Job (jb), n. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament;
the typical patient man.
Job's comforter. (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person
who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. (b) A boil.
[Colloq.] -- Job's news, bad news. Carlyle. -- Job's tears (Bot.), a
kind of grass (Coix Lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly grains.
Jo*ba"tion (?), n. [Prov. E. job to scold, to reprove, perh. fr. Job,
the proper name.] A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof. [Low] Grose.
Job"ber (?), n. 1. One who works by the job.