† jumentn.
Obsolete.
A beast of burden, also a beast in general.
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. i. 25 And God made beestis of the erthe aftir ther special kyndes, iumentis [L. jumenta], and al the crepynge thing.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxiii. 24 Make ȝe redy iumentis, or hors.
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxviii. f. xxivv/2 A yonge damoysell, the whiche bi arte magyk was conuerted in to a Iument or a mare.
?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Evv Thy soule,..hath shape and ymage of god omnypotent Thy body is mortall, as beast, or vyle iument.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. i. 91 That men should feed on such a kinde of meat, Which very iuments would refuse to eat.
1638–48 G. Daniel Eclog. i. 42 You can forsake the Citye to Converse With Earth and Iuments.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 32 Fit to fasten their Juments, and Beasts of labour unto them.
1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 i. 420 A jackass may be properly and lineally descended from Balaam's jument.
1820 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 311 Jument. This word..is in danger of being wholly lost. It means a beast of burden.
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