jolliment 
jollimentt (jol'i-ment), . [< ./'"".'/ 
Mirt.b ; merriment. 
3241 
+ -ment.] jolly-boat (jol'i-bot), . 
12. 
[< jolly-, accom. of 
Dan. jolle = Sw. julle = D. jol, a yawl (yaicl be- 
ing an E. form of the D.), + boat. See yawl.] 
A clinoher-built boat smaller than a cutter, usu- 
Joseph 
The lyrics of the jonglem were all run In one mould, 
and the Pastourelles of northern France had become as 
artificial as the Pastoral* of Pope. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 186. 
**. uuiwwwtui.ii UUO.L Binuiiui uuu )t cuuer. UHU- ; AWMM ii / /T_-I\ r*i . . * 
ally hoisted at the stern of a vessel, and used for J ^ 1 " 1 J on , k w. 1 ' k ". [Also jonqutlle, formerly 
hack-work. It is about 4 feet in beam and 12 feet ?, 180 ?SJfe ; < ' Jl wlle = 8p. junyuillo = 
in length, with a bluff bow and wide transom. j^"?_ 9 ?'i /k ''_ m :! = U ; 3">nchtgl\a, t., jonquil ; 
. . but leave 
Triton his trompet shrill before them blew, 
For goodly triumph anil Krcut jnUi/ment. 
Spenser, P. tj., IV. xi 
jolliness (jol'i-nes), . [< ME. jolinesse; < 
jolly -t- -ness.] The state or quality of being 
jolly; gaiety; festivity; jollity. 
I seye na more, but in thisjolynesse to go ashore was refused^ 
I lete hem Ol men to the soper dresse. R. a. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 82. ' * JUHCUS, a rush : see 
Chaucer, Squire's Tale, L 281. jolly-boys (jol'i-boiz), . j,l. A group of small ^ncusjun^.] L An or- 
jolhty (jol'i-ti), w. [Early mod. E. also jol- drinking-vessels connected by a tube or open- nam ental plant, the 2far- 
Ittie, joltty; < ME. jolitie, jolite, < OP. jolite. ings from one to another. [Slang.] 
joliete, tdsojolivete, gayness,, gaiety, <joli,jolif, jollyheadt (jol'i-hed), . [< jolly + head.'} A 
gay, jolly: see >%.] If. Gayness; splendor; state of jollity; jolliness. 
magnificence. Despoyled of those Joyes mi jolly-head, 
He showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and all Which with those gentle shepherds here I wont to lead, 
their jollity. Lalimer, 4th Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1649. Spenter, F. Q., VI. rt 32. 
2. The quality or condition of being jolly ; de- jolt (jolt), v. [Prob. an extension (appar. 
monstrative merriment ; festivity ; gaiety. through the pret. and pp. jotted : of. joltnead) 
of joll, jole, jowl, knock the head against any- 
From iolite myn hert is paste, 
I nun rialte & riche aray. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T.. S.), p. 84. 
All now was turn'd to jollity and game. 
Milton, P. L., li. 714. 
3f. Gallantry. 
Their songs made to their mates or paramours, either 
vpon sorrow or iolity of courage, the first amorous mu- 
sfcks. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 80. 
The halting knight, meeting the other, asking the cause 
of his going thitherward, and finding it was to defend Pa- 
mela's divine beauty against Artesia's, with a proud jollitie 
commanded him to leave that quarrel only for him. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, I. 
= Syn. 2. Joviality, fun, frolic, hilarity. 
jollop (jol'up), n. [Cf. gobble?.] The cry of a 
turkey. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
jolly (jol'i), a. [< ME.jolyJoli, older jolif, < 
OF. jolif, later jolt, gay, trim, fine, gallant, 
neat, jolly, F.joli, pretty, = Pr. joli = It. giulivo, 
giulio, gay, merry, jolly. Origin uncertain ; usu- 
E referred to Icel. jol = Sw. Dan. jul = E. 
, the feast of Christmas: see yule.] If. 
. ; of fine appearance; handsome; well- 
conditioned; thriving. 
This Morgain was a yonge damesell fressh and lolye. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.X ill. 007. 
You may go kiss your jolly brown bride, 
And let our sister alone 
Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Child's Ballads, II. 143). 
2. Full of life and merriment; jovial; gaily 
cheerfiJ ; festive. 
The! be yonge men and lolye , and have grete nede of 
counseile. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 47. 
Be jolly, lords. Shak., A. and C., U. 7, 65. 
He froth'd his bumpers to the brim ; 
A jollier year we shall not see. 
Tennyson, Death of the Old Year. 
3. Characterized or attended by joviality; ex- 
pressing or inspiring mirth ; exciting mirthful- 
ness or gaiety. 
And with his jolly Pipe delights the Groves. 
Prior, Henry and Emma. 
" A jolly place," said he, " in times of old ! 
But something alls it now ; the spot is cursed." 
thing: see jowl. v. Cf. dolt, similarly related, 
through pp. dulled, to dull.] I. trans. To shake 
with sudden jerks, as in a carriage on rough 
ground, or on a high-trotting horse. 
Oh the most inhumane, barbarous Hackney -Couch 1 I am 
jolted to a Jelly. Congreve, Old Batchelor, Iv. 8. 
II. intrans. To move with short, abrupt ris- 
cissus Jonquilla, of the 
natural order Amarylli- 
dcuxte; the rush-leafed 
daffodil. It is an early- 
blooming bulbous plant, with 
narrow, naif-cylindrical leaves, 
the scapes bearing from 2 to 
5 small, pale-yellow, fragrant 
flowers. Some other species of 
Narcissus are sometimes called 
Jonquil, as X. odorut, the sweet- 
scented jonquil, and N. calathi- 
nus, the great Jonquil. 
2. A light-yellow color 
of the Sevres porcelain; 
also, a similar color in 
other porcelains. 3. A 
variety of the domesti- 
cated canary-bird. 
ings and fallings, as a carriage on rough ground; . ca td canary-bird, 
have a shaking or jerking motion. JOOfc. joofcery. tieejouk*, 
WQ til,;,,,.... I tli.. IIAM u *li~ , .....1. :;,.; . ;. JOlthCrlt. 
He whipped the horses, the coach jolted again. 
,/oAjwon, Rambler, No. 34. JOram, w. 8ee^orTO. jonquil i A 
They were stiff with their long and jolting drive from Jordan (jor dan), n. [Also v/V . ( 
Whitcross, and chilled with the frosty night air. WV/M_ anH fr.rmoi.lv .- * 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xxzlv. 
versely. 
(Narcissus ^Off- 
flower cut longi- 
rruit cut 1 
jolt (jolt), n. [_<jolt, v.] 1. A shock or shake 
by a sudden jerk, as in a carriage. 
The first jolt had like to have shaken me out, but after- 
wards the motion was easy. Sictft. 
My daughter Evelyn going in the coach to vislte in the 
('illy, Ajult (the doore being not fast shut) flung her quite 
out, in such manner as the hind wheeles passed over her. 
Evelyn, Diary, Feb. 12, 1688. 
2. pi. Cabbage-plants that in the spring go 
to seed prematurely. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng. ] 
Syn. 1. Collision, Concussion, etc. See shock. 
jolter (jol'ter), w. One who or that which jolts. 
jolterhead (jol'ter-hed), . Same nsjolthead. 
I would rather have my own ugly viznomy than any of 
their jolterheads, that have no more brains in them than a 
brickbat. Scott, Kenilworth, x. 
(jolt'hed), 
jolt (appar. 
head; as if one whose 
jorden, and formerly jur- 
dan,jurdon; < 'ME. Jordan, 
jurdan, an abbr. of Jordan-bottle, a bottle con- 
taining water from the river Jordan; < L. Jor- 
danes.Jordanis, < 6r. 'lopiavrx, = Ar. Urdtinn, < 
Heb. Yarden, the river Jordan, < yardd, descend.] 
1. A bottle in which pilgrims brought home 
water from the river Jordan. 2f. A kind of 
pot or vessel formerly used by alchemists, in 
shape not unlike a soda- water bottle, only that 
the neck was wider. 3. A chamber-pot. 
I pray to God so saue thy gentll cors, 
And eke thyn urinals, and thyjordanei [var. jurdonet]. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Pardoner's Tale, 1. 19. 
4. [cop.] [Named after the river Jordan.] An 
obsolete constellation, formed by Jacob Bartsch 
in 1624 of the stars which later went to Lynx 
and Leo Minor. 
is stupidity.] 
a brainless head. [Bare.] 
! 
W f a "'-,K pU ;?~ 
P ^ 
brain with spirits. 
2. A dunce ; a blockhead. 
Fie on thee, jolt head I thou canst not read. 
Grew 
and almond.] See almond, 1. 
ordanite (j&r'dan-it), n. [Named after Dr. 
Jordan of Saarbriicken in Prussia.] A native 
sulphid of arsenic and lead occurring in or- 
thorhombic crystals of a gray color and bril- 
liant metallic luster: from the dolomite of the 
Binnenthal, or valley of Binn, canton of Valais, 
Switzerland. 
See gardyloo. 
Shak., 1. a. of V., Hi. 1, 291. . S? "f 
- '- a jolting man- j^^cSp^Tt^a'da),,, [Sp.,=E.>r- 
ney, q. v.] 1. A march or journey performed 
in a day. 2. The name given by the Mexicans 
joltingly (jol'ting-li), 
Wordsworth, Hart-Leap Well, li. ner ; so as to jolt or shake. 
But old Jack Falstaff . . .^has bequeathed a never fail- jombret, V. t. A variant ofjlimber. 
See MP"J*- to a long reach of deserfcountry which has to 
allusion to the Biblical be traversed, and where there is no water. 
Ing inheritance of jolly jaughter, to make mankind mer- lomDret V. t. See ium 
rier and better to the latest posterity. Jonah (:6'n&) n fin 
Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 145. f r .', ^- iro uavei-aeu, IIIHI wiiere men 1 is 110 \\ llltT. 
4,. Gallant; brave. *S^TS^,SH tfg'o t^hfevS JW, Jomet, . Middle English forms of 
and fled to Tarshish by sea, was overtaken by jnrnett i TPprhans L oontr of *iurl-irt , 
The fyfte was Josue, that joly mane of armes, 
That in Jerusalem oste fulle myche joye lymppede. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3415. 
5. Great; remarkable; uncommon: as, & jolly 
muff. [Slang.] -Jolly Joker. See>o*r,2.=8yn.2. 
Jolly, Jovial, Mirthful, Merry, Facetious, playful, funny, 
sprightly, frolicsome, sportive. Facetious is distinguished 
from the first four words in applying to the making of wit- 
is sunnosed or allpirad to 
Constables, the one halfe in bright harnesse, some over 
any dilfereuce between jolly and jovial, it is that the 
latter is rather the more dignined of the two. Mirthful 
and merry imply most of laughter, lad Mb stands next in 
this respect. There is little difference between mirthful 
and merry, but the former maybe the more dignified and 
the latter the more demonstrative. Merry expresses the 
largest and freest overflow of animal spirits. See hilarity 
and mil i/i. 
jolly (jol'i). odd. [< jolly, a., 5.] Remarkably; 
uncommonly; very: as, jolly awkward; jolly 
drunk. [Colloq., Eng.] 
For he's & jolly good fellow, 
Which nobody can deny. Old chorus. 
"What's singing?" said Tom. . . . "Well, you are jolly 
green," answered his friend. 
T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Bugby, i. 6. 
jollyt (jol'i), t\ . [< jolly, a.] To rejoice; 
make merry. 
His hands and feet with riving nails they tent, 
And. as to disenthrall his soul they meant, 
They^oKy at his grief. 
(.' I'lftcher. Christ's Triumph over Death. 
, London p. 7, 
] An instrument used jorum (jo'rum), n. [Also ioram ; origin un- 
TMT\OG xvnrli Ilnlft im-ll t ^ . * * - fc - - - * '- 
Trumbull, a governor of Connecticut, on whose advice he 
placed great reliance. 
jondla (jond'lii), n. [E. Ind.] The Indian mil- 
let, Sorghum vulgare. 
Songlert, n. An obsolete form of juggler 1 . 
ongleriet, . An obsolete form of jugglery. . 
ongleur (F. pron. zhdn-gler'), n. [6F.: see Joseph (jo zef), n. 
jni/ii/cr.] In medieval France, and in England 
under the Norman kings, a minstrel who went 
from place to place singing songs, generally of 
his own composition and to his own accom- 
paniment ; later, a mountebank. 
The jongleurs or Jogelors (jocnlatores) were originally 
minstrels who could perform feats of sleight of hand, <ic., 
but they soon became mere mountebanks, and the name 
became ... a term of contempt. 
Piers Plowman's Crede (E. E. T. S.), Notes, p. 84. 
An' here's to them that, like oursel', 
Can push about the jorum. 
Burns, O May, thy Morn was ne'er sae Sweet. 
The host . . . returned with a steaming jorum, of which 
the first gulp brought water into Mr. Bumble's eyes. 
Dickens, Oliver Twist, xxxvIL 
[Prob. in allusion to Joseph's 
"coat of many colors" (Gen.xxxvii. 3).] A gar- 
ment made like a man's great coat, usually with 
a broad cape, and buttoning down the front, 
worn in the eighteenth century and later by 
women when riding on horseback and on occa- 
sions of similar exposure; sometimes, also, a 
similar garment worn by men. 
Olivia would be drawn as an Amazon, . . . dressed In 
a greeu Joseph, richly laced with gold, and a whip in her 
hand. Goldsmith, Vicar, xrl. 
