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English Dictionary: joust by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joust
n
  1. a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
    Synonym(s): joust, tilt
v
  1. joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joust \Joust\, v. i. [OE. justen, jousten, OF. jouster, jouster,
      joster, F. jouter, fr. L. juxta near to, nigh, from the root
      of jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Jostle}.]
      To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the
      lists; to tilt. [Written also {just}.]
  
               For the whole army to joust and tourney. --Holland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joust \Joust\, n. [OE. juste, jouste, OF. juste, jouste, joste,
      F. joute. See {Joust}, v. i.]
      A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two
      knights in the lists or inclosed field. [Written also
      {just}.]
  
               Gorgeous knights at joust and tournament. --Milton.
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