joseph

[Etym. doubtful; perhaps in reference to Joseph's coat of many colors.] A riding dre for ladies, having buttons down to the skirts. "Olivia would be drawn as an Amazon. in a green joseph." - Goldsmith: Vicar of Wake field, ch. xvi. dre ed Josh-u-a, s. [Heb. Yehoshua; Greek Iēsous .] [JESUS.] Script. Biog.: The name of four persons mentioned in the Old Testament (Joshua i. 1; 1 Sam. vi. 14, 18; 2 Kings xxiii. 8; Haggai i. 1). The last-named Joshua is the Jeshua of Ezra v. 2. The earliest and most celebrated of the four, after whom the other three were named, was the son of Nun, an Ephraimite (1 Chron. vii. 27), who first appears as commanding the Israeli tes by appointment of Moses during the fight with Amalek (Exod. xvii. 9, 10, 13). He was with Moses just after his descent from Sinai (xxxii. 17); he was then a servant of Moses, and a young man (xxxiii. 11). He was one of two spies who reported the practicability of conquering Canaan (Numb. xiv.). Before the death of Moses Joshua was divinely named his succe or, and formally invested with authority (xxvii. 18). He afterward lead the Israel it ish host in the conquest of Canaan. He died at the age of 110, and was buried at Timnath-ser ah, in Mount Ephraim (Joshua xxiv. 30). The Book of Joshua: Script. Canon: The sixth book of the Old Testa ment, immediately succeeding the Pent a teuch in the Hebrew. The name appears to have been given because Joshua was the leading human personage in the book. It is naturally divided into three parts: first, the conquest of Canaan (i.-xii.); second, the partition of the land, or Jewish domesday-book (xiii.-xxii.); and third, Joshua's final addre to the people (xxiii., xxiv.). The events recorded are considered to have occupied about twenty-five years, from B. C. 1451 to 1426. The expre ion " to this day" occurs fourteen times in the book, once of Rahab's dwelling among the people (vi. 25), and apparently of the life of Caleb (xiv. 14). Hence, all but the concluding verses have been attributed to Joshua, or one of the elders who outlived him. Many Rationalists place it much later. Colenso resolves it, like the books of the Pent a teuch, into various parts. One is an original story, which he dated in the later part of David's or the earlier part of Solomon's reign. A considerable part he attributes to the "Deuteronomist," whom he places in the reign of Mana eh, and he supposes a third portion to belong to what he terms the "Later Legislation," during the Captivity. "Bullies jostled him into the kennel."- Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. iii. 2. To crowd up against; to elbow. "Officers of the Life Guards, all plumes and gold lace, fostled profe ors in trencher caps and black gowns." Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xxi. B. In trans.: To push, to hustle, to crowd. ing by contact, as of one individual with another. jos-tle, s. A rush or crowding together; a jolt jos-tle-ment (tle as el), s. [Eng.jostle; -ment.] Crowding, pushing against, hustling. Jõt, s . [Lat. iota , from Gr. iōta =the letter i, from yod , the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet; Dut. jot ; Sp. & Ital. jota . ] [IOTA.] A tittle; the least bit or amount a ignable; an iota. ""You do mistake me, sir.' - 'No, sir, no jot ." Shakesp.: Twelfth Night , iii. 4. jot (1), v. t. [JOT, s.] To make a brief note or memorandum of. (Usually followed by the adverb down. )