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Jug (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jugging (?).]

1. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.

2. To commit to jail; to imprison. [Slang]

Jug, v. i. (Zoöl.) 1. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

2. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.

Ju"gal (?), a. [L. jugalis, fr. jugum yoke.]

1. Relating to a yoke, or to marriage. [Obs.]

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the malar, or cheek bone.

||Ju*ga"ta (?), n. pl. [Neut. pl. of L. jugatus, p. p. of jugare to ||join.] (Numis.) The figures of two heads on a medal or coin, either ||side by side or joined. || Ju"ga*ted (?), a. (Bot.) Coupled together.

Juge (?), n. A judge. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Jug"e*ment (?), n. Judgment. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ju"ger (?), n. [L. jugerum.] A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240 feet in length by 120 in breadth.

Jug"ger (?), n. (Zoöl.) An East Indian falcon. See Lugger.

Jug"ger*naut` (?), n. [Skr. jaganntha lord of the world.] One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindoos. [Written also Juggernnath, Jaganath, Jaganatha, etc.]

The principal seat of the worship of Juggernaut is at Pûri in Orissa. At certain times the idol is drawn from the temple by the multitude, on a high car with sixteen wheels. Formerly, fanatics sometimes threw themselves under the wheels to be crushed as a sacrifice to the god.

Jug"gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Juggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Juggling (?).] [OE. juglen; cf. OF. jogler, jugler, F. jongler. See Juggler.]

1. To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

2. To practice artifice or imposture.

Be these juggling fiends no more believed.

Shak.

Jug"gle, v. t. To deceive by trick or artifice.

Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men into such strange mysteries?

Shak.

Jug"gle, n. 1. A trick by sleight of hand.

2. An imposture; a deception. Tennyson.

A juggle of state to cozen the people.

Tillotson.

3. A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split. Knight.

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