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<h1>Joust</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Joust</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>justen</ets>, <ets>jousten</ets>, OF. <ets>jouster</ets>, <ets>jouster</ets>, <ets>joster</ets>, F. <ets>jouter</ets>, fr. L. <ets>juxta</ets> near to, nigh, from the root of <ets>jungere</ets> to join. See <er>Join</er>, and cf. <er>Jostle</er>.]</ety> <def>To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>just</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>For the whole army to <b>joust</b> and tourney. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Joust</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Joust</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>juste</ets>, <ets>jouste</ets>, OF. <ets>juste</ets>, <ets>jouste</ets>, <ets>joste</ets>, F. <ets>joute</ets>. See <er>Joust</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>just</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>Gorgeous knights at <b>joust</b> and tournament. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jouster</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Joust"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who jousts or tilts.</def>

<h1>Jove</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jove</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Jupiter</ets>, gen. <ets>Jovis</ets>, OL. <ets>Jovis</ets>, nom. & gen. for <ets>Djovis</ets>; akin to E. <ets>Tuesday</ets>. See <er>Tuesday</er>, and cf. <er>Jupiter</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The chief divinity of the ancient Romans; Jupiter.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The planet Jupiter.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Alchemy)</fld> <def>The metal tin.</def>

<cs><col>Bird of Jove</col>, <cd>the eagle.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jovial</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jo"vi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>Jovialis</ets> pertaining to Jove. The planet Jupiter was thought to make those born under it joyful or jovial. See <er>Jove</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Our <b>jovial</b> star reigned at his birth. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The fixed stars astrologically differenced by the planets, and esteemed Martial or <b>Jovial</b> according to the colors whereby they answer these planets. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sunny; serene.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The heavens always <i>joviall</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; <as>as, a <ex>jovial</ex> youth; a <ex>jovial</ex> company; a <ex>jovial</ex> poem.</as></def>

<blockquote>Be bright and <b>jovial</b> among your guests. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His odes are some of them panegyrical, others moral; the rest are <b>jovial</b> or bacchanalian. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; This word is a relic of the belief in planetary influence. Other examples are <i>saturnine</i>, <i>mercurial</i>, <i>martial</i>, <i>lunatic</i>, etc.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Merry; joyous; gay; festive; mirthful; gleeful; jolly; hilarious.</syn>

<h1>Jovialist</h1> <Xpage=803>