Joannite 
Joannite (jo-an'lt), n. [< Or. 'luaw^r, Jolin 
(see John), + -ite'l.] One of the adherents of 
John Chrysostom who support nil him aft IT las 
deposition from the patriarchate of Constanti- 
nople in 404. 
job't (job), r. [Also in var. lurmjah, q. v. ; < 
JilK.jobbc, job or peck with the bill, as a bird; 
prob. assibilated trom Ir. and <!arl. ijob, the 
beak or bill of a bird: see gob 1 and job 2 .] I. 
tratis. 1. To strike, stab, or punch, as with some- 
thing pointed. 
As an au with a galled back was feeding In a meadow, 
a raven pitched upon him, and K&t jitbbiwj of the sore. 
Sir R. L' Estrange. 
2. To drive ; force. 
The work would, where a small Irregularity of stuff 
should happen, draw or jot the edge Into the stuff. 
J. Moxon, Mechanical Exercises. 
II. in trims. To aim a blow ; strike at some- 
thing. 
Upon that palm-tree sate certain crows many dales to- 
gether, and never left pecking and jobbing at the fruit of 
it North, tr. of Plutarch, p. 457. 
job 1 (job), n. [< job 1 , r.] 1. A sudden stab, 
prick, or thrust, as with anything pointed ; a jab. 
2. A small piece of wood. [Prov. Eng.] 
job 2 (job), n. and a. [Formerly also iobb ; < ME. 
jobbe; assibilated form of dial, gob', a portion, 
a lump: see gob 2 and gobbet, and cf.Jofti.] I. 
. If. A lump. 
Robbet there Riches, reft horn hor lynes, 
Gemtnee, & lewels, lobbes of gold, 
Peals, & platis, polishit vessel!, 
Mony starond stone, stithest of vertue. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 11941. 
2. A particular piece of work ; something to be 
done ; any undertaking of a defined or restrict- 
ed character; also, an engagement for the per- 
formance of some specified work; something 
to do. 
A small job, that would not require above 5 or 6 hours to 
perform, they will be twice as many days about 
Dampier, Voyages, II. t 98. 
His comrades had plotted an orchard to rob, 
And ask'd him to go and assist in the job. 
Cowper, Pity for Poor Africans. 
The children of the very poor, those who lived from 
hand to mouth by day jobs, by chance and luck, were not 
taught anything. W. Besant, Fifty Years Ago, p. 78. 
3. In printing, specifically, a piece of work of the 
miscellaneous class, including posters, hand- 
bills, bill-heads, cards, circulars, small pam- 
phlets, etc. 4f. An imposition ; a trick. 
The quack, thro' dread of death, confess'd 
That he was of no skill profess'd ; 
But all this great and glorious jobb 
Was made of nonsense and the mob. 
C. Smart, tr. of Pheodrus (1765X p. 27. 
6. An undertaking so managed as to secure un- 
earned profit or undue advantage ; especially, 
a public duty or trust performed or conducted 
with a view to improper private (jain ; a per- 
version of trust for personal benefit m doing any 
work. 
As usual, however, In Irish matters, the measure was 
connected with a job, and was executed with a supreme in- 
dlBerence to Irish opinion. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent, vii. 
Nearly all the very large corporate undertakings In the 
Cnited .States during the past twenty years have had In 
them more or less of the corrupt political and financial 
elements which the public have come to sum up in the 
word job. If. A. Ret., CXLIII. 87. 
Odd jobs, disconnected, irregular, or trivial pieces of 
work. 
The actors . . . were very fond of watching the move- 
ments of an old and decrepit slave who was employed by 
the proprietor to do all sorts of odd jobs. 
Ilarper'i Mag., LXXIX. 137. 
II. a. Of or for a particular job or trans- 
action. Specifically (a) Assigned to a special use, as a 
horse let out or hired by the week or month. 
He made nothing by letting him have job horses for 
150 a year. Mix* Edgetcorth, The Lottery, i. 
The sight of Dr. Slocum's large carriage, with the gaunt 
job-horses, crushed Flora ; none but hack cabs had driven 
up to her door on that day. Thackeray, I'l-ndennls, xxxiv. 
(6) Bought or sold together ; lumped together : used chief- 
ly in the phrase job lot, a quantity of goods, either of a 
miscellaneous character, or of the same kind but of dif- 
ferent qualities, conditions, sizes, etc., disposed of or 
bought as a single lot for a lump sum and at a compara- 
tively low price. 
Some few of them [pocket-books] may, however, have 
been damaged, and tbese are bought by the street-people 
as A job tut, and at a lower price than that paid in the reg- 
ular way. 
Mayheic, London Labour and London Poor, I. 204. 
job 2 (job), r. ; pret. and pp. jobbed, ppr. jobbing. 
[<.;o& 2 , .] I. trans. 1. To let out in separate 
portions, as work among different contractors 
or workmen: often with nut: as, to job out the 
building of a house. 2. To let out or to hire 
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by the week or month, as horses or carriages. 
[Eug.] 
Whitbread, d'ye keep a coach, or job one, pray? 
Job, job, that's cheapest ; yen, that's best, that's bet. 
Woleot, Progress of Curiosity, Birth-day Ode. 
Then she went to the liveryman from whom she jttbbtd 
her carriages. Thackeray, Vanity fair, xlviii. 
3. To buy in large quantities, and sell to deal- 
ers in smaller lots: as, to job cotton; to job ci- 
gars. 8ee>66e;-2.3. 
II. intrans. 1. To deal in the public stocks 
on one's own account. See jobber 2 , 4. 2. To 
work at jobs or at chance work. 
Our early dramatists not only jobbed In this chance- 
work, but established a copartnership for the quicker 
manufacture ; and we find sometimes three or four iioets 
working on one play. /. D' Israeli, Amen, of Lit, II. 180. 
3. (a) To let or (ft) to hire horses, carriages, 
etc., for occasional use. [Eng.] 
Very few noblemen at present bring tin-it- carriage 
horses to town ; . . . they nearly all ju>>, as it Is Invaria- 
bly called. 
Mayhem, London Labour and London Poor, III. 368- 
4. To execute a trust in such a manner as to 
make it subserve unjustly one's private ends ; 
especially, to pervert public service to private 
advantage. 
Judges job, and bishops bite the town, 
And mighty dukes pack cards for half-a-crown. 
Pope, Moral Essays, ili 141. 
job 3 (job), v. t. [Also written jobe; < Job the 
patriarch, in allusion to the rebukes he re- 
ceived from his "comforters."] To chide; 
reprimand. Bailey, 1731. [Bare.] 
jobardt, jobbardt, . [ME., < OF. jobard, jou- 
bard, < F. jobard, a stupid fellow, a simpleton, 
booby, < jobe, stupid, foolish.] A stupid fellow. 
Halliicell. 
'Hi" seyde the emperour Sodenmagard, 
Then was the erle a nyaejobarde. 
MS. Cantab. ft. & 38, f. 140. (HaUiwell.) 
Looke of discrecionne sells jvbbard is upon stoolls, 
Whiche hathe dlatroyed many a comnnalte. 
Lild'jnte, Minor Poems, p. 119. 
jobation (jo-ba'shon), n. [An affected L. form, 
< job 3 + -ation.] A scolding; a long tedious 
reproof. [Colloq.] 
I determined to give my worthy hostess a good jobation 
for her want of faith. 
Barham, in Memoir prefixed to Ingoldsby Legends, I. 67. 
jobber^ (job'r), . [< jofti + -ed.] One who 
or that which jobs, pecks, or stabs : used in com- 
position : as, tree-jobber or wood-jobber (a wood- 
pecker); nut-jobber (a nuthatch). 
jobber 2 (job'er), M. [<joft2,t;., + -erl.] 1. One 
who does anything by the job; one who does 
small jobs or chance work. 
But these are not a thousandth part 
Of jobber! In the poets art Sw\ft, Poetry. 
2. One who lets out or furnishes horses or car- 
riages by the week or month; a job-master. 
[Eng.] 
Nobody In fact was paid. Not the blacksmith who 
opened the lock, . . . nor the jobber who let the carriage. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xxxvil. 
3. One who purchases goods in bulk and resells 
them to smaller dealers ; a middleman. 4. On 
the London stock-exchange, a dealer in stocks 
and bonds on his own account; a stock-ex- 
change operator to whom brokers sell, and 
from whom they buy, it being contrary to 
stock-exchange etiquette for brokers to nego- 
tiate with each other; a middleman or inter- 
mediary acting between brokers. 
A wishes to buy and B wishes to sell 1000 of Caledoni- 
an Rail way stock, out, brokers being forbidden to deal with 
brokers, recourse is had to the jobber C, who makes a price 
to the brokers of say 98 to 981, that is to say, he offers to 
buy at 98 or to sell at 981 ; the buyer A accordingly pays 98} 
plus his broker's commission, and the seller B receives 98 
minus his broker's commission, the jobber C pocketing 
the difference or "turn " of i per cent. 
Encyc. Brit., XXII. 557. 
5. One who renders the discharge of a trust 
subservient to private ends ; especially, an in- 
triguer who turns public work to his own or his 
friends' advantage; hence, one who performs 
low or dirty work in office, politics, or intrigue. 
- Bearskin J obber. See bear?, n., 6. 
jobbernollt (job'er-nol), w. [Also jobbernowl, 
jobbernol,jabbernoicl,jobbiHol; prob. (.jobard, 
jobbard, + noil, head or top; cf. grouttioll.} 1. 
The head ; the pate. 
And powder'd tlf inside of his skull, 
Instead of th' outward jobbernnl. 
S. Butler, Hudlbras, III. ii. 1007. 
2. A stupid fellow; a loggerhead; a blockhead. 
Dull-pated jobbernotdes. 
Maritnn, Scourge of VilUnie, vli. 
[Vulgar in both senses.] 
jockey 
jobbery (job'er-i), . [< jolft + -<T.] The act 
or practice of jobbing ; unfair and underhand 
means used to procure some private end; spe- 
cifically, the act of perverting public service to 
private gain. 
jobbet (job'et), M. [A var. of gobbet.] A small 
quantity, commonly of hay or straw. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
jobbing-man (job'ing-man), n. A man who 
does odd jobs. [Eng.] 
There Is an Irish labourer and his family in the b*ck- 
I, iti-lic n. and a jobbing-man with his family In the front 
one. Dickens, Sketches, p. 70. 
jobbinolt, . Same nsjobbcrnoU. 
job-master ( job'mas'ter), . [< job 2 + master.] 
A keeper of a livery-stable who lets out horses 
and carriages by the week or month. [Eng.] 
"Why, air," said a job-matter to me, "everybody jobs 
now. . . . It's a cheaper and better plan for those that 
must have good horses and handsome carriages." 
Mayhem, London Labour and London Poor, III. 368. 
job-office (job'of'is), n. A printing-office in 
which only job-work is done. 
job-printer (job'prin'ter), n. A printer who 
does miscellaneous work, such as the printing 
of bills, programs, circulars, cards, etc. 
Job's comforter (jobz kum'fer-tr). [So called 
in allusion to the friends who visited Job "to 
mourn with him and to comfort him" (Job ii. 
11), but really aggravated his distress.] 1. One 
who depresses and discourages under the ap- 
pearance or with the purpose of consoling. 
Lady Sm. Indeed, Lady Answerall, pray forgive me, I 
think your ladyship looks a little thinner than when I 
saw you last. 
Miff. Indeed, Madam, I think not ; but your ladyship Is 
one of Job's comforters. Swift, Polite Conversation, lit 
2. A boil (in allusion to Job ii. 7). [Colloq.] 
Job's news (jobz nuz). [So called in allusion to 
the evil tidings which Job's servants brought 
him (Job i. 14-19).] Evil tidings; bad news. 
Poverty escorts him ; from home there can nothing come * 
except Job't-neu*. Carlyle, French Rev., III. iii. 4. 
Job's post (jobz post). [So called in allusion 
to the messengers who brought evil tidings to 
Job. See Job's news.] A bearer of ill news; a 
messenger carrying evil tidings. 
This J Ms-post from Dnmourlez, thickly preceded and 
escorted by so many other Job's posts, reached the National 
Convention. Carlyle, French Rev., in. ill. 4. 
Job's-tears (jobz'terz'), n. A species of grass, 
Coix Lacryma, or the beads made of its fruit. 
job-type (job'tip), . Type specially adapted, 
from its size, ornamental or exceptional form, 
etc., for the execution of miscellaneous jobs. 
job-watch (job'woch), n. Kaut., game as hack- 
watch. 
job- work (job'werk), n. 1. Work done by the 
job instead of by the day ; work done to order, 
or to fulfil an engagement. 
The fact that a great deal of his [Dryden's] work was 
job-work, that most of It was done In a hurry, led him 
often to fill up a gap with the first sonorous epithet that 
came to hand. Lowell, New Princeton Rev., I. 155. 
2. In printing, specifically, a class of miscel- 
laneous work, generally requiring display or 
ornamentation. 
jocantt, [ME. jocaunt, < L. iocan(t-)s, ppr. 
otjocari, joke, jest: see joke, v.] Jesting; jo- 
cose. 
When the knyght harde this, he was iocmtnt & murye. 
delta Romanorum, p. 116. 
jocantryt (jo'kan-tri), . [< jocant + -ry.] The 
act or practice of jesting. Craig. 
jock 1 (jok), r. t. and i. [Ct.jog and *oc*l. ] To 
jolt. [Prov. Eng.] 
Jock 2 (jok), n. [A var. of Jack: seejack*.] 1. 
Same as Jack 1 , I. 2. [/. c.] Same VLB jockey. 
Nor were the north-country jocks less witty on their 
masters than on the steeds. 
Boron, Memories of our Great Towns, p. 18. 
Jock and Jock's man, a juvenile sport In which the 
follower is to repeat all the pranks the leader performs. 
Brockett. 
jockey (jok'i), n. [Also spelled jocky; being 
the familiar name Jpcky, Jockie, North. E. and 
Sc. form of Jacky, dim. of Jack, North. E. and 
Sc. Jock, a common appellative of lads in ser- 
vice, grooms, etc. Some enthusiastic writers 
about Gipsies would derive jockey/ in the third 
sense from Gipsy chuckni, a whip; but this is 
no doubt a mere fancy. Jockey in this peculiar 
E. sense has passed into other languages: F. 
jockey, jockei, Sp. jockey, jacket, Pg. jokey, G. 
jockei, etc.] 1. [cnp.] A Northern English and 
Scotch diminutive otJoctf, Jack 1 ; specifically, 
a Scotchman. 
What could Leslyhave done then with a few untraln'd, 
unarmed Jockeys if we had been true among ourselves? 
Hi', llacket. Abp. Williams, ii. 142. 
