Jossop, subs. (schoolboys’).—Syrup; juice; gravy; sauce—Hotten.
Jostle, verb. (Old Cant).—To cheat.
Jottling. To go jottling, verb. phr. (venery).—To copulate. Also to
jottle, and to do a jottle. For synonyms see Greens and Ride.
Jounce, subs. (American).—A jolt; a shake.
1876. Mrs. Whitney, Sights and Insights, ii. xvii. Here she ... sat
herself down ... with a jounce.
Verb. (American).—To jolt or shake by rough riding; to handle
carelessly; to deal severely with.
1833. Neal, Down Easters, ii. p. 14. Mind how ye jounce that air
chist about!
To be jounced, verb. phr. (American).—To be enamoured of.
Journey, subs. (colloquial).—Occasion; juncture; time.
1884. Longman’s Mag., v. 179. ‘Well,’ said the policeman, when he
understood, and ceased to suspect; ‘as for him, he’s got safe
enough off, this journey!’
Journeyman Soul-saver, subs. phr. (common).—A scripture-reader; a
‘bible-woman’. Also journeyman-parson (London) = a curate.
Jove.—See By Jove.
Jowl (or Jole), (old: now recognised).—The cheek: cheek by jowl = close
together: jowl-sucking = kissing.
1592. Shakspeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream, iii. 2. Follow! nay,
I’ll go with you cheek by jole.
1682. Dryden, Prol. to Loyal Brother. Sits cheek-by-jowl, in black,
to cheer his heart.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1830. Tennyson, Vision of Sin, 84. Cheek by jowl, and knee by knee.
Joyful. To be addicted to the ‘O be joyful’, verb. phr. (common).—See
quot.
1865. London Jour., 8 April. Like a great many other clever
fellows, he was too much addicted to the ‘O be joyful!’ In fact he
had done so much at the business, that a red nose, somewhat
swollen, was the consequence.
Juba, subs. (American).—A negro. See Snowball.
Jubilee, subs. (Winchester College).—A pleasant time: e.g. The town was
all in a jubilee of feasts—Dryden.
1772. G. A. Stevens, Songs Comic and Satyricall, p. 192. Day by
day, and night by night, Joyful jubilees we keep.
Judas, subs. (colloquial).—1. A traitor. Judas-colored = red. [From the
tradition that Judas had red hair].
c. 1384. Wyclif, Of Prelates, (in F. D. Mathew’s, Unprinted Wks. of
W. ch. v.) And thus the lord or the lady hireth costly a fals judas
to his confessour.
1597–8. Munday, Downfall of Robert etc. [Dodsley, Old Plays (1874),
viii. 131]. Warman himself, That creeping Judas, joy’d, and told it
me.
1599. Jonson, Ev. Man out of his Humour, iv. 1. Fal. Now, out upon
thee, Judas! canst thou not be content to backbite thy friend, but
thou must betray him.
1600. Shakspeare, As You Like It, iii. 4. Ros. His very hair is of
the dissembling colour. Cel. Something browner than Judas’s.
1604. Decker, Honest Wh., Pt. ii, in Wks. (1873), ii. 116. Thou
villaine, curb thy tongue, thou art a Judas, to sell thy master’s
name to slander thus.
1673. Dryden, Amboyna, [in Wks. i. 561 (1701)]. I do not like his
oath, there’s treachery in that judas-colour’d beard.
1860. Thackeray, Four Georges (George I). We think within
ourselves, O you unfathomable schemer! O you warrior invincible! O
you beautiful smiling Judas! What master would you not kiss or
betray?