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   jobless
         adj 1: not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless
                  transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
                  [syn: {idle}, {jobless}, {out of work}]

English Dictionary: Joe Bloggs by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Joe Bloggs
n
  1. a hypothetical average man [syn: John Doe, Joe Blow, Joe Bloggs, man in the street]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Candle \Can"dle\, n. [OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L.
      candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. cand[89]re
      to be white. See {Candid}, and cf. {Chandler}, {Cannel},
      {Kindle}.]
      1. A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick
            composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and
            used to furnish light.
  
                     How far that little candle throws his beams! So
                     shines a good deed in a naughty world. --Shak.
  
      Note: Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the
               wicks in the melted tallow, etc. ([bd]dipped
               candles[b8]), or by casting or running in a mold.
  
      2. That which gives light; a luminary.
  
                     By these blessed candles of the night. --Shak.
  
      {Candle nut}, the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub ({Aleurites
            triloba}), a native of some of the Pacific islands; --
            socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright
            flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has
            many uses.
  
      {Candle power} (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp,
            or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard
            candle.
  
      {Electric candle}, A modification of the electric arc lamp,
            in which the carbon rods, instead of being placed end to
            end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable
            for the formation of the arc at the tip; -- called also,
            from the name of the inventor, {Jablockoff candle}.
  
      {Excommunication by inch of candle}, a form of
            excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to
            repent only while a candle burns.
  
      {Not worth the candle}, not worth the cost or trouble.
  
      {Rush candle}, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes,
            peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease.
  
      {Sale by inch of candle}, an auction in which persons are
            allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns
            out.
  
      {Standard candle} (Photom.), a special form of candle
            employed as a standard in photometric measurements;
            usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn
            at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour.
  
      {To curse by bell, book and candle}. See under {Bell}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jovialist \Jo"vi*al*ist\, n.
      One who lives a jovial life. --Bp. Hall.
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