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Coix Lacryma

Job \Job\ (j[=o]b), n. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the prototypical patient man. Job's comforter.

  1. A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes.

  2. A boil. [Colloq.]

    Job's news, bad news.
    --Carlyle.

    Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass ( Coix Lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly grains.