job's comforter

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• Comforter

  ·noun A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. II. Comforter ·noun A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Comforter

  The designation of the Holy Ghost (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7; R.V. marg., "or Advocate, or Helper;...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Comforter

  (John 14:16) The name given by Christ to the Holy Spirit. The original word is Paraclete, and means ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• job's

  Tears. The seeds of Coix lachryma, whichare used for necklace-making by the native tribes on the Cap...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• job's comfort

  Reproof instead of consolation. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• job's dock

  He is laid up in Job's dock; i.e. in a salivation. The apartments for the foul or venereal patients ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• poor as job's turkey

  A common simile. The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.