English Dictionary: joviality | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job. [Colloq.] Note: Job is used adjectively to signify doing jobs, used for jobs, or let on hire to do jobs; as, job printer; job master; job horse; job wagon, etc. {By the job}, at a stipulated sum for the work, or for each piece of work done; -- distinguished from time work; as, the house was built by the job. {Job lot}, a quantity of goods, usually miscellaneous, sold out of the regular course of trade, at a certain price for the whole; as, these articles were included in a job lot. {Job master}, one who lest out horses and carriages for hire, as for family use. [Eng.] {Job printer}, one who does miscellaneous printing, esp. circulars, cards, billheads, etc. {Odd job}, miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional work, of various kinds, or for various people. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Joviality \Jo`vi*al"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. jovialit[82].] The quality or state of being jovial. --Sir T. Herbert. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jovialty \Jo"vi*al*ty\, n. Joviality. [R.] --Barrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jubilate \Ju`bi*la"te\, n. [L., imperat. of jubilare to shout for joy.] 1. The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, [bd]Jubilate Deo.[b8] 2. A name of the 100th Psalm; -- so called from its opening word in the Latin version. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jubilate \Ju"bi*late\, v. i. [L. jubilatus, p. p. of jubilare.] To exult; to rejoice. [R.] --De Quincey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jubilation \Ju`bi*la"tion\, n. [L. jubilatio: cf. F. jubilation.] A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation. [bd]Jubilations and hallelujahs.[b8] --South. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
JPLDIS {Jet Propulsion Laboratory} Display Information System. Query system for {UNIVAC 1108} [or PDP's?] written in {Fortran}, based on {Tymshare}'s "Retrieve". Indirectly led to {Vulcan} which led to {dBASE II}. Jack Hatfield, George Masters, W. Van Snyder, Jeb Long et al, JPL. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Japhlet, Japhleti, delivered; banished |