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Dryden.

Joc`u*lar"i*ty (?), n. Jesting; merriment.

Joc"u*lar*ly (?), adv. In jest; for sport or mirth; jocosely.

Joc"u*la*ry (?), a. [L. jocularius. Cf. Jocular.] Jocular; jocose; sportive. Bacon.

Joc"u*la`tor (?), n. [L. See Juggler.] A jester; a joker. [Obs.] Strutt.

Joc"u*la*to*ry (?), a. [L. joculatorius.] Droll; sportive. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Joc"und (?), [L. jocundus, jucundus, orig., helpful, fr. juvare to help. See Aid.] 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.

Joc"und, adv. Merrily; cheerfully. Gray.

Jo*cun"di*ty (?), n. [L. jocunditas jucunditas. See Jocund, and cf. Jucundity.] The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.

Joe (?), n. See Johannes.

Joe" Mil"ler (?). [From Joseph Miller, a comic actor, whose name was attached, after his death, to a popular jest book published in 1739.] A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke. [Colloq.]

It is an old Joe Miller in whist circles, that there are only two reasons that can justify you in not returning trumps to your partner's lead; i. e., first, sudden illness; secondly, having none.

Pole.

Joe`-Pye" weed` (?). (Bot.) A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.

Jog (jg), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jogged (jgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Jogging (-gng).] [OE. joggen; cf. W. gogi to shake, and also E. shog, shock, v.]

1. To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn.

Now leaps he upright, jogs me, and cries: Do you see Yonder well-favored youth?

Donne.

Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid Fast by my side.

Pope.

2. To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of; as, to jog the memory.

3. To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog, v. i.

Jog, v. i. To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with on, sometimes with over.