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Joll [Verb transitive and noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as Jowl.

Jollification [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A merrymaking; noisy festivity.

Jollily [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

With noisy mirth; with a disposition to noisy mirth.

Jollily [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a jolly manner.

Jolliment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Mirth; merriment.

Jolliness [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. JOL'LINESS

2. JOL'LITY, noun [from jolly.] Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity.

3. All was now turned to jollity and game.

4. Elevation of spirit; gayety.

5. He with a proud jollity commanded him to leave that quarrel for him who was only worthy to enter into it.

6. [This word in America is not now applied to respectable company.]

Jolliness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Jollity; noisy mirth.

Jollity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment.

Jolloment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Jolly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Merry; gay; lively; full of life and mirth; jovial. It expresses more life and noise than cheerful; as a jolly troop of huntsmen.

2. [It is seldom applied in colloquial usage to respectable company. We rarely say of respectable persons, they are jolly It is applied to the young and the vulgar.]

3. Expressing mirth or inspiring it.

4. And with his jolly pipe delights the groves.

5. The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions by frequent potations of malt liquors.

6. Exciting mirth and gayety; as jolly May.

7. Like one in high health; pretty.

Jolly [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.

2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.

3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.

Jolly-boat [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A small boat belonging to a ship.

Jolly-boat [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.

Jollyhead [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913