ISLIP, a Town in Oxfordshire, famous for the Birth of Edward the Confessor
ISRAEL, a Name given to the Patriarch Jacob.
ISSACHAR, a Son of Jacob by Leah.
ISSUE, a Passage, or Outlet, an Event, or End
To ISSUE, to stream, or spring forth, to come out, to publish, or disperse abroad, also to disburse.
ISTHMUS, a small Neck of Land joining the Peninsula to the Continent.
IT, that Thing.
ITALIAN, ITALICK, belonging to Italy, also a Letter in Print which stands leaning.
ITALY, a famous Country in Europe
ITCH, a Disease of the Skin.
ITCHING, pricking, smarting.
An ITEM, a Caution, or Warning, also an Article of an Account.
ITINERANT, travelling, or journeying
An ITINERARY, a Journal, an Account of the Occurrences in a Journey, or Voyage.
JUBILE, JUBILEE, a Year of rejoicing celebrated every Fiftieth Year among the Jews, in Commemoration of their Deliverance out of Egypt. Among Christians, a Solemnity first instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. in the Year 1300, who ordained it to be kept every Hundredth Year, and Sextus IV. every Twenty-fifth Year
JUCUNDITY, Mirth, Pleasantness
JUDAH, the eldest Son of Jacob.
JUDÆA, a Country in Syria, in the Lesser Asia, which was inhabited by the Jews.
JUDAISM, the Religion, Custom, or religious Rites of the Jews
JUDGE, an Officer appointed to execute Justice in civil or criminal Cases.
To JUDGE, to try or determine Causes, also to make Judgment of, or determine in the Mind.
JUDGMENT, the discerning Faculty, Reason, Opinion, Prudence.
The JUDGMENTS of God, are those remarkable Punishments which he inflicts upon People for their Sins and Transgressions.
JUDICATURE, a Judge's Place or Office.
A Court of JUDICATURE, an Assembly of Judges and other Officers, for the trying and determining Causes.
JUDICIOUS, endued with good Judgment or Reason, rational, discreet.
A JUG, an earthen Pot or Pitcher to hold Drink.
To JUGGLE, to play the Hocus Pocus, to shew Tricks by Slight of Hand, to act clandestinely.
JUGGLING, shewing of Tricks.
JUGULAR, belonging to the Throat.
JUICE, Moisture, Gravy.
JUICELESS, without Juice.
JUICINESS, abounding with Juice.
JUICY, a full of Juice.
JULAP, JULEP, a liquid Medicine of a pleasant Taste.
JULIAN YEAR, a Space of Time consisting of 365 Days Six Hours, so called from Ju
lius Cesar, who reformed the Roman Calendar.
JULIUS CESAR, the first Emperor of the Romans.
JULY, the Fifth Month of the Year reckoning from March, so named in honour of Julius Cesar.
To JUMBLE, to mingle, to confound, to shake.
To JUMP, to leap.
A JUMP, a Leap, also a short Coat, also a sort of Bodice for Women.
JUNCTO, JUNTO, a Meeting of Men to sit in Council, also a Cabal, or Faction.
JUNCTURE, a joining together, also an Instant, Nick, or Moment of Time, the present Posture or State of Affairs.
JUNE, the Sixth Month of the Year.
JUNCTIN, a small Apple, which ripens first
JUNIOR, younger in Age or Standing, in any Profession or Faculty.
JUNIPER TREE, a Shrub.
To JUNKET, to entertain one another with Banquets, or Treats
JUNKETS, any sort of delicious Fare to feast or make merry with.
JUNO, a Heathen Goddess.
IVORY, the Elephant's Tooth.
JUPITER, a Heathen God, also one of the Seven Planets.
JURDEN, a great Chamberpot.
JUROR, one of the Jury sworn
JURY, is either Twelve, or Twenty-four Men.
JUST, righteous, reasonable, fit
JUSTICE, Equity, Reasonableness, Right, Law.
JUSTICE of the Common Pleas, is a Lord by his Office, and with his Assistants determines all Civil Causes between common Persons
JUSTICE of the King's Bench, is a Lord by his Office, and Chief Justice of England, who heads and determines all Pleas of the Crown
JUSTICES of the Peace, are such as are appointed by the King's Commission, to maintain the Peace in the Counties where they live.
Lords JUSTICES of the Kingdom, are Persons deputed to be Regents during the King's Absence.
JUSTIFIABLE, that may be justified
JUSTIFICATION, a Clearing, Justifying.
To JUSTIFY, to clear one's self, to make one's Innocence appear, to verify, to prove, maintain, or make good.
JUSTINIAN, a Roman Emperor, who was famous for causing the Civil Law to be collected into a Body, called the Pandects and Code.
To JUSTLE, to shake, jog, shove
JUSTNESS, the Exactness or Regularity of any Thing, but especially in Matters of Language or Thought.
To JUT OUT, to stand out beyond the rest
JUVENILE, youthful, sprightly, brisk.
IVY, a Plant which twines about Trees, and fastens upon Walls.
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KALENDAR, an Ephemeris, or Almanack, to eshew the Days of the Month.