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One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity. The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds. Shak. To relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor. Swift.

law enacted by a municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance. Thou wilt die by God's just ordinance. Shak. By custom and the ordinance of times. Shak. Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke i. 6.

In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.

Excessive interference. "Justly shent for their overmeddling." Fuller.

The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.

ll or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power.

opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law. Kent.

tive, aim, or the like. His life is paralleled Even with the stroke and line of his great justice. Shak.

region of, the parotid gland. Parotid gland (Anat.), one of the salivary glands situated just in front of or below the ear. It is the largest of the salivary glands in man, and its duct opens into the interior of the mouth opposite the second molar of the upper jaw.

In a partial manner; with undue bias of mind; with unjust favor or dislike; as, to judge partially. Shak.

ss has passed into other hands. Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass from just to unjust. Sir W. Temple.

Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon. For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. B. Jonson.

That may, can, or should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due. Drayton. Thanks are a tribute payable by the poorest. South.

h the blanket of the dark. Shak. From her cabined loophole peep. Milton. Peep sight, an adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech.

An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech; -- distinguished from an open sight.

A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.

Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.

To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.

ltation. See under Circle. -- Perpetual calendar, a calendar so devised that it may be adjusted for any month or year. -- Perpetual curacy (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed. Blackstone. -- Perpetual motion. See under Motion. -- Perpetual screw. See Endless…