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<hw>Job</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Jobbed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Jobbing</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.</def>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.</def>

<i>Moxon.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); <as>as, to <ex>job</ex> a contract</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; <as>as, to <ex>job</ex> goods</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; <as>as, to <ex>job</ex> a carriage</as>.</def>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Job</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Job</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.</def>

<blockquote>Authors of all work, to <b>job</b> for the season. <i>Moore.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.</def>

<blockquote>And judges <b>job</b>, and bishops bite the town. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.</def>

<h1>Job</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Job</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.</def>

<cs><col>Job's comforter</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A boil</cd>. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>Job's news</col>, <cd>bad news. <i>Carlyle</i>.</cd> -- <col>Job's tears</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of grass (<spn>Coix Lacryma</spn>), with hard, shining, pearly grains.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jobation</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Jo*ba"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>job</ets> to scold, to reprove, perh. fr. <ets>Job</ets>, the proper name.]</ety> <def>A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>Grose.</i>

<h1>Jobber</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Job"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who works by the job.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stockjobber.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who buys goods from importers, wholesalers, or manufacturers, and sells to retailers.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>One who turns official or public business to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office, politics, or intrigue.</def>

<h1>Jobbernowl</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Job"ber*nowl`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>jobbernoule</ets>, fr. <ets>jobarde</ets> a stupid fellow; cf. E. <ets>noll</ets>.]</ety> <def>A blockhead.</def> <mark>[Colloq. & Obs.]</mark>