Chapter June to Juveniles of J by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Jupiter Scapin A nickname of Napoleon Bonaparte, given him by the Abbé de Pradt. Scapin is a valet famous for his knavish tricks, in Molière's comedy of Les Fourberies de Scapin.

Jupiter's Beard House-leek. Supposed to be a charm against evil spirits and lightning. Hence grown at one time very generally on the thatch of houses.

"Et habet quisque supra domum suum Jovis barbam." - Charlemagne's Edict.

Jurassic Rocks Limestone rocks; so called from the Jura; the Jurassic period is the geological period when these rocks were formed. Our oolitic series pretty nearly corresponds with the Jurassic.

Jurisprudence The Father of Jurisprudence. Glanville, who wrote Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae in 1181 (died 1190).

Jury Leg (A). A wooden leg, or leg for the nonce. (See Jury Mast .)

"I took the leg off with my saw ... seared the stump ... and made a jury leg that he shambles about with as well as ever he did." - Sir W. Scott: The Pirate, chap. xxxiv.

Jury Mast A corruption of joury mast - i.e. a mast for the day, a temporary mast, being a spar used for the nonce when the mast has been carried away. (French, jour, a day.)

Jus Civile Civil law.

Jus Divinum Divine law.

Jus Gentium (Latin). International law.

Jus Mariti (Latin). The right of the husband to the wife's property.

Jus de Reglisse (liquorice). French slang for a negro.

Jus et Norma Loquendi The right method of speaking and pronouncing established by the custom of each particular nation. The whole phrase is "Consuetudo, jus et norma loquendi." (Horace.)

Just (The).
   Aristides, the Athenian (died B.C. 468).
   Baharam, styled Shah Endeb (the Just King), fifth of the Sassanidae (q.v.) (276-296).
   Casimir II., King of Poland (1117, 1177-1194).
   Ferdinand I., King of Aragon (1373, 1412-1416).
   Haroun al Raschid (The Just). The most renowned of the Abbasside califs, and the hero of several of the Arabian Nights stories (765, 786-808).
   James II., King of Aragon (1261- 1327).
   Khosru or Chosroes, called by the Arabs Molk al Adel (the Just King).
   Moran the Just, councillor of Feredach, King of Ireland.
   Pedro I. of Portugal (1320, 1357, 1367).

Juste Milieu (French). The golden mean.

Justices in Eyre (pron. ire). A contraction and corruption of Itinere - i.e. on circuit.

Justing of Watson and Barbour A description of a ludicrous tilt between Watson and Barbour, in Scotch verse, by Sir David Lindsay.

Justinian The English Justinian. Edward I. (1239, 1272-1307).

Juvenal (Latin, from juvenis). A youth; common in Shakespeare, thus -

"The juvenal, the prince your master, whose chin is not yet fledged." - 2 Henry IV., i. 2.

Juvenal
   The English Juvenal. John Oldham (1653-1683).
   The Juvenal of Painters. William Hogarth (1697-1764).