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<i>Halliwell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A chamber pot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer. Shak.</i>

<h1>Jorum</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jo"rum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. corrupted fr. <ets>jorden</ets> an earthen pot.]</ety> <def>A large drinking vessel; also, its contents.</def> <mark>[Colloq. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Forby.</i>

<h1>Joseph</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jo"seph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<h1>Joseph's flower</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jo"seph's flow"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A composite herb (<spn>Tragopogon pratensis</spn>), of the same genus as the salsify.</def>

<h1>Joso</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jo"so</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small gudgeon.</def>

<h1>Joss</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Joss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. <ets>deos</ets> God, L. <ets>deus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.</def> "Critic in jars and <i>josses</i>."

<i>Colman (1761).</i>

<cs><col>Joss house</col>, <cd>a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode of worship.</cd> -- <col>Joss stick</col>, <cd>a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of odoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; -- burned by the Chinese before an idol.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jossa</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jos"sa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <def>A command to a horse, probably meaning "stand still."</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Jostle</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jos"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Jostled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Jostling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[A dim. of <ets>joust</ets>, <ets>just</ets>, v. See <er>Joust</er>, and cf. <er>Justle</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>justle</asp>.]</altsp> <def>To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.</def> "Bullies <i>jostled</i> him."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<blockquote>Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually <b>jostling</b> each other. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jostle</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jos"tle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To push; to crowd; to hustle.</def>

<blockquote>None <b>jostle</b> with him for the wall. <i>Lamb.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jostle</h1> <Xpage=802>