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e between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him.

Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.

ngle; to involve; to make perplexing. [Obs.] It makes men troublesome, and intricates all wise discourses. Jer. Taylor.

A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life. [Colloq., Australia]

ng car, a kind of low-set open vehicle, used in Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting back to back. [Written also jaunty car.] Thackeray.

of the best bonds, both of chastity and obedience, in the wife, if she think her husband wise; which she will never do if she find him jealous. Bacon.

in which a small jet of steam, air, water, or other fluid, in rapid motion, lifts or otherwise moves, by its impulse, a larger quantity of the fluid with which it mingles.

To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk. [Written also jibb.] [Eng.]

der Fish, Miter, etc. -- Joint bolt, a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood, one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of the pieces. -- Joint chair (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of abutting rails. -- Joint coupling, a universal joint for coupling shafting. See under Universal. -- J…

llest particle. Cf. Bit, n. Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Matt. v. 18. Neither will they bate One jot of ceremony. Shak.

sh; to form an opinion about. Judge not according to the appearance. John vii. 24. She is wise if I can judge of her. Shak.

s (see 1); esp., when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; good sense; as, a man of judgment; a politician without judgment. He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment. Ps. lxxii. 2. Hernia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather yo…

Directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet. He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows The fits o' the season. Shak.

In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.

To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

h. (a) To frequent the society of; to associate with; as, let youth keep company with the wise and good.

To make a sound of snapping. Wiseman.

se to grow together. Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge. Wiseman.

One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; -- usually ironical. [Colloq. or R.]

A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture. Wiseman.