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• Jobation - Jobation A scolding; so called from the patriarch Job. “Jobation ... means a long, dreary ...
• Ear - Ear (Anglo-Saxon, eáre.) A deaf ear. One that refuses to listen; as if it heard not. Bow ...
• Blow - Blow (To). As the wind blows; or to blow with the breath. (Anglo-Saxon, blawan, to blow or ...
• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: J - Definitions, origins, and illustrative excerpts for words, phases, and literary allusions starting with "J"