Jeju'neness, s. poverty; a want of matter
Jelly, s. a light transparent sizy broth; a
sweetmeat of various species
Jen'net, s. a Spanish or Barbary horse
Jen'neting, s. a species of forward apple
Jen'ny, s. a machine for cotton spinning
Jeop'ard, v. a. to hazard, to put in danger
Jeop'ardous, a. hazardous, dangerous
Jeopardy, s. danger, peril, hazard
Jerk, s. a quick smart lash; a quick jolt
Jerkin, s. a jacket; a kind of hawk
Jersey, s. a fine yarn of wool
Jes'samine, s. a fragrant flower
Jest, s. any thing ludicrous; a laughing-stock
Jes'ting, s. talk to raise laughter
Jes'uit, s. one of a religious order, founded by
Ignatius Loyola, which assumed the name
of the Society of Jesus
Jesuit'ical, a. insinuating, hypocritical, artful,
deceitful
Jes'uitism, s. slyness, deceitfulness
Jet, s. a curious black fossil; a spout of water.
-v. n. to shoot forward, to protrude
Jet'sam, Jet'son, Jet'tison, s. goods thrown
ashore by shipwreck
Jet'ty, a. made of jet, black as jet
Jew'el, s. a precious stone, a gem
Jew'eller, s. one who deals in precious stones
Jew's-harp, s. a small musical instrument
Jig, s. a light careless dance or tune
Jilt, s. a deceiving woman.-v. a. to deceive
Jin'gle, s. any thing sounding; a rattle
Jin'gal, s. an eastern match-lock of large
calibre
Job, s. a piece of chance work, &c.-v. to buy
and sell as a broker; to strike suddenly with
a sharp instrument
Job'ber, s. one who does chance work
Jock'ey, s. one who rides or deals in horses.
-v. a. to jostle, to cheat, to trick
Joco'se, Joc'ular, a. merry, waggish
Joco'seness, Jocos'ity, Jocular'ity, s. merri-
ment; disposition to jest
Joco-se'rious, a. partaking of mirth and se-
riousness
Joc'und, a. merry, blithe, lively, airy
Jog, Jog'gle, v. to shake, to push
Jog'ger, s. one who moves heavily and dully
Join, v. to unite together, combine, close
Joi'nder, s. a conjunction, a joining
Joi'ner, s. one who makes wooden utensils
Joint, s. the articulation where bones meet.
-v. a. to divide a joint; to join.-a. shared
among many, combined'
Joi'nted, a. jull of joints, knots, &c.
Joi'nter, s. a kind of long plane
Jointly, ad. together, not separately
Joi'ntress, s. she who has a jointure
Joi'nture, s. an income settled on a wife, to be
enjoyed after her husband's deccase in con-
sideration of her dowry
Joist, s. the secondary beam of a floor
Joke, v. n. to jest, to be merry--s. a jest
Joker, s. a jester, a merry fellow
3. the face or cheek; the head of a fish ily, ad. in a very merry manner
, s. merriment, festivity, gaiety
Jor'den, s. a pot, a chamber pot
Jos'tle, v. a. to push with the elbows, &c.
Jot, Io'ta, s. a point, a tittle
Jot'ting, s. a memorandum
Journal, s. a diary, a paper published daily
Journalist, s. a writer of journals
Journey, s. travel by land or by sea
Journeyman, s. a hired workman
Joust, s. a tilt, a tournament; a mock fight
Jo'vial, a. jolly, merry, airy, gay
Jovial'ity, s. merriment, jollity
Jo'vialness, s. gaiety, merriment, jollity
Jow'ler, s. a hunting dog or beagle
Joy, s. gladness, mirth, happiness, festivity.
-v. to rejoice, gladden, exhilarate
Joy'ful, a. full of joy, merry, exulting
Joyfulness, s. joy, gladness, exultation
Joy'less, a. destitute of joy or pleasure
Joy'ous, a. glad, merry, giving joy
Jubilant, a. uttering songs of triumph
Jubila'tion, s. the act of declaring triumph
Jubilee, s. a public festivity
Jucun'dity, s. pleasantness, agreeableness
Ju'daism, s. the religion of the Jews
Juda'ical, a. Jewish, belonging to the Jews
Ju'daize, v. n. to conform to Judaism
Judge, s. an officer who presides in a court
judicature; one who has authority to decide
upon the merit of any thing.-v. a. to pass
sentence, decide, discern
Judgment, s. an opinion, sentence, &c.
Ju'dicatory, s. a court of justice, &c.
Ju'dicature, s. a power to distribute justice
Judicial, Judic'iary, a. done in due form of
justice, &c.; passing judgment
Judic'ious, a. prudent, wise, skilful
Judic'iousness, s. state of being judicious
Jug, s. a large drinking vessel
Ju'gated, a. yoked or coupled together
Jug'gle, v. n. to play tricks by sleight of hand
-s. a trick, imposture, deception
Juggler, s. a cheat, one who juggles
Juggling, part. playing tricks, deceiving
Ju'gular, a. belonging to the throat
Jugula'tion, s. act of killing
Juice, s. sap in vegetables; fluid in animals
Ju'iceless, a. dry, without moisture
Ju'iciness, s. plenty of juice, succulence
Ju'icy, a. moist, full of juice, succulent
Juke, v. n. to perch upon any thing as birds
Jul'ep, s. a pleasant liquid medicine
July', s. the seventh month of the year
Ju'mart, s. offspring of a bull and a mare
Jum'ble, v. a. to mix confusedly together.-4.
confused mixture
Ju'ment, s. a beast of burden
Jump, n. to leap, skip, jolt, leap suddenly
JYcate, s. a cheesecake; an entertainment
Jun'cous, a. full of bulrushes
Junction, s. a union; a coalition
Jun'cture, s. a joint; union; critical time
June, s. the sixth month of the year
Junior, a. one younger than another
Ju'niper, s. a plant which produces a berry
Junk, s. a small Chinese ship; an old cable
Jun'ket, s. a sweetmeat. n. to feast secretly
Jun'to, s. a cabal, a faction
a. brisk, merry, cheerful, plump, like Juppon', s. a short close coat
in good health
to shake or jostle to and frɔ
oad, s. great head, a blockhead, a dolt
quil, s. a species of deffodil
Ju'rat, s. a magistrate in some corporations
Ju'ratory, a. giving an oath
Jurid'ical, a. used in courts of law, &c.
Jurisconfult, s. one who gives law opinierą
Jurisdic'tion, s. legal authority; a district Jurispru'dence, s. the science of law Ju'rist, s. a civil lawyer, a civilian Ju'ror, Ju'ryman, s. one serving on a jury Ju'ry, s. a certain number of persons sworn to declare the truth upon such evidence as shall be given before them
Ju'rymast, s. a sea-term for whatever is set up
instead of a mast lost in fight, &c.
Just, a. upright, honest, regular, virtuous.-s.
a mock fight on horseback, a tilt.-ad. ex-
actly, accurately, nearly
Justice, s. equity, right law; an officer
Jus'ticeship, s. rank or office of a justice
Justic'iary, s. one who administers justice
Jus'tifiable, a. conformable to justice
Justifica'tion, s. a defence, vindication
Justifica'tor, s. one who justifies
Jus'tifier, s. one who justifies or defends
Jus'tify, v. a. to clear from guilt, defend
Jus'tle, v. to encounter, to clash; to push
Jus'tly, ad. uprightly, honestly, properly
Jus'tness, s. justice, reasonableness
Jut, v. n. to push or shoot out
Ju'venile, a. youthful, young
Juvenil'ity, s. youthfulness of temper, &c.
Juxtaposition, s. a placing by each other
Ju'zail, s. a heavy rifle used by the Affghans
AB, s. a Hebrew measure containing about | Key'stone, s. the middle stone of an arch
Kthree pinte
Kale, s. a kind of cabbage
Kalendar, s. an ephemeris or almanac; an account of time
Ka'li, s. a sea-weed, of the ashes of which glass
is made, whence the word Alkali
Kal'mia, s. an elegant evergreen plant
Kangaroo', s. an animal of South Wales
Kan tism, s. pl. metaphysical doctrines of Kant
Kaw, v. n. to cry as a raven, crow, or rook.-s.
the cry of a raven or crow
Kayles, s. nimepins, kettlepins, nine holes
Keck, v. n. to retch at vomiting, to heave
Keck'le, v. a. to tie a rope round a cable
Kecks, Keck'sy, s. dry hollow stalks
Ked'ger, s. a small anchor used in a river
Keech, s. a solid lump or mass
Keel, s. the bottom of a ship
Kee'lfat, s. a vessel for liquor to cool in
Kee'lhale, v. a. to drag under the keel
Keen, a. sharp, eager, acrimonious
Kee'nness, s. sharpness, asperity, vehemence
Keep, v. a. to retain, preserve, niaintain.
-. custody, restraint, guard
Kee'per, s. one who keeps or holds any thing
Keeping, s. custody, support
Keepsake, s. a gift in token of remembrance of the giver
Keg, s. a small barrel for fish, &c.
Kell, s. a child's caul; the omentum
Kelp, s. a salt from calcined sea-weed
Kel'son, Keel'son, s. a piece of timber in the ship's hold lying next the keel
Ken, v. a. to see at a distance, descry, know. -s. view, the reach of sight
Ken'nel, s. a cot for dogs; a water course
Kept, pret. and part. pass. of Keep
Ker chief, s. a kind of head-dress
Kern, s. an Irish foot soldier; a hand-mill.-v.
to form into grains; to granulate
Ker'nel, s. the substance within a shell
Ker'sey, s. a kind of coarse stuff
Ketch, s. a heavy ship
Ket'tle, s. a vessel to boil liquor in
Ket'tle-drum, s. a drum with a body of brass
Key, s. an instrument to open a lock, &c.; a tone in music; a wharf for goods
Key age, s. money paid for wharfage
Key hole, s. the hole to put a key in
Kibe, s. a chap in the heel, a chilblain
Kick, v. a. to strike with the foot.-s. a blow with the foot
Kick'shaw, s. a fantastical dish of meat
Kid, s. the young of a goat; a bundle of furze.
-v. a. to bring forth kids
Kid'der, s. an ingrosser of corn
Kid'ling, s. a young kid
Kid'nap, v. a. to steal children, &c.
Kid'napper, s. one who steals human beings
Kid'ney bean, s. a garden herb
Kid'neys, certain parts of an animal which
separate the urine from the blood
Kil'derkin, s. a beer measure of 18 gallons
Kill, v. a. to deprive, to destroy
[of a fort
Kil'ladar, s. the governor or cominandant
Kil'ler, s. one who deprives of life
Kil'low, s. a blackish kind of earth
Kiln, s. a stove for drying or burning in
Kim'bo, a. crooked, bent, arched
Kin, s. a relation, kindred, the same kind Kind, a. benevolent, favourable, good.-s. genəral class, particular nature
Kin'dle, v. to set on fire; to exasperate
Kindly, a. homogeneal, mild, softening
Kindness, s. benevolence, good will, love
| Kin'dred, s. relation, affinity, re atives.
a. congenial, related, allied
Kine, s. the plural of Cow
King, s. a monarch, a chief ruler
King craft, s. the act or art of governing
King dom, s. the dominion of a king
King'fisher, s. a beautiful small bird
Kingly, a. royal, august, noble, monarchical
King'sevil, s. the scrofulous disease
King'ship, . royalty, monarchy
Kin'sfolk, s. relations, persons related
Kin'sman, s. a man of the same family
Kin'swoman, s. a female relation
Kirk, s. a church; the church of Scotland
Kir'tle, s. an upper garment, a gown
Kiss, v. a. to touch with the lips.-s. a salute given by joining lips
Kiss'ing-crust, s. a crust formed in the oven by one loaf touching another
Kit, s. a small fiddle; a wooden vessel; the necessaries of a soldier packed up in a small compass
Kitchen, . a room used for cookery, &c.
Kitchen-garden, s. a garden for roots, &c.
Kit'chen-maid, s. an under cook-maid
Kit'chenstuff, s. the fat scummed off a pot or
gathered out of a dripping pan
Kite, s. a bird of prey; a fictitious bird of
paper, serving as a plaything for boys
Kit'ten, . a young cat.--v. n. to bring forth
young cats
Kittiwake, s. a bird of the gull kind
Klick, v. n. to make a small sharp noise
Klick'ling, s. a regular sharp noise
Knab, v. a. to bite with noise
Knack, s. dexterity, readiness; a toy
Knag, s. a hard knot in wood, a wart
Knaggy, a. knotty, set with hard rough
knots; rough in temper
Knap, s. prominence upon cloth, &c.-v. to
bite, to break in sunder
Knap sack, Hav'ersack, s. a soldier's leather
case containing his regimental necessaries
Knar, Knur, Knurle, s. a hard knot
Knave, s. a petty rascal, a scoundrel
Kna'very, s. dishonesty, craft, deceit
Kna'vish, a. fraudulent, waggish, wicked
Knead, v. a. to work dough with the fist
Knea'ding-trough, s. a trough to knead in
Knee, s. a joint between the leg and thigh
Knee deep, a. rising or sunk to the knees
Knife, s. a steel utensil to cut with
Knight, s. a title next in dignity to a baronet;
a champion; one of the pieces at the game
of chess.-v. a. to create a knight
Knight-er'rant, s. a wandering knight
Knight-er'rantry, s. the feats, character, or
manners of a knight-errant
Kni'ghthood, s. the dignity of a knight
Kni'ghtly, a. befitting a knight
Knit, v. n. to weave without a loom; join
Knitch, s. a faggot of wood
Knit'ter, s. one who knits or weaves
Knit'ting-needle, s. a wire used in knitting
Knit'tle, s. a string that gathers a purse round
Knob, s. the protuberance of a tree, &c.
Knob bed, Knob by, a. full of knobs, hard
Knock, s. a sudden stroke, a blow.-v. to
clash, to strike with noise
Knock'er, s. a hammer hanging at the door
Knoll, v. to ring or sound as a bell
Knot, s. a part which is tied; a difficulty; the
shoulder-wing or epaulette worn by non-
commissioned officers; a nautical term for
mile.-. to make knots; unite; perplex
Krot'ted, Knot'ty, a. full of knots; hard
Know, v. to understand, to recognise
Knowing, a. skilful, intelligent, conscious
Knowledge, s. skill, learning, perception
Knee'pan, s. a small round bone at the knee, a Knub'ble, v. a. to beat with the knuckles
little convex on both sides
Kneel, v. n. to bend or rest on the knee
Knell, s. the sound of a funeral bell
Knew, preterite of Know
Knuc'kle, v. n. to submit, to bend
Knuck'led, a. jointed; having knuckles
Knuck'les, s. the joints of the fingers
Knuff, s. an awkward person, a lout
as a Latin numeral stands for fifty, and
I, with a dash over it for fifty thousand
La! interj. look! behold! see
Lab'danum, s. a resin of the softer kind
Labefac'tion, s. the act of weakening
Lab'efy, v. a. to weaken, to impair
La'bel, s. a short direction upon any thing
La'bent, a. sliding, gliding, slipping
La'bial, a. uttered by or relating to the lips
La'biate, a. formed with lips
Lab'orant, s. a chymist
Lab'oratory, s. a chymist's workroom; a place
where ammunition and fireworks are pre-
pared
Labo'rious, a. diligent in work; tiresome
Labo'riously, ad. with labour or toil
Lacin'iated, a. adorned with fringes
Lack, v. to be in want, need, be without
Lackaday, interj. alas!
Lack'brain, s. one that wants wit
Lack'er, s. a kind of yellow varnish.-v. a. to
cover with lacker [v. a. to attend servilely
Lack'ey, s. a footboy, an attending servant.
Laek'lustre, a. wanting brightness, dull
Lacon'ic, a. short, brief, concise
Laconism, s. a concise pithy style
Lac'tant, a. suckling, giving milk
Lac'tary, a. milky.-s. a dairy-house
Lacta'tion, s. the act of giving suck
Lac'teal, s. a vessel that conveys chyle
Lac'teal, Lac'teous, a. conveying chyle
Laetes'cent, Lactif'ic. a. producing milk
La'bour, s. pain, toil, work; childbirth.-v. to Lad, s. a boy, a stripling
tcil, to work; to be in travai!
La'bourer, s. one who toils or takes pains
La bouring, a. striving with effort
Lab'yrinth, s. a maze full of windings
Lac, s. a kind of drug
, s. a plaited cord of gold, silver, or thread.
a. to fasten with a lace; to adorn
an, s. one who deals in lace
ble, a. that may be rent or torn
te, v. a. to tear in pieces, to rend
'tion, s. the act of tearing or rending
ymal, a. generating tears
aymary, a. containing tears
arymatory, s, a vessel to preserve tears
Lad'der, s. a frame with steps for climbing
Lade, v. a. to load, freight; throw out
La'ding, s. a freight, cargo of a ship
La'dle, s. a large epoon; a vessel; a handle
La'dy, s. a female title of honour; a woman
La'dybird, La'dycrow, s. a small red insect
Ladyday', s. the 25th of March, the Annuncia-
tion of the blessed Virgin Mary
La'dylike, a. soft, delicate, elegant
La'dyship, s. the title of a lady
Lag, a. coming behind, sluggish, last.-v. n. to
loiter, to staybehind
Lag gard, a. backward, sluggish, slow
La'ic, La'ical, a portaining to the laity
Laid, preterite participle of Lay
Lain, preterite participle of Lie
Lair, s. the couch of a boar or wild beast
Laird, s. a Scotch lord of a manor
La'ity, s. the people, as distinguished from the clergy; the state of a layman
Lake, s. a large inland water; a colour
Lamb, s. the young of a sheep
Lam'bative, a. taken by licking
Lam'bent, a, playing about, gliding over
Lam'bkin, s. a little or young lamb
Lam'blike, a. meek, mild, gentle
Lam'bswool, s. ale and apple pulps
Lame, a. crippled, hobbling, imperfect.
-v. a. to make lame, to cripple
Lain'ellated, a. covered with plates
La'meness, s. the state of a cripple
Lamen't, v. to mourn, grieve, bewail
am'entable, a. mournful, sorrowful
Lamenta'tion, s. an expression of sorrow
Lamen ́ter, s. he who mourns or laments
Lam'ina, s. a thin plate or scale
Laminated, a. plated, covered with plates
Lam'mas, s. the first of August
Lamp, s. a light made with oil and a wick Lam'pblack, s. a black made by holding a lighted torch under a basin
Lampoo'n, s. a personal satire; abuse, censure. -v. a. to abuse personally
Lampooner, s. a writer of personal satire
Lam'prey, s. a fish like an eel
Lam'pron, s. a kind of sea fish
Lana'rious, a. pertaining to wool
Lance, s. a long spear.-v. a. to pierce, cut
Lan'cet, s. a small pointed instrument
Lan'cinate, v. a. to tear, to rend
Lan'kness, s. a want of plumpness
Lan'squenet, s. game at cards; a foot soldier Lan'tern, s. a case for a candle. a. thin
Lap, s. that part of a person sitting which reaches from the waist to the knees.v. a. to wrap round, to lick up
Lap'dog, s. a little dog for the lap
Lapel', s. that part of the coat which wraps over the breast
Lap'ful, s. as much as the lap can hold
Lap'idary, s. a polisher of precious stones
Lap'idate, v. a. to stone, to kill by stoning
Lapida'tion, s. a stoning
Lapid'eous, a. stony, of the nature of stone
Lapides'cence, s. stony concretion
Lapidif'ic, a. forming stones
Lap'idist, s. a dealer in stones or gems
Lap per, s. one who wraps up or laps
Lap'pet, s. loose part of a head-dress
Lapse, s. a small error or mistake; fall
Lapse, v. n. to fall from perfection, truth or
faith; to glide slowly; to slip by mistake
Lap'wing, s. a swift and noisy bird
Larboard, s. the left hand side of a ship
Larceny, s. a petty theft or robbery
Lard, s. the fat of swine melted.-. a. to stuf with bacon; to fatten
Lar'der, s. a place where meat is kept
Large, a. big, wide, copious, abundant
Lar geness, s. bulk, greatness, extension
Largess, s. a present, bounty, gift
Lark, s. a small singing bird
Larkspur, s. a plant
Lar'um, s. an alarm; a machine contrived to make a noise at a certain hour
Las'car, s. an Indian seaman or gunner
Land, s. a country, region, carth, estate.-v. to Lascivious, a. lewd, lustful, wanton, soft
set or come on shore
Lan'dau, s. a kind of coach
Lan'ded, a. having a fortune in land
Lan'dfall, s. a sudden translation of property
in land by the death of a rich man
Lan'dflood, s. inundation by rain
Lan'dgrave, s. a German title of dominion
Lan'dholder, s. one who possesses land
Landing, s. place to land at; the stair-top
Lan'djobber, s. one who buys and sells land
Lan'dlady, s. the mistress of an inn, &c.
Lan'dlocked, a. shut in or enclosed by land
Lan'dlord, s. the master of an inn
Lan'dmark, s. a mark of boundaries
Lan'dscape, s. the prospect of a country
Lan'dsturm, s. the local militia of Prussia
Lan'dtax, s. a tax upon land and houses
Lan'dwher, s. the militia of Germany
Lan'dwaiter, s. an officer of the customs, who
watches the landing of goods
Lane, s. a narrow street or alley; the military
term applied to a body of soldiers in two
ranks standing face to face
Language, s. human speech in general
Lan'guet, s. any thing cut like a tongue
Lan'guid, a. weak, faint, heartless
Lan'guidness, Languid'ity, s. feebleness, weak-
Languish, v. n. to grow feeble, to pinc Lan'guishingly, ad. weakly, tenderly Lan'guishment, s. a softness of mien Len'guor, s. want of strength or spirit wice, s. a woollen manufacture erous, a. bearing wool
a. loose, not fat, slender, languid
Lasciv'iousness, s. wantonness
Lash, s. a part of a whip; a stroke.-v. a. to
scourge, to strike, to satirize
Las'quenet; see Lansquenet
Lass, s. a girl, maid, young woman
Las'situde, s. fatigue, weariness, languor
Lass'lorn, a. forsaken by a mistress
Last, a. latest, hindmost, utmost.. the wooden mould on which shoes are formed; a certain measure or weight.-ad. the last time; in conclusion.-v. n. to endure, to continue
Las'tage, s. custom paid for freightage
Las'ting, part. a. durable, perpetual
Lastly, ad. in the last time or place
Latch, s. a fastening of a door, &c.
Lat'chet, s. a shoe-string; a fastening
Late, a. slow, tardy; deceased.-ad. far in th
day or night; lately
La'tely, Lat'terly, ad not long ago
La'tency, s. obscurity, abstruseness
La'teness, s. time far advanced
La'tent, a. secret, hidden, concealed
Lateral, a growing out on the side, &c.
Lat'eran, s. the Pope's palace at Rome
Lath, s. a long thin slip of wood; a division of
a country, usually containing three and
sometimes more hundreds.-v. a. to fit up
with laths
Lathe, s. a turner's implement
Lath'er, s. the froth of water and soap
Lat'in, s. the ancient Roman language
Lat'inism, s. an idiom of the Latin tonguo
Lat'inist, s. one well versed in Latin
Lat'inize, v. to make or use Latin
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