Joseph's coat : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   Jacob's ladder
         n 1: pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or
               white flowers [syn: {Jacob's ladder}, {Greek valerian},
               {charity}, {Polemonium caeruleum}, {Polemonium van-
               bruntiae}, {Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae}]
         2: (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting
            wooden or metal rungs or steps [syn: {Jacob's ladder}, {jack
            ladder}, {pilot ladder}]

English Dictionary: Joseph's coat	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacob's rod n asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
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Jacob's staff n desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers Synonym(s): ocotillo, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus, Fouquieria splendens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacobs n English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943) [syn: Jacobs, W. W. Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs] United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916) Synonym(s): Jacobs, Jane Jacobs Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929) Synonym(s): Jacobs, Aletta Jacobs
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Jacobus Arminius n Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609) Synonym(s): Arminius, Jacobus Arminius, Jacob Harmensen, Jakob Hermandszoon
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Jakob Grimm n the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863) Synonym(s): Grimm, Jakob Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm
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Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease n rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control Synonym(s): Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, CJD, Jakob- Creutzfeldt disease
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Jakobson n United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982) Synonym(s): Jakobson, Roman Jakobson, Roman Osipovich Jakobson
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jazz festival n a festival that features performances by jazz artists
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jigsaw puzzle n a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces
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Joseph Campbell n United States mythologist (1904-1987) [syn: Campbell, Joseph Campbell]
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Joseph Conrad n English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924) Synonym(s): Conrad, Joseph Conrad, Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski
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Joseph Eggleston Johnston n Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891) Synonym(s): Johnston, J. E. Johnston, Joseph Eggleston Johnston
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Joseph Goebbels n German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945) Synonym(s): Goebbels, Joseph Goebbels, Paul Joseph Goebbels
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Joseph Greenberg n United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001) Synonym(s): Greenberg, Joseph Greenberg
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Joseph Hooker n United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) Synonym(s): Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker
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Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre n French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931) Synonym(s): Joffre, Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre
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Joseph Joachim n Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907) [syn: Joachim, Joseph Joachim]
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Joseph John Thomson n English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940) Synonym(s): Thomson, Joseph John Thomson, Sir Joseph John Thomson
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Joseph Schumpeter n United States economist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1883-1950) Synonym(s): Schumpeter, Joseph Schumpeter, Joseph Alois Schumpeter
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Joseph Smith n religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844) Synonym(s): Smith, Joseph Smith
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Joseph Stalin n Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953) Synonym(s): Stalin, Joseph Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
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Joseph's coat n perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon Synonym(s): painted nettle, Joseph's coat, Coleus blumei, Solenostemon blumei, Solenostemon scutellarioides
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Josephus n Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100) Synonym(s): Josephus, Flavius Josephus, Joseph ben Matthias
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jukebox n a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin Synonym(s): jukebox, nickelodeon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: Jack is used adjectively in various senses. It sometimes designates something cut short or diminished in size; as, a jack timber; a jack rafter; a jack arch, etc. {Jack arch}, an arch of the thickness of one brick. {Jack back} (Brewing & Malt Vinegar Manuf.), a cistern which receives the wort. See under 1st {Back}. {Jack block} (Naut.), a block fixed in the topgallant or royal rigging, used for raising and lowering light masts and spars. {Jack boots}, boots reaching above the knee; -- worn in the 17 century by soldiers; afterwards by fishermen, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Back \Back\, n. [F. bac: cf. Arm. bak tray, bowl.] 1. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. {Hop back}, {Jack back}, the cistern which receives the infusion of malt and hops from the copper. {Wash back}, a vat in which distillers ferment the wort to form wash. {Water back}, a cistern to hold a supply of water; esp. a small cistern at the back of a stove, or a group of pipes set in the fire box of a stove or furnace, through which water circulates and is heated. 2. A ferryboat. See {Bac}, 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Jack crosstree}. (Naut.) See 10, b, above. {Jack curlew} (Zo[94]l.), the whimbrel. {Jack frame}. (Cotton Spinning) See 4 (g), above. {Jack Frost}, frost personified as a mischievous person. {Jack hare}, a male hare. --Cowper. {Jack lamp}, a lamp for still hunting and camp use. See def. 4 (n.), above. {Jack plane}, a joiner's plane used for coarse work. {Jack post}, one of the posts which support the crank shaft of a deep-well-boring apparatus. {Jack pot} (Poker Playing), the name given to the stakes, contributions to which are made by each player successively, till such a hand is turned as shall take the [bd]pot,[b8] which is the sum total of all the bets.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jacob \Ja"cob\, n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d {Jack}.] A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (--Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called {Israel}. And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. --Gen. xxxii. 9, 10. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel. --Gen. xxxii. 28. {Jacob's ladder}. (a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus {Polemonium} ({P. c[d2]ruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue. Gray}. (b) (Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft. --R. H. Dana, Jr. (c) (Naut.) A succession of short cracks in a defective spar. {Jacob's membrane}. See {Retina}. {Jacob's staff}. (a) A name given to many forms of staff or weapon, especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff. [Obs.] --Spenser. (b) (Surveying) See under {Staff}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jacob \Ja"cob\, n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d {Jack}.] A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (--Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called {Israel}. And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. --Gen. xxxii. 9, 10. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel. --Gen. xxxii. 28. {Jacob's ladder}. (a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus {Polemonium} ({P. c[d2]ruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue. Gray}. (b) (Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft. --R. H. Dana, Jr. (c) (Naut.) A succession of short cracks in a defective spar. {Jacob's membrane}. See {Retina}. {Jacob's staff}. (a) A name given to many forms of staff or weapon, especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff. [Obs.] --Spenser. (b) (Surveying) See under {Staff}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membrane \Mem"brane\, n. [F., fr. L. membrana the skin that covers the separate members of the body, fr. L. membrum. See {Member}.] (Anat.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids. Note: The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded parts, of various texture, both in animals and vegetables. {Adventitious membrane}, a membrane connecting parts not usually connected, or of a different texture from the ordinary connection; as, the membrane of a cicatrix. {Jacob's membrane}. See under {Retina}. {Mucous membranes} (Anat.), the membranes lining passages and cavities which communicate with the exterior, as well as ducts and receptacles of secretion, and habitually secreting mucus. {Schneiderian membrane}. (Anat.) See {Schneiderian}. {Serous membranes} (Anat.), the membranes, like the peritoneum and pleura, which line, or lie in, cavities having no obvious outlet, and secrete a serous fluid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jacob \Ja"cob\, n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d {Jack}.] A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (--Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called {Israel}. And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. --Gen. xxxii. 9, 10. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel. --Gen. xxxii. 28. {Jacob's ladder}. (a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus {Polemonium} ({P. c[d2]ruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue. Gray}. (b) (Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft. --R. H. Dana, Jr. (c) (Naut.) A succession of short cracks in a defective spar. {Jacob's membrane}. See {Retina}. {Jacob's staff}. (a) A name given to many forms of staff or weapon, especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff. [Obs.] --Spenser. (b) (Surveying) See under {Staff}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Staff \Staff\, n.; pl. {Staves} ([?] [or] [?]; 277) or {Staffs}in senses 1-9, {Staffs} in senses 10, 11. [AS. st[91]f a staff; akin to LG. & D. staf, OFries stef, G. stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element, rudiment, Skr. sth[be]pay to cause to stand, to place. See {Stand}, and cf. {Stab}, {Stave}, n.] 1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar to bear it withal. --Ex. xxxviii. 7. With forks and staves the felon to pursue. --Dryden. 2. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds. [bd]Hooked staves.[b8] --Piers Plowman. The boy was the very staff of my age. --Shak. He spoke of it [beer] in [bd]The Earnest Cry,[b8] and likewise in the [bd]Scotch Drink,[b8] as one of the staffs of life which had been struck from the poor man's hand. --Prof. Wilson. 3. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff. Methought this staff, mine office badge in court, Was broke in twain. --Shak. All his officers brake their staves; but at their return new staves were delivered unto them. --Hayward. 4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed. 5. The round of a ladder. [R.] I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and thirty-nine staves. --Dr. J. Campbell (E. Brown's Travels). 6. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave. Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical. --Dryden. 7. (Mus.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave. 8. (Mech.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch. 9. (Surg.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder. 10. [From {Staff}, 3, a badge of office.] (Mil.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See {[90]tat Major}. 11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper. {Jacob's staff} (Surv.), a single straight rod or staff, pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used, instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass. {Staff angle} (Arch.), a square rod of wood standing flush with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles of plastering, to prevent their being damaged. {The staff of life}, bread. [bd]Bread is the staff of life.[b8] --Swift. {Staff tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Celastrus}, mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The American species ({C. scandens}) is commonly called {bittersweet}. See 2d {Bittersweet}, 3 (b) . {To set}, [or] {To put}, {up, [or] down}, {one's staff}, to take up one's residence; to lodge. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jacobus \Ja*co"bus\, n.; pl. {Jacobuses}. [See {Jacobite}.] An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jacobus \Ja*co"bus\, n.; pl. {Jacobuses}. [See {Jacobite}.] An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jaspachate \Jas"pa*chate\, n. [L. iaspachates, Gr. [?].] (Min.) Agate jasper. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Joseph's flower \Jo"seph's flow"er\ (Bot.) A composite herb ({Tragopogon pratensis}), of the same genus as the salsify.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Jacob City, FL (city, FIPS 35200) Location: 30.89415 N, 85.40987 W Population (1990): 261 (115 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Jacobson, MN Zip code(s): 55752
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Jacobus, PA (borough, FIPS 37640) Location: 39.88242 N, 76.71238 W Population (1990): 1370 (528 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17407
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
jukebox A hardware mechanism for allowing access to one of a group of discs, especially CD-ROMs or other optical media. [Or magnetic tapes?] (1996-12-10)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Jacob's Well (John 4:5, 6). This is one of the few sites in Palestine about which there is no dispute. It was dug by Jacob, and hence its name, in the "parcel of ground" which he purchased from the sons of Hamor (Gen. 33:19). It still exists, but although after copious rains it contains a little water, it is now usually quite dry. It is at the entrance to the valley between Ebal and Gerizim, about 2 miles south-east of Shechem. It is about 9 feet in diameter and about 75 feet in depth, though in ancient times it was no doubt much deeper, probably twice as deep. The digging of such a well must have been a very laborious and costly undertaking. "Unfortunately, the well of Jacob has not escaped that misplaced religious veneration which cannot be satisfied with leaving the object of it as it is, but must build over it a shrine to protect and make it sacred. A series of buildings of various styles, and of different ages, have cumbered the ground, choked up the well, and disfigured the natural beauty and simplicity of the spot. At present the rubbish in the well has been cleared out; but there is still a domed structure over it, and you gaze down the shaft cut in the living rock and see at a depth of 70 feet the surface of the water glimmering with a pale blue light in the darkness, while you notice how the limestone blocks that form its curb have been worn smooth, or else furrowed by the ropes of centuries" (Hugh Macmillan). At the entrance of the enclosure round the well is planted in the ground one of the wooden poles that hold the telegraph wires between Jerusalem and Haifa.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Jekabzeel, the congregation of God
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Joshbekesha, it is requiring or beseeching
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Jushabhesed, dwelling-place; change of mercy