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   jactation
         n 1: (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching
               usually by a person with a severe illness [syn:
               {jactitation}, {jactation}]

English Dictionary: jest at by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jactitate
v
  1. move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
    Synonym(s): convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jactitation
n
  1. speaking of yourself in superlatives [syn: boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation]
  2. (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)
  3. (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
    Synonym(s): jactitation, jactation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jest at
v
  1. subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
    Synonym(s): ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
just the ticket
n
  1. the appropriate or desirable thing; "this car could be just the ticket for a small family"
    Synonym(s): ticket, just the ticket
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jacketed \Jack"et*ed\, a.
      Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jactation \Jac*ta"tion\, n. [L. jactatio, fr. jactare: af. F.
      jactation. See {Jactancy}.]
      A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation.
      --Sir. W. Temple.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jactitation \Jac"ti*ta"tion\, n. [L. jactitare to utter in
      public, from jactare. See {Jactancy}.]
      1. (Law) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the
            prejudice of another's right; false claim. --Mozley & W.
  
      2. (Med.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body;
            restlessness, as in delirium. --Dunglison.
  
      {Jactitation of marriage} (Eng. Eccl. Law), a giving out or
            boasting by a party that he or she is married to another,
            whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue.
            --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jactitation \Jac"ti*ta"tion\, n. [L. jactitare to utter in
      public, from jactare. See {Jactancy}.]
      1. (Law) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the
            prejudice of another's right; false claim. --Mozley & W.
  
      2. (Med.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body;
            restlessness, as in delirium. --Dunglison.
  
      {Jactitation of marriage} (Eng. Eccl. Law), a giving out or
            boasting by a party that he or she is married to another,
            whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue.
            --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jest \Jest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jested}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jesting}.]
      1. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a
            mask or interlude. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      2. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make
            light of anything.
  
                     He jests at scars that never felt a wound. --Shak.
  
      Syn: To joke; sport; rally.
  
      Usage: To {Jest}, {Joke}. One jests in order to make others
                  laugh; one jokes to please himself. A jest is usually
                  at the expense of another, and is often ill-natured; a
                  joke is a sportive sally designed to promote good
                  humor without wounding the feelings of its object.
                  [bd]Jests are, therefore, seldom harmless; jokes
                  frequently allowable. The most serious subject may be
                  degraded by being turned into a jest.[b8] --Crabb.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jesuited \Jes"u*it*ed\, a.
      Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joist \Joist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Joisted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Joisting}.]
      To fit or furnish with joists. --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jugated \Ju"ga*ted\, a. (Bot.)
      Coupled together.
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