Job

job, n. a sudden stroke or stab with a pointed — instuiment like a beak. v.t to strike or stab suddenly johb'ing jobbed'. [Gael. gobj \V. gyb, a beak conn* with Gobble^ Job.] Job, job, «. any piece of work, esp of a trifling or temporary nature any undertaking with a view to profit a mean transaction, in which private gam sought under pretence of public service. —v to work at jobs to buy and sell, as a broker, to lure or let out for a shoit time, esp. horses. [Lit. ‘a lump’ or portion** and formerly spelt gob, M E gobet—O Fr. gob, a mouthful from the same Celtic root as Gobble