<hw>Ju"gu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jugulum</ets> the collar bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, the throat, akin to <ets>jungere</ets> to yoke, to join: cf. F. <ets>jugulaire</ets>. See <er>Join</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; <as>as, the <ex>jugular</ex> vein</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; <as>as, the <ex>jugular</ex> foramen</as>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes.</def>
<h1>Jugular</h1> <Xpage=804>
<hw>Ju"gu*lar</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>jugulaire</ets>. See <er>Jugular</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the <altname>jugular vein</altname>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (<spn>Jugulares</spn>).</def>
<h1>Jugulate</h1> <Xpage=804>
<hw>Ju"gu*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Jugulated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Jugulating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>jugulatus</ets>, <ets>p. p.</ets> of <ets>jugulare</ets>, fr. <ets>jugulatum</ets>. See <er>Jugular</er>.]</ety> <def>To cut the throat of.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Jacob Bigelow.</i>
<h1>Jugulum</h1> <Xpage=804>
<hw>Ju"gu*lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Jugula</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lower throat, or that part of the neck just above the breast.</def>
<h1>Jugum</h1> <Xpage=804>
<hw>Ju"gum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Juga</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Jugums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a yoke, ridge.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.</def>
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<h1>Juice</h1> <Xpage=805>
<hw>Juice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>juse</ets>, F.<ets>jus</ets> broth, gravy, juice, L. <ets>jus</ets>; akin to Skr. <ets>y<?/sha</ets>.]</ety> <def>The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separates from meat in cooking.</def>
<blockquote>An animal whose <b>juices</b> are unsound. <i> Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>The <b>juice</b> of July flowers. <i> B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>The <b>juice</b> of Egypt's grape. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Letters which Edward Digby wrote in lemon <b>juice</b>. <i> Macaulay.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Cold water draws the <b>juice</b> of meat. <i> Mrs. Whitney.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Juice</h1> <Xpage=805>
<hw>Juice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To moisten; to wet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Fuller.</i>
<h1>Juiceless</h1> <Xpage=805>
<hw>Juice"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lacking juice; dry.</def>
<i>Dr. H. More.</i>
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