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 one in the ribs, to stab one in the ribs. Job and probe seem to be very nearly allied. Halliwell gives the word "stop," to poke or thrust, which is allied to stab.

Joba&prime;tion. A scolding; so called from the patriarch Job.

Jobber. One who does small jobs; one who buys from merchants to sell to retailers; a middle-man. A "stock-jobber" is one who buys and sells public funds, but is not a sworn stock-broker.

Jobbing Carpenter. One who is ready to do odd jobs (piece-work) in his own line. (See .)

 Jocelin de Brakelonda de Rebus gestis Samsonis, etc., published by the Camden Society. This record of the acts of Abbot Samson of Edmondsbury contains much contemporary history, and gives a good account of English life and society between 1173 and 1202.

 Jockey is a little Jack (boy). So in Scotch, "Ilka Jeanie has her Jockie." (See .)

All fellows, Jockey and the laird (man and master). (Scotch proverb.)

Jockey (To). To deceive in trade; to cheat; to indulge in sharp practice.

Jockey of Norfolk. Sir John Howard, a firm adherent of Richard III. On the night before the battle of Bosworth he found in his tent the warning couplet:

 Joe or a Joe Miller. A stale joke; so called from the compilation of jokes under that nom de plume. (See .)

Joey. A groat; so called from Joseph Hume, M.P., who strongly recommended the coinage for the sake of paying short cab-fares, etc. (Hawkins: History of the Silver Coinage of England.)

Jog. Jog away; jog off; jog on. Get away; be off; keep moving. Shakespeare uses the word shog in the same sense—as, "Will you shog off?" (Henry V., ii. 1); and again in the same play, "Shall we shog?" (ii. 3). Beaumont and Fletcher use the same expression in The Coxcomb—"Come, prithee, let us shog off?" and again, in Pasquill and Katharine—"Thus it shogges" [goes]. In the Morte d'Arthur we have another variety—"He shokkes in sharpely" [rushes in]. The words seem to be connected with the Dutch schokken, to jolt, and the Anglo-Saxon scacan, to depart, to flee.

To jog his memory, or Give his memory a jog. To remind one of something apparently forgotten. Jog is to shake or stir up. (Welsh, gogi, to shake; French, choquer; our shock, shake, etc.)

Jog-trot. A slow but regular pace.

 Joggis or Jogges. The pillory. Jamieson says, "They punish delinquents, making them stand in 'jogges,' as they call their pillories." (The word is Yoke: Latin, jugum; French, joug; Anglo-Saxon, geoc; our jug, a jail.)

"Staune ane wholl Sabothe daye in ye joggis."—Glen: History of Dumbarton.

John. A contraction of Johannes (Joh'n). The French contract it differently, Jean&mdash;i.e. Jehan or Jehann; in Italian, Giovanni.

Popes.

Certainly a disastrous list of Popes.

John. A proverbially unhappy name with royalty, insomuch that when John Stuart ascended the throne of Scotland he changed his name to Robert; but misfortune never deserted him, and after an evil reign he died overwhelmed with calamities and infirmity. John Baliol was the mere tool of Edward I.; John of England, a most disastrous reign. John I. of France reigned only a few days; John II., having lost the battle of Poitiers, died in captivity in