And with his jolly pipe delights the groves.
Prior.
Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear.
Fairfax.
3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable;
pleasant. "A jolly cool wind." Sir T. North. [Now mostly colloq.]
Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit.
Spenser.
The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions.
W. Irving.
Jol"ly-boat` (?), n. [A corruption of Dan. jolle yawl, or of D. jol
yawl + E. boat. See Yawl the boat.] (Naut.) A boat of medium size
belonging to a ship.
Jol"ly*head (?), n. Jollity. [Obs.] Spenser.
Jolt (jlt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jolting.]
[Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and originally meaning, to knock on the
head. See Jowl.] To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a
carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
Jolt, v. t. To cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in a
carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, the
horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the
passengers.
Jolt, n. A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage
moving over rough ground.
The first jolt had like to have shaken me out.
Swift.
Jolt"er (?), n. One who, or that which, jolts.
{ Jolt"er*head`, Jolt"head` } (?), n. [See Jolt, Jowl.] A dunce; a
blockhead. Sir T. North.
Jolt"ing*ly, adv. In a jolting manner.