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<blockquote>How Faery Mab the <b>junkets</b> eat. <i> Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Victuals varied well in taste, And other <b>junkets</b>. <i> Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A feast; an entertainment.</def>

<blockquote>A new jaunt or <b>junket</b> every night. <i> Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Junket</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Jun"ket</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.</def>

<blockquote>Job's children <b>junketed</b> and feasted together often. <i> South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Junket</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Jun"ket</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Junketed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Junketing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To give entertainment to; to feast.</def>

<blockquote>The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to <b>junket</b> her neighbors. <i> Walpole.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Junketing</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Jun"ket*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A feast or entertainment; a revel.</def>

<blockquote>All those snug <b>junketings</b> and public gormandizings for which the ancient magistrates were equally famous with their modern successors. <i> W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The apostle would have no reveling or <b>junketing</b> upon the altar. <i> South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Junketries</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Jun"ket*ries</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>Sweetmeats.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>June</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju"ne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Junos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rom. Myth.)</fld> <def>The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera.</def>

<blockquote>Sweeter than the lids of <b>Juno's</b> eyes. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>One of the early discovered asteroids.</def>

<cs><col>Bird of June</col>, <cd>the peacock.</cd></cs>

<h1>Junta</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Jun"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Juntas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Sp., fr. L. <ets>junctus</ets> joined, <ets>p. p.</ets> of <ets>jungere</ets> to join. See <er>Join</er>, and cf. <er>Junto</er>.]</ety> <def>A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.</def>

<h1>Junto</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Jun"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Juntos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Sp. <ets>junto</ets> united. See <er>Junta</er>.]</ety> <def>A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a cabal; <as>as, a <ex>junto</ex> of ministers; a <ex>junto</ex> of politicians.</as></def>

<blockquote>The puzzling sons of party next appeared, In dark cabals and mighty <b>juntos</b> met. <i> Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Junartie</h1> <Xpage=806>