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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Jüst, a. p. 732Rendering, or disposed to render, to each one his due; conforming or conformable to rectitude; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; equitable; upright; honest; true;—said of both…Jüst, adv. p. 732Precisely; exactly; closely; nearly;—in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated. “And having just enough, not covet more.” Dryden. The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of…Jüst, n. p. 732A mock encounter on horseback; a combat for sport or for exercise, in which the combatants pushed with lances and swords, man to man, in mock fight; a tilt; one of the exercises at tournaments. They…Jüst, v. i. p. 732To engage in mock fight on horseback. That yet saw none appear That made or sign or show he came to just. Fairfax. 2. To push; to drive; to justle.Juste Milieu p. 732(Fr. Politics.) A party which claim to hold the proper middle point between the old monarchical and the recent republican principles.Jŭs'tice, n. p. 732The quality of being just; the rendering to every one his due, right, or desert; practical conformity to the laws and to principles of rectitude in the dealings of men with each other; honesty…Jūs'tĭçe, v. t. p. 733To administer justice to; to judge and requite. [Obs.] Bacon.Jūs'tiçe-a-ble, a. p. 733Liable to account in a court of justice. [Obs.] Hayward.Jūs'tiçe-ment, n. p. 733Administration of justice; the act or process of proceeding in court. [Obs.]Jūs'ti-çer, n. p. 733An administrator of justice; a justiciar. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Jūs'tiçe-ship, n. p. 733The office or dignity of a justice.Jus-ti'ci-a-ble, a. p. 733Proper to be examined in courts of justice. Bailey.Jus-tĭ'ci-ar or Jus-tĭ'ci-a-ry, n. p. 733An administrator of justice; a judge or justice. Burke. 2. A lord chief justice. Wharton. ☞ The chief justiciar, in early English history, was not only the chief justice of the kingdom, but also the…Jŭs'ti-cōat, n. p. 733A close coat or waistcoat with sleeves.Jūs'ti-fi/a-ble, a. p. 733Capable of being proved to be just; pronounced just, or absolved; defensible; vindicable. Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men. Shak. Syn.—Defensible; vindicable; warrantable; excusable.Jūs'ti-fi'a-ble-ness, n. p. 733The quality of being justifiable; rectitude; possibility of being defended or vindicated.Jūs'ti-fi-a-bly, adv. p. 733In a manner that admits of vindication or justification; rightly.Jūs'ti-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 733The act of justifying; a showing to be just or conformable to law, rectitude, or propriety; vindication; defense; as, the court listened to the evidence and arguments in justification of the…Jūs'ti-fi-cā'tive, a. p. 733Justifying; having power to justify; justificatory.Jŭs'ti-fi-cā'tor, n. p. 733One who justifies; a justifier. Johnson.Jūs'ti-fi-cā'to-ry, a. p. 733Vindicatory; defensory; justificative.Jūs'ti-fi'er, n. p. 733One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, or defends. 2. One who pardons and absolves from guilt and punishment. That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Rom.…Jūs'ti-fy, v. t. p. 733To prove or show to be just, or conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty; to defend or maintain; to vindicate as right; to warrant. That to the height of this great argument I may…Jūs'ti-fy, v. i. p. 733(Print.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to conform exactly; to agree.Jus-tin'i-an, a. p. 733Pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman emperor Justinian.Jūs'tle, v. i. p. 733To run against; to encounter; to strike against; to clash. The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways. Nah. ii. 4.Jŭs'tle, v. t. p. 733To push; to drive; to force by rushing against;— commonly followed by off or out. We justled one another out, and disputed the post for a great while. Addison. No evangelical precept justles out that…Jūs'tle, n. p. 733An encounter or shock.Jūst'ly, adv. p. 733In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately; exactly. “In equal balance justly weighed.” Shak. Nothing can justly be despised that can not…Jūst'ness, n. p. 733The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; equity; as, the justness of proportions; the justness of a description or…Jŭt, v. i. p. 733To shoot forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building. “In jutting rock and curved shore.” Wordsworth. It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem, and be…Jūt, n. p. 733A shooting forward; a projection.Jūte, n. p. 733A substance resembling hemp, being the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, used for making gunny-cloth, and also in the manufacture of mats, coarse carpets, and the like; also, the plant which produces…Jūt'land-er, n. p. 733(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Jutland.Jūt'land-ish, a. p. 733(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Jutland, or to the people of Jutland.Jŭt'ting-ly, adv. p. 733Projectingly.Jŭt'ty, v. t. & i. p. 733To jut. [Obs.] Shak.Jūt'ty, n. p. 733A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole; a jettee. Shak.Jūt’-win’dōw, n. p. 733(Arch.) A window that projects from the line of a building.Jū've-nal, n. p. 733A youth. [Obs.] Shak.Jū've-nēs'çence, n. p. 733A growing young.Jū've-nēs'çent, a. p. 733Becoming young.Jū've-nīle, a. p. 733Young; youthful; as, juvenile years or age. 2. Pertaining or suited to youth; as, juvenile sports. Syn.—Youthful; puerile; boyish; childish. See YOUTHFUL.Jū’ve-nīle, n. p. 733A young person or youth; — used sportively or familiarly.Jū've-nīle-ness or Jū've-nīl'i-ty, n. p. 733Youthfulness; youthful age. Glanville. 2. Light and careless manner; the manners or customs of youth. Glanville.Jū’ven-tate, n. p. 733Youthfulness; youth. [Obs.] Chaucer.Jū’vi-ā, n. p. 733(Bot.) A tree of the genus Bertholletia, of which it is the only species known. It is found in the northern part of Brazil, and on the banks of the Orinoco, and grows to the height of 100 or 120…Ju-wān'sā, n. p. 733(Bot.) A plant of the genus Alhagi (A. maurorum). It is a thorny shrub, from the leaves of which a species of manna exudes, called Persian manna.Jŭx’ta-pōs’it, v. t. p. 733To place in close connection or contiguity. Derham.Jūx’ta-pōs’it-ed, a. p. 733Placed near; adjacent or contiguous.Jŭx’ta-po-sĭ’tion, n. p. 733A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, as the parts of a substance or of a composition; as, the connection of words is sometimes to be ascertained by juxtaposition. In which…Ju-zāil’, n. p. 733A kind of heavy rifle used by the Affghans.Jȳ’mold, a. p. 733The same as GIMMAL, q. v. [Obs.] And in their pale dull mouths the jymold bit Lies, foul with chewed grass, stiff and motionless. Shak.K p. 734the eleventh letter, and the eighth consonant, in the order of the English alphabet, is borrowed from the Greeks, being the same character as the Greek kappa, answering to the Oriental koph. It is…Kăb, n. p. 734A Hebrew measure; a cab. See CAB.Kăb'a-la, n. p. 734The same as CABALA, q. v.Ka-băs'sgu, n. p. 734A species of armadillo. Goldsmith.Ka-bōb', v. t. p. 734See CABOB.Ka-bōok′, n. p. 734A clay ironstone found in Ceylon. Simmonds.Kă'di or Kă'di-äs'ter, n. p. 734A Turkish judge. See CADI.