Result from Foreign Dictionaries (8 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Joust \Joust\ (joust or j[u^]st; 277), v. i. [OE. justen, jousten, OF. jouster, jouster, joster, F. jouter, fr. L. juxta near to, nigh, from the root of jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Jostle}.] 1. To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt. [Written also {just}.] [1913 Webster +PJC] For the whole army to joust and tourney. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To engage in a competition involving one-to-one struggle with an opponent. [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Joust \Joust\, n. [OE. juste, jouste, OF. juste, jouste, joste, F. joute. See {Joust}, v. i.] 1. A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field. [Written also {just}.] [1913 Webster] Gorgeous knights at joust and tournament. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Any competition involving one-to-one struggle with an opponent. [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Just \Just\, a. [F. juste, L. justus, fr. jus right, law, justice; orig., that which is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to join. Cf. {Injury}, {Judge}, {Jury}, {Giusto}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things. "O just but severe law!" --Shak. [1913 Webster] There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. --Eccl. vii. 20. [1913 Webster] Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have. --Lev. xix. 36. [1913 Webster] How should man be just with God? --Job ix. 2. [1913 Webster] We know your grace to be a man. Just and upright. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference. [1913 Webster] Just of thy word, in every thought sincere. --Pope. [1913 Webster] The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He was a comely personage, a little above just stature. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] When all The war shall stand ranged in its just array. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Their names alone would make a just volume. --Burton. [1913 Webster] 3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge. [1913 Webster] Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it themselves. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] {Just intonation}. (Mus.) (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch. (b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or their exact mathematical ratio, or without {temperament}; a process in which the number of notes and intervals required in the various keys is much greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems of temperament. --H. W. Poole. Syn: Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial; proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Just \Just\, v. i. [See {Joust}.] To joust. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Just \Just\, n. A joust. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Just \Just\, adv. 1. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated. [1913 Webster] And having just enough, not covet more. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Closely; nearly; almost. [1913 Webster] Just at the point of death. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 3. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late. [1913 Webster] A soft Etesian gale But just inspired and gently swelled the sail. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] {Just now}, the least possible time since; a moment ago. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: just adv 1: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [syn: {merely}, {simply}, {just}, {only}, {but}] 2: indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt" [syn: {precisely}, {exactly}, {just}] 3: only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out" [syn: {just}, {just now}] 4: absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" [syn: {just}, {simply}] 5: only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats [syn: {barely}, {hardly}, {just}, {scarcely}, {scarce}] 6: exactly at this moment or the moment described; "we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them"; adj 1: used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" [ant: {unjust}] 2: fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children" [syn: {equitable}, {just}] [ant: {inequitable}, {unjust}] 3: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul" [syn: {fair}, {just}] [ant: {unfair}, {unjust}] 4: of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man" [syn: {good}, {just}, {upright}] From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: just just; just now