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___ for joy

By Daniel Johnston
•A kind of loose jacket for men.•A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.•To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.•To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.•To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with.•To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.•To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.•To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.•To join by a butt weld.•To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.•To bore with a jumper.•The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.•An effort; an attempt; a venture.•The space traversed by a leap.•A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.•An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.•Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.•Exactly; pat.