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<hw>Jo"vi*al*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who lives a jovial life.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Joviality</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jo`vi*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>jovialit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being jovial.</def>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<h1>Jovially</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jo"vi*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a jovial manner; merrily; gayly.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Jovialness</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jo"vi*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Noisy mirth; joviality.</def>

<i>Hewyt.</i>

<h1>Jovialty</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jo"vi*al*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Joviality.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Jovian</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jo"vi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Jove, or Jupiter (either the deity or the planet).</def>

<h1>Jovicentric</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jo`vi*cen"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Jove</er>, and <er>Center</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Revolving around the planet Jupiter; appearing as viewed from Jupiter.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>J. R. Hind.</i>

<h1>Jovinianist</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jo*vin"ian*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Script. Hist.)</fld> <def>An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary, and opposed the asceticism of his time.</def>

<h1>Jowl</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jowl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[For older <ets>chole</ets>, <ets>chaul</ets>, AS. <ets>ceaft</ets> jaw. Cf. <er>Chaps</er>.]</ety> <def>The cheek; the jaw.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>jole</asp>, <asp>choule</asp>, <asp>chowle</asp>, and <asp>geoule</asp>.]</altsp>

<cs><col>Cheek by jowl</col>, <cd>with the cheeks close together; side by side; in close proximity.</cd> "I will go with three <i>cheek by jole<i>." <i>Shak</i>. " Sits <i>cheek by jowl<i>."</cs>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Jowl</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jowl</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To throw, dash, or knock.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>How the knave <b>jowls</b> it to the ground. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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