Our first studies and junior endeavors.
Sir T. Browne.
Jun"ior, n. 1. A younger person.
His junior she, by thirty years.
Byron.
2. Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American
colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or
final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one in the
first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years'
course.
Jun*ior"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being junior.
Ju"ni*per (?), n. [L. juniperus, prop., youth-producing, and so called
from its evergreen appearance, from the roots of E. juvenile, and
parent. Cf. Gin the liquor.] (Bot.) Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the
genus Juniperus and order Coniferæ.
The common juniper (J. communis) is a shrub of a low, spreading form,
having awl-shaped, rigid leaves in whorls of threes, and bearing small
purplish blue berries (or galbuli), of a warm, pungent taste, used as
diuretic and in flavoring gin. A resin exudes from the bark, which has
erroneously been considered identical with sandarach, and is used as
pounce. The oil of juniper is acrid, and used for various purposes, as
in medicine, for making varnish, etc. The wood of several species is of
a reddish color, hard and durable, and is used in cabinetwork under the
names of red cedar, Bermuda cedar, etc.
Juniper worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a geometrid moth (Drepanodes varus).
It feeds upon the leaves of the juniper, and mimics the small twigs
both in form and color, in a remarkable manner.
Ju"ni*per*in (?), n. (Chem.) A yellow amorphous substance extracted
from juniper berries.
Ju"ni*per*ite (?), n. (Paleon.) One of the fossil Coniferæ, evidently
allied to the juniper.
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Junk (?), n. A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See
Chunk. [Colloq.] Lowell.
Junk, n. [Pg. junco junk, rush, L. juncus a bulrush, of which ropes
were made in early ages. Cf. Junket.]
1. Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats,
swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the
seams of ships.
2. Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by
junk dealers.