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Jury Mast

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A corruption of joury masti.e. a mast for the day, a temporary mast, being a spar used for the nonce when the mast has been carried away. (French, jour, a day.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Junonian Bird
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Jupiter
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Jurassic Rocks
Jurisprudence
Jury Leg (A)
Jury Mast
Jus Civile
Jus Divinum
Jus Gentium (Latin)
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