▪ I. ‖ jour1
(ʒur)
[OF. and F. jour:—L. diurnum neut. sing. (used in pop. L. as n.) of diurnus of or pertaining to the day, f. diēs day.]
† 1. A day. Obs.
| c 1450 Merlin 67 On the xi⊇ iour of Pentecoste, the kynge satte at mete, and with hym the Duke of Tintagel. 1538 Churchw. Acc. St. Giles, Reading 56 M{supd} that ther is owyng Thomas Clere which he hathe Accompted for dewe uppon Joure. |
2. pl. (See quot. 1882.) [F. jour: cf. day n. 4.]
| 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xiii. 181 Twined among them appear a variety of ‘jours’, filled up with patterns of endless variety, the whole wreathed and garlanded like the decoration of a theatre. 1882 Cauldfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, Jours, a term used by lacemakers to denote the open stitches that form the Fillings in Needle and Pillow Laces. 1953 M. Powys Lace & Lace-Making iv. 27 Binche, Modern Belgian Lace... As a filling in the center is the Fond à la Mariage or honeycomb, mode or jour. |
3. jour de fête = fête-day.
| 1806 C. Wilmot Let. 21 Oct. in Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 234 The gift of their Wives on such a Jour de Fête or Jour de Nom. 1864 Mrs. Gaskell French Life in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 439/2 The gowns they wear on jours de fêtes. 1869 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 17 May (1911) I. 4 Jour de Fête, no shops open. |
▪ II. jour2
(dʒɜː(r))
U.S. colloq. abbrev. of journeyman.
| 1835 Gent's. Vade-Mecum (Philadelphia) 27 June 3/1 The jours are in the habit of spouting their work from one week to another. 1854 B. P. Shillaber Life & Sayings Mrs. Partington 146 ‘I wouldn't be so bothered about my meals,’ said a jour printer to a brother typo. 1868 E. E. Hale If, Yes & Perhaps 35, I stopped at one or two cabinet-makers, and talked with the ‘jours’ about work. 1898 Milwaukee Sentinel 16 Jan. ii. 2/7 Where the hundreds of old time-honored ‘jours’..have gone to, no one seems able to decide. |
▪ III. jour
var. giaour.