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<h1>Jowler</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jowl"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A dog with large jowls, as the beagle.</def>

<h1>Jowter</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jow"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mounted peddler of fish; -- called also <altname>jouster</altname>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Carew.</i>

<h1>Joy</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Joy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>joye</ets>, OF. <ets>joye</ets>, <ets>joie</ets>, <ets>goie</ets>, F. <ets>joie</ets>, L. <ets>gaudia</ets>, pl. of <ets>gaudium</ets> joy, fr. <ets>gaudere</ets> to rejoice, to be glad; cf. Gr. <?/ to rejoice, <?/ proud. Cf. <er>Gaud</er>, <er>Jewel</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.</def>

<blockquote>Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her <b>joy</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Glides the smooth current of domestic <b>joy</b>. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Who, for the <b>joy</b> that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame. <i>Heb. xii. 2. </i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Tears of true <b>joy</b> for his return. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Joy</b> is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which causes joy or happiness.</def>

<blockquote>For ye are our glory and <b>joy</b>. <i>1 Thess. ii. 20.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> A thing of beauty is a <b>joy</b> forever. <i>Keats.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.</def>

<blockquote>Such <b>joy</b> made Una, when her knight she found. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The roofs with <b>joy</b> resound. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Joy</i> is used in composition, esp. with participles, to from many self-explaining compounds; as, <i>joy</i>-hells, <i>joy</i>-ringing, <i>joy</i>-inspiring, <i>joy</i>-resounding, etc.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation; transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity.</syn>

<h1>Joy</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Joy</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Joyed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Joying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>joir</ets>, F. <ets>jouir</ets>. See <er>Joy</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.</def>

<blockquote>I will <b>joy</b> in the God of my salvation. <i>Hab. iii. 18.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In whose sight all things <b>joy</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Joy</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Joy</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To give joy to; to congratulate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Joy</i> us of our conquest."

<i>Dryden.</i>