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<hw>Jug"gler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>jogelour</ets>, <ets>juglur</ets>, OF. <ets>jogleor</ets>, <ets>jugleor</ets>, <ets>jongleor</ets>, F. <ets>jongleur</ets>, fr. L. <ets>joculator</ets> a jester, joker, fr. <ets>joculus</ets> a little jest or joke, dim. of <ets>jocus</ets> jest, joke. See <er>Joke</er>, and cf. <er>Jongleur</er>, <er>Joculator</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.</def>

<blockquote>As nimble <b>jugglers</b> that deceive the eye. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Jugglers</b> and impostors do daily delude them. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A deceiver; a cheat.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Juggleress</h1> <Xpage=804>

<hw>Jug"gler*ess</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A female juggler.</def>

<i>T. Warton.</i>

<h1>Jugglery</h1> <Xpage=804>

<hw>Jug"gler*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. & OF. <ets>joglerie</ets>, F. <ets>jonglerie</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Trickery; imposture; <as>as, political <ex>jugglery</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Juggling</h1> <Xpage=804>

<hw>Jug"gling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cheating; tricky.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Jug"gling*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Juggling</h1> <Xpage=804>

<hw>Jug"gling</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Jugglery; underhand practice.</def>

<h1>Juggs</h1> <Xpage=804>

<hw>Juggs</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Jougs</er>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Juglandin</h1> <Xpage=804>

<hw>Jug"lan*din</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>juglans</ets>, <ets>-andis</ets>, a walnut: cf. F. <ets>juglandine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An extractive matter contained in the juice of the green shucks of the walnut (<spn>Juglans regia</spn>). It is used medicinally as an alterative, and also as a black hair dye.</def>

<h1>Juglandine</h1> <Xpage=804>

<hw>Jug"lan*dine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut (<spn>Juglans regia</spn>).</def>

<h1>Juglans</h1> <Xpage=804>

<hw>Jug"lans</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., walnut.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of valuable trees, including the true walnut of Europe, and the America black walnut, and butternut.</def>

<h1>Juglone</h1> <Xpage=804>

<hw>Ju"glone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jugl</ets>ans the walnut + <ets>-one</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut (<spn>Juglans regia</spn>); -- called also <altname>nucin</altname>.</def> <-- (MI11) C10H6O3. 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthalenedione -->

<h1>Jugular</h1> <Xpage=804>

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