or] {Jail limits}, a space or district
            around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on
            certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott.
  
      {Jail lock}, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also
            {Scandinavian lock}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joulemeter \Joule"me`ter\, n.
      An integrating wattmeter for measuring the energy in joules
      expended in an electric circuit or developed by a machine.
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