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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Job \Job\ (j[=o]b), n.
The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the
prototypical patient man.
[1913 Webster]
Job's comforter.
(a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under
pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes.
(b) A boil. [Colloq.]
Job's news, bad news. --Carlyle.
Job's+tears+(Bot.),+a+kind+of+grass+({Coix+Lacryma" rel="nofollow">Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Coix Lacryma), with
hard, shining, pearly grains.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Job \Job\, n.
The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the
typical patient man.
Job's comforter.
(a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under
pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes.
(b) A boil. [Colloq.]
Job's news, bad news. --Carlyle.
Job's+tears+(Bot.),+a+kind+of+grass+({Coix+Lacryma" rel="nofollow">Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Coix Lacryma), with
hard, shining, pearly grains.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
Job's tears
n : hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Job's tears
n.
''Coix lacryma-jobi'', a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant
of the family Poaceae, native to southeast Asia.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Job's tears
n.
''Coix lacryma-jobi'', a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant
of the family Poaceae, native to southeast Asia.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Job's tears
n.
''Coix lacryma-jobi'', a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant
of the family Poaceae, native to southeast Asia.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Job's tears
n.
''Coix lacryma-jobi'', a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant
of the family Poaceae, native to southeast Asia.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
Job's tears /dʒˈɒb ˈɛs tˈiəz/
Hiobstränengras , Hiobsträne [bot.]
Note: Coix lacryma-jobi
Synonym: coixseed, adlay, adlai
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
Job's tears /dʒˈɒb ˈɛs tˈiəz/
jobinkyynelheinä, sila
Coix lacryma-jobi
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
job`s tears /dʒˈɒb ˈɛs tˈiəz/
1. könnyfû
2. kôfû
3. jób könnye
4. kôcsepp
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
Job's tears /dʒˈɒb ˈɛs tˈiəz/
薏苡
Coix lacryma-jobi
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