How the knave jowls it to the ground.
Shak.
Jowl"er (?), n. (Zoöl.) A dog with large jowls, as the beagle.
Jow"ter (?), n. A mounted peddler of fish; -- called also jouster.
[Obs.] Carew.
Joy (?), n. [OE. joye, OF. joye, joie, goie, F. joie, L. gaudia, pl. of
gaudium joy, fr. gaudere to rejoice, to be glad; cf. Gr. &?; to
rejoice, &?; proud. Cf. Gaud, Jewel.]
1. The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of
good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune,
and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or
desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.
Dryden.
Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
Johnson.
Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross,
despising the shame.
Heb. xii. 2.
Tears of true joy for his return.
Shak.
Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present
or assured approaching possession of a good.
Locke.