Chapter 854

1. The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, whether of moral qualities, intellectual concepts, logical propositions, or material facts, is obtained; as, by careful judgment he avoided the peril; by a series of wrong judgments he forfeited confidence.

I oughte deme, of skilful jugement , That in the salte sea my wife is deed. Chaucer.

2. The power or faculty of performing such operations (see 1); esp., when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; good sense; as, a man of judgment ; a politician without judgment .

He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment . Ps. lxxii. 2.

Hernia . I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus . Rather your eyes must with his judgment look. Shak.

3. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.

She in my judgment was as fair as you. Shak.

Who first his judgment asked, and then a place. Pope.

4. The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge; the mandate or sentence of God as the judge of all.

In judgments between rich and poor, consider not what the poor man needs, but what is his own. Jer. Taylor.

Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment . Shak.

5. (Philos.) (a) That act of the mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their agreement or disagreement. See 1. The comparison may be threefold: (1) Of individual objects forming a concept. (2) Of concepts giving what is technically called a judgment. (3) Of two judgments giving an inference. Judgments have been further classed as analytic, synthetic, and identical. (b) That power or faculty by which knowledge dependent upon comparison and discrimination is acquired. See 2.

A judgment is the mental act by which one thing is affirmed or denied of another. Sir W. Hamilton.

The power by which we are enabled to perceive what is true or false, probable or improbable, is called by logicians the faculty of judgment . Stewart.

6. A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way of recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment. " Judgments are prepared for scorners." Prov. xix. 29 . "This judgment of the heavens that makes us tremble."

Shak.

7. (Theol.) The final award; the last sentence.

&hand; Judgment , abridgment , acknowledgment , and lodgment are in England sometimes written, judgement , abridgement , acknowledgement , and lodgement .

&hand; Judgment is used adjectively in many self-explaining combinations; as, judgment hour; judgment throne.

Judgment day (Theol.) , the last day, or period when final judgment will be pronounced on the subjects of God's moral government. -- Judgment debt (Law) , a debt secured to the creditor by a judge's order. -- Judgment hall , a hall where courts are held. -- Judgment seat , the seat or bench on which judges sit in court; hence, a court; a tribunal. "We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ." Rom. xiv. 10. -- Judgment summons (Law) , a proceeding by a judgment creditor against a judgment debtor upon an unsatisfied judgment.

Arrest of judgment . (Law) See under Arrest , n. -- Judgment of God , a term formerly applied to extraordinary trials of secret crimes, as by arms and single combat, by ordeal, etc.; it being imagined that God would work miracles to vindicate innocence. See under Ordeal .

Syn. -- Discernment; decision; determination; award; estimate; criticism; taste; discrimination; penetration; sagacity; intelligence; understanding. See Taste .

Judicable <Xpage=804>

Ju"di*ca*ble (?) , a. [L. judicabilis . See Judge , v. i. ] Capable of being judged; capable of being tried or decided upon.

Jer. Taylor.

Judicative <Xpage=804>

Ju"di*ca*tive (?) , a. Having power to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty .

Hammond.

Judicatory <Xpage=804>

Ju"di*ca*to*ry (?) , a. [L. judicatorius .] Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals .

T. Wharton.

Power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way. Bp. Hall.

Judicatory <Xpage=804>

Ju"di*ca*to*ry (277) , n. [L. judicatorium .]

1. A court of justice; a tribunal.

Milton.

2. Administration of justice.

The supreme court of judicatory . Clarendon.

Judicature <Xpage=804>

Ju"di*ca*ture (?; 135) , n. [F., fr. LL. judicatura .]

1. The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice.

The honor of the judges in their judicature is the king's honor. Bacon.

2. A court of justice; a judicatory.

South.

3. The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent jurisdiction of a judge or court.

Our Savior disputes not here the judicature , for that was not his office, but the morality, of divorce. Milton.

Judicial <Xpage=804>

Ju*di"cial (?) , a. [L. judicialis , fr. judicium judgment, fr. judex judge: cf. OF. judicial . See Judge .]

1. Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale. " Judicial massacres."

Macaulay.

Not a moral but a judicial law, and so was abrogated. Milton.

2. Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind .

3. Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative , administrative , or executive . See Executive .

4. Judicious. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Judicially <Xpage=804>

Ju*di"cial*ly , adv. In a judicial capacity or judicial manner. "The Lords . . . sitting judicially ."

Macaulay.

Judiciary <Xpage=804>

Ju*di"cia*ry (?; 277) , a. [L. judiciarius , fr. judicium judgment: cf. F. judiciare . See Judicial .] Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding .

Bp. Burnet.

Judiciary <Xpage=804>

Ju*di"cia*ry , n. [Cf. LL. judiciaria , F. judiciaire .] That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an independent judiciary ; the senate committee on the judiciary .

Judicious <Xpage=804>

Ju*di"cious (?) , a. [F. judicieux , fr. L. judicium judgment. See Judicial .] Of or relating to a court; judicial. [Obs.]

His last offenses to us Shall have judicious hearing. Shak.

2. Directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet.

He is noble, wise, judicious , and best knows The fits o' the season. Shak.

Syn. -- Prudent; discreet; rational; wise; skillful; discerning; sagacious; well-advised.

Judiciously <Xpage=804>

Ju*di"cious*ly , adv. In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.

Judiciousness <Xpage=804>

Ju*di"cious*ness , n. The quality or state of being judicious; sagacity; s<?/<?/nd judgment.

Jug <Xpage=804>

Jug (?) , n. [Prob. fr. Jug , a corruption of, or nickname for, Joanna ; cf. 2d Jack , and Jill . See Johannes .]

1. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.

2. A pitcher; a ewer. [Eng.]

3. A prison; a jail; a lockup. [Slang]

Gay.

Jug <Xpage=804>

Jug (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jugged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jugging (?) .]

1. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare .

2. To commit to jail; to imprison. [Slang]

Jug <Xpage=804>

Jug , v. i. (Zo\'94l.) 1. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

2. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.

Jugal <Xpage=804>

Ju"gal (?) , a. [L. jugalis , fr. jugum yoke.]

1. Relating to a yoke, or to marriage. [Obs.]

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the malar, or cheek bone.

Jugata <Xpage=804>

Ju*ga"ta (?) , n. pl. [Neut. pl. of L. jugatus , p. p. of jugare to join.] (Numis.) The figures of two heads on a medal or coin, either side by side or joined.

Jugated <Xpage=804>

Ju"ga*ted (?) , a. (Bot.) Coupled together.

Juge <Xpage=804>

Juge (?) , n. A judge. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Jugement <Xpage=804>

Jug"e*ment (?) , n. Judgment. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Juger <Xpage=804>

Ju"ger (?) , n. [L. jugerum .] A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240 feet in length by 120 in breadth.

Jugger <Xpage=804>

Jug"ger (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) An East Indian falcon. See Lugger .

Juggernaut <Xpage=804>

Jug"ger*naut` (?) , n. [Skr. jagann\'betha lord of the world.] One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindoos. [Written also Juggernnath , Jaganath , Jaganatha , etc.]

&hand; The principal seat of the worship of Juggernaut is at P\'96ri in Orissa. At certain times the idol is drawn from the temple by the multitude, on a high car with sixteen wheels. Formerly, fanatics sometimes threw themselves under the wheels to be crushed as a sacrifice to the god.

Juggle <Xpage=804>

Jug"gle (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Juggled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Juggling (?) .] [OE. juglen ; cf. OF. jogler , jugler , F. jongler . See Juggler .]

1. To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

2. To practice artifice or imposture.

Be these juggling fiends no more believed. Shak.

Juggle <Xpage=804>

Jug"gle , v. t. To deceive by trick or artifice.

Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men into such strange mysteries? Shak.

Juggle <Xpage=804>

Jug"gle , n. 1. A trick by sleight of hand.

2. An imposture; a deception.

Tennyson.

A juggle of state to cozen the people. Tillotson.

3. A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split.

Knight.

Juggler <Xpage=804>

Jug"gler (?) , n. [OE. jogelour , juglur , OF. jogleor , jugleor , jongleor , F. jongleur , fr. L. joculator a jester, joker, fr. joculus a little jest or joke, dim. of jocus jest, joke. See Joke , and cf. Jongleur , Joculator .]

1. One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.

As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. Shak.

Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them. Sir T. Browne.

2. A deceiver; a cheat.

Shak.

Juggleress <Xpage=804>

Jug"gler*ess , n. 1. A female juggler.

T. Warton.

Jugglery <Xpage=804>

Jug"gler*y (?) , n. [OE. & OF. joglerie , F. jonglerie .]

1. The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.

2. Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery .

Juggling <Xpage=804>

Jug"gling (?) , a. Cheating; tricky. -- Jug"gling*ly , adv.

Juggling <Xpage=804>

Jug"gling , n. Jugglery; underhand practice.

Juggs <Xpage=804>

Juggs (?) , n. pl. See Jougs . [Scot.]

Juglandin <Xpage=804>

Jug"lan*din (?) , n. [L. juglans , -andis , a walnut: cf. F. juglandine .] (Chem.) An extractive matter contained in the juice of the green shucks of the walnut ( Juglans regia ). It is used medicinally as an alterative, and also as a black hair dye.

Juglandine <Xpage=804>

Jug"lan*dine (?) , n. An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut ( Juglans regia ).

Juglans <Xpage=804>

Jug"lans (?) , n. [L., walnut.] (Bot.) A genus of valuable trees, including the true walnut of Europe, and the America black walnut, and butternut.

Juglone <Xpage=804>

Ju"glone (?) , n. [L. jugl ans the walnut + -one .] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut ( Juglans regia ); -- called also nucin . <-- (MI11) C10H6O3. 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthalenedione -->

Jugular <Xpage=804>

Ju"gu*lar (?) , a. [L. jugulum the collar bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, the throat, akin to jungere to yoke, to join: cf. F. jugulaire . See Join .]

1. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein . (b) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen .

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes.

Jugular <Xpage=804>

Ju"gu*lar , n. [Cf. F. jugulaire . See Jugular , a. ]

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. (Zo\'94l.) Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes ( Jugulares ).

Jugulate <Xpage=804>

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.

Jugulum <Xpage=804>

Ju"gu*lum (?) , n. ; pl. Jugula (#) . [L.] (Zo\'94l.) The lower throat, or that part of the neck just above the breast.

Jugum <Xpage=804>

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 <Xpage=805>

Juice (?) , n. [OE. juse , F. jus broth, gravy, juice, L. jus ; akin to Skr. y<?/sha .] 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 <Xpage=805>

Juice (?) , v. t. To moisten; to wet. [Obs.]

Fuller.

Juiceless <Xpage=805>

Juice"less , a. Lacking juice; dry.

Dr. H. More.

Juiciness <Xpage=805>

Jui"ci*ness (?) , n. The state or quality of being juicy; succulence plants.

Juicy <Xpage=805>

Jui"cy (?) , a. [ Compar. Juicier ; superl. Juiciest .] A bounding with juice; succulent.

Bacon.

Juise <Xpage=805>

Ju*ise" (?) , n. [OF. juise . L. judicium . See Judicial .] Judgment; justice; sentence. [Obs.]

Up [on] pain of hanging and high juise . Chaucer.

Jujube <Xpage=805>

Ju"jube (?) , n. [F., fr. L. zizyphum , Gr. <?/, Per. z\'c6zf<?/n , zizaf<?/n , zayzaf<?/n .] The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species 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 <Xpage=805>

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.

Juke <Xpage=805>

Juke , n. The neck of a bird. [Prov. Eng.]

Juke <Xpage=805>

Juke , v. i. [F. juc a roost, perch, jucher to roost, to perch.] To perch on anything, as birds do. [Obs.]

Julaceous <Xpage=805>

Ju*la"ceous (?) , a. [See Julus .] (Bot.) Like an ament, or bearing aments; amentaceous.

Julep <Xpage=805>

Ju"lep (?) , n. [F., fr. Sp. julepe , fr. Ar. & Per. jul\'beb , jull\'beb , fr. Per. gul\'beb rose water and julep; gul rose + \'beb water.]

1. A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs ; esp. (Med.) , a sweet, demulcent, acidulous, or mucilaginous mixture, used as a vehicle.

Milton.

Honey in woods, juleps in brooks. H. Vaughan.

2. A beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or some other spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of mint; -- called also mint julep . [U.S.]

Julian <Xpage=805>

Jul"ian (?; 277) a. [L. Julianus , fr. Julius . Cf. July , Gillian .] Relating to, or derived from, Julius C\'91sar.