JOB (4)

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Job (jōb), n. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man. Job's comforter. (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. (b) A boil. — Job's news, bad news. Carlyle. — Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass (Coix Lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly grains.