Ju"vi*a (?), n. (Bot.) A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree
(Bertholetia excelsa) which produces the large seeds known as Brazil
nuts.
||Ju*wan"sa (?), n. (Bot.) The camel's thorn. See under Camel.
||
Ju*wise" (?), n. [Obs.] Same as Juise. Chaucer.
Jux`ta*pose" (?), v. t. [Cf. Juxtaposit, Pose.] To place in
juxtaposition. Huxley.
Jux`ta*pos"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Juxtaposited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Juxtapositing.] [L. juxta near + positus, p. p. of ponere to put.] To
place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose. Derham.
Jux`ta*po*si"tion (?), n. [L. juxta near + positio position: cf. F.
juxtaposition. See Just, v. i., and Position.] A placing or being
placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition
of words.
Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition.
Glanvill.
Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity.
Hare.
Jym"old (jm"ld), a. [Obs.] See Gimmal.
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