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1,268 words match “DAY”

INTERCALATE v.
To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.
INTERCALATION n.
The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.
INTERVIEWER n.
g information for publication. It would have made him the prince of interviewers in these days. Leslie Stephen.
INVESTMENT n.
being so surrounded. The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments. Marshall.
ISSUE n.
ntesting; hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent. As much at issue with the summer day As if you brought a candle out of doors. Mrs. Browning. -- Bank of issue, Collateral issue, etc. See under Bank, Collateral, etc. -- Issue pea, a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promo…
ITCH v.
hich inclines the person to scratch the part affected. My mouth hath itched all this long day. Chaucer.
JACK n.
. -- Jack-in-the-green, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework of boughs, carried in Mayday processions. -- Jack-in-the-pulpit (Bot.), the American plant Arisæma triphyllum, or Indian turnip, in which the upright spadix is inclosed. -- Jack-of-the-buttery (Bot.), the stonecrop (Sedum acre). -- Jack-of-the-clock, a…
JANUARY n.
The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
JEWISH CALENDAR n.
d to be defective, regular, or perfect (or abundant) according as it has 353, 354, or 355 days. The leap year has an intercalary month, and a total of 383 (defective), 384 (regular), or 385 (perfect, or abundant) days. The calendar is complicated by various rules providing for the harmonious arrangement of festivals, e…
JOCUND n.
Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. Shak. Rural sports and jocund strains. Prior. -- Joc"und*ly, adv. -- Joc"und*ness, n.
JOHN n.
A proper name of a man. John-apple, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as Apple-john. -- John Bull, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people. -- John Bullism, English character. W. Irving. -- John Doe (Law), the name formerly given to the fictiti…
JOURNAL n.
That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey. [Obs. & R.] B. Jonson.
JOURNEY n.
The travel or work of a day. [Obs.] Chaucer. We have yet large day, for scarce the sun Hath finished half his journey. Milton.
JOURNEYMAN n.
Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman. I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well. Shak.
JOURNEYWORK n.
Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.
JOYANCE n.
Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness. Spenser. Some days of joyance are decreed to all. Byron. From what hid fountains doth thy joyance flow Trench.
JUBILATE n.
The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, "Jubilate Deo."
JULIAN a.
r, the calendar as adjusted by Julius Cæsar, in which the year was made to consist of 365 days, each fourth year having 366 days. -- Julian epoch, the epoch of the commencement of the Julian calendar, or 46 b. c. -- Julian period, a chronological period of 7,980 years, combining the solar, lunar, and indiction cycles…
JULY n.
The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
JUNE n.
The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days. And what is so rare as a day in June Then, if ever, come perfect days. Lowell. June beetle, June bug (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus Lachnosterna and related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in the northern Unite…
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