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<hw>Jol"li*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Jolly</er>: cf. OF. <ets>joliet\'82</ets>, <ets>jolivet\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>All now was turned to <b>jollity</b> and game. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He with a proud <b>jollity</b> commanded him to leave that quarrel only for him, who was only worthy to enter into it. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Merriment; mirth; gayety; festivity; hilarity.</syn>

<h1>Jolly</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jol"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Jollier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Jolliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>joli</ets>, <ets>jolif</ets>, joyful, merry, F. <ets>joli</ets> pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E. <ets>yule</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>j<?/l</ets> yule, Christmass feast. See <er>Yule</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.</def>

<blockquote>Like a <b>jolly</b> troop of huntsmen. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>"A <b>jolly</b> place," said he, "in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed." <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.</def>

<blockquote>And with his <b>jolly</b> pipe delights the groves. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Their <b>jolly</b> notes they chanted loud and clear. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.</def> "A <i>jolly</i> cool wind." <i>Sir T. North</i>. <mark>[Now mostly colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>Full <b>jolly</b> knight he seemed, and fair did sit. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>The</b> coachman is swelled into <b>jolly</b> dimensions. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jolly-boat</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jol"ly-boat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A corruption of Dan. <ets>jolle</ets> yawl, or of D. <ets>jol</ets> yawl + E. <ets>boat</ets>. See <er>Yawl</er> the boat.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.</def>

<h1>Jollyhead</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jol"ly*head</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Jollity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Jolt</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jolt</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Jolted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> Jolting.]</wordforms> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>jole</ets>, <ets>joll</ets>, <ets>jowl</ets>, and orig. meaning, to knock on the head. See <er>Jowl</er>.]</ety> <def>To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; <as>as, the coach <ex>jolts</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Jolt</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jolt</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; <as>as, the horse <ex>jolts</ex> the rider; fast driving <ex>jolts</ex> the carriage and the passengers.</as></def>

<h1>Jolt</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jolt</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.</def>

<blockquote>The first <b>jolt</b> had like to have shaken me out. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>