English Dictionary: joyless | by the DICT Development Group |
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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]: | |
Jealous \Jeal"ous\, a. [OE. jalous, gelus, OF. jalous, F. jaloux, LL. zelosus zealous, fr. zelus emulation, zeal, jealousy, Gr. zh^los. See {Zeal}, and cf. {Zealous}.] 1. Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful. I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts. --Kings xix. 10. How nicely jealous is every one of us of his own repute! --Dr. H. More. 2. Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful. 'This doing wrong creates such doubts as these, Renders us jealous and disturbs our peace. --Waller. The people are so jealous of the clergy's ambition. --Swift. 3. Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry. Thou shalt worship no other God; for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. --Ex. xxxiv. 14. 4. Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover. If the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife. --Num. v. 14. To both these sisters have I sworn my love: Each jealous of the other, as the stung Are of the adder. --Shak. It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and obedience, in the wife, if she think her husband wise; which she will never do if she find him jealous. --Bacon. Syn: Suspicious; anxious; envious. Usage: {Jealous}, {Suspicious}. Suspicious is the wider term. We suspect a person when we distrust his honesty and imagine he has some bad design. We are jealous when we suspect him of aiming to deprive us of what we dearly prize. Iago began by awakening the suspicions of Othello, and converted them at last into jealousy. [bd]Suspicion may be excited by some kind of accusation, not supported by evidence sufficient for conviction, but sufficient to trouble the repose of confidence.[b8] [bd]Jealousy is a painful apprehension of rivalship in cases that are peculiarly interesting to us.[b8] --Cogan. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jealousy \Jeal"ous*y\, n.; pl. {Jealousies}. [ F. jalousie. See {Jealous}, and cf. {Jalousie}.] The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover. I was jealous for jealousy. --Zech. viii. 2. Jealousy is the . . . apprehension of superiority. --Shenstone. Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had excellence to deserve our fondness. --Rambler. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jelly \Jel"ly\, n.; pl. {Jellies}. [ Formerly gelly, gely, F. gel[82]e jelly, frost, fr. geler to freeze. L. gelare; akin to gelu frost. See {Gelid}.] 1. Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like. 2. The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly. {Jelly bag}, a bag through which the material for jelly is strained. {Jelly mold}, a mold for forming jelly in ornamental shapes. {Jelly plant} (Bot.), Australian name of an edible seaweed ({Eucheuma speciosum}), from which an excellent jelly is made. --J. Smith. {Jelly powder}, an explosive, composed of nitroglycerin and collodion cotton; -- so called from its resemblance to calf's-foot jelly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jolly \Jol"ly\, n.; pl. {Jollies}. [Prob. fr. {Jolly}, a.] A marine in the English navy. [Sailor's Slang] I'm a Jolly -- 'Er Majesty's Jolly -- soldier an' sailor too! --Kipling. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Joyless \Joy"less\, a. Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. -- {Joy"less*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"less*ness}, n. With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --Dryden. Youth and health and war are joyless to him. --Addison. [He] pining for the lass, Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
July \Ju*ly"\, n.; pl. {Julies}. [L. Julius; -- named from Caius Julius C[91]sar, who was born in this month: cf. F. Juillet.] The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days. Note: This month was called Quintilis, or the fifth month, according to the old Roman calendar, in which March was the first month of the year. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Jellico, TN (city, FIPS 38020) Location: 36.57708 N, 84.12868 W Population (1990): 2447 (1104 housing units) Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37762 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
jolix /joh'liks/ n.,adj. 386BSD, the freeware port of the BSD Net/2 release to the Intel i386 architecture by Bill Jolitz, Lynne Greer Jolitz, and friends. Used to differentiate from BSDI's port based on the same source tape, which used to be called BSD/386 and is now BSD/OS. See {BSD}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
jolix /joh'liks/ 386BSD, the {freeware} port of the {BSD} {Net/2} release to the {Intel} {i386} architecture by Bill Jolitz and friends. Used to differentiate from BSDI's port based on the same source tape, which is called {BSD/386}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Jealousy suspicion of a wife's purity, one of the strongest passions (Num. 5:14; Prov. 6:34; Cant. 8:6); also an intense interest for another's honour or prosperity (Ps. 79:5; 1 Cor. 10:22; Zech. 1:14). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Julius the centurion of the Augustan cohort, or the emperor's body-guard, in whose charge Paul was sent prisoner to Rome (Acts 27:1, 3, 43). He entreated Paul "courteously," showing in many ways a friendly regard for him. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Julius, same as Julia |