1. (Anat.) 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 jugular vein.
2. (Zoöl.) Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the
pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes
(Jugulares).
Ju"gu*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jugulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Jugulating (?).] [L. jugulatus, p. p. of jugulare, fr. jugulatum. See
Jugular.] To cut the throat of. [R.] Jacob Bigelow.
||Ju"gu*lum (?), n.; pl. Jugula (#). [L.] (Zoöl.) The lower throat, or
||that part of the neck just above the breast.
||
||Ju"gum (?), n.; pl. L. Juga (#), E. Jugums (#). [L., a yoke, ridge.]
||(Bot.) (a) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of
||umbelliferous plants. (b) A pair of the opposite leaflets of a
||pinnate plant.
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Juice (js), n. [OE. juse, F. jus broth, gravy, juice, L. jus; akin to
Skr. ysha.] 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.
An animal whose juices are unsound.
Arbuthnot.
The juice of July flowers.
B. Jonson.
The juice of Egypt's grape.
Shak.
Letters which Edward Digby wrote in lemon juice.
Macaulay.
Cold water draws the juice of meat.
Mrs. Whitney.
Juice (js), v. t. To moisten; to wet. [Obs.] Fuller.
Juice"less, a. Lacking juice; dry. Dr. H. More.
Jui"ci*ness (?), n. The state or quality of being juicy; succulence
plants.
Jui"cy (?), a. [Compar. Juicier; superl. Juiciest.] A bounding with
juice; succulent. Bacon.
Ju*ise" (?), n. [OF. juise. L. judicium. See Judicial.] Judgment;
justice; sentence. [Obs.]
Up [on] pain of hanging and high juise.
Chaucer.
Ju"jube (j"jb), n. [F., fr. L. zizyphum, Gr. zi`zyfon, Per. zzfn,
zizafn, zayzafn.] The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several
Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus
Zizyphus, especially the Z. jujuba, Z. vulgaris, Z. mucronata, and Z.
Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the
ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.
Jujube paste, the dried or inspissated jelly of the jujube; also, a
confection made of gum arabic sweetened.
Juke (?), v. i. [from Scottish jouk to bow.] To bend the neck; to bow
or duck the head. [Written also jook and jouk.]
The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking
and tossing of his head.
L' Estrange.