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† ˈjument Obs.
[ad. L. jūment-um (contraction of jugimentum) yoke-beast, f. stem jug-, of jungĕre to join, jugum yoke. Cf. F. jument, in OF. beast of burden; now, mare.]
A beast of burden, also a beast in general.
1382Wyclif Gen. i. 25 And God made beestis of the erthe aftir ther special kyndes, iumentis [Vulg. jumenta], and al the crepynge thing. ― Acts xxiii. 24 Make ȝe redy iumentis [gloss or hors]. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. xxviii. 24 b/2 A yonge damoysell, the whiche bi arte magyk was conuerted in to a Iument or a mare. c1510Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) D vj, Thy soule..hath shape and ymage of God omnipotent Thy body is mortall as beast or vile iument. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. ii. i, That men should feed on such a kinde of meat, Which very iuments would refuse to eat. 1638–48G. Daniel Eclog. i. 42 You can forsake the Citye to Converse With Earth and Iuments. a1682Sir T. Browne Misc. Tracts 32 Fit to fasten their Juments, and Beasts of labour unto them. 1816Gentl. Mag. LXXXVI. i. 420 A jackass may be properly and lineally descended from Balaam's jument. 1820Ibid. Apr. 311 Jument. This word..is in danger of being wholly lost. It means a beast of burden. |