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erboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious. Jonah crab (Zoöl.), a large crab (Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.

Of or pertaining to Jones. The Jonesian system, a system of transliterating Oriental words by English letters, invented by Sir William Jones.

rses, usually of his own composition. See Troubadour. Vivacity and picturesquenees of the jongleur's verse. J R. Green.

A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of Corona.

See Jorum.

A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists. [Obs.] Halliwell.

A large drinking vessel; also, its contents. [Colloq. Eng.] Forby.

An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front. Fairholt.

A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify.

A small gudgeon.

A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. "Critic in jars and josses." Colman (1761). Joss house, a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode of worship. -- Joss stick, a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of odoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; -- burned by the Chinese before an i…

Gold and silver paper burned by the Chinese, in the form of coins or ingots, in worship and at funerals.

A command to a horse, probably meaning "stand still." [Obs.] Chaucer.

h out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against. "Bullies jostled him." Macaulay. Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other. I. Taylor.

Crowding; hustling.

ta; a point; a tittle; the smallest 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.

One who jots down memoranda.

An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used in Scotland as a kind of pillory. [Written also juggs.] See Juke. Sir W. Scott.

Jollity; merriment. [Obs.] Spenser.

See Juke.