Part 6164

<i>H. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Jobbery</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Job"ber*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or practice of jobbing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Underhand management; official corruption; <as>as, municipal <ex>jobbery</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Mayhew.</i>

<h1>Jobbing</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Job"bing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Doing chance work or add jobs; <as>as, a <ex>jobbing</ex> carpenter</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Using opportunities of public service for private gain; <as>as, a <ex>jobbing</ex> politician</as>.</def>

<i>London Sat. Rev.</i>

<cs><col>Jobbing house</col>, <cd>a mercantile establishment which buys from importers, wholesalers or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. <mark>[U.S.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Jocantry</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Jo"cant*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jocans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>jocare</ets> to jest, fr. <ets>jocus</ets> a jest.]</ety> <def>The act or practice of jesting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Jockey</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Jock"ey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Jockeys</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Dim. of <ets>Jack</ets>, Scot. <ets>Jock</ets>; orig., a boy who rides horses. See 2d <er>Jack</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A professional rider of horses in races.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A dealer in horses; a horse trader.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.</def>

<h1>Jockey</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Jock"ey</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Jockeyed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Jockeying</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>" To jostle by riding against one."</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; <as>as, to <ex>jockey</ex> a customer</as>.</def>

<h1>Jockey</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Jock"ey</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To play or act the jockey; to cheat.</def>

<h1>Jockeying</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Jock"ey*ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery.</def>

<i>Beaconsfield.</i>