\Just\, a. [F. juste, L. justus, fr. jus right, law,
justice; orig., that which is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to
join. Cf. {Injury}, {Judge}, {Jury}, {Giusto}.]
1. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not
   doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation;
   upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons
   and things. ``O just but severe law!'' --Shak.
         There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good,
         and sinneth not.                      -- Eccl. vii.
                                               20.
         Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have. --
                                               Lev. xix. 36.
         How should man be just with God?      -- Job ix. 2.
         We know your grace to be a man. Just and upright. --
                                               Shak.
2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety;
   conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a
   proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due;
   as, a just statement; a just inference.
         Just of thy word, in every thought sincere. -- Pope.
         The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship
         To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies.
                                               -- Shak.
         He was a comely personage, a little above just
         stature.                              --Bacon.
         Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant
         heat.                                 -- Jer.
                                               Taylor.
         When all The war shall stand ranged in its just
         array.                                -- Addison.
         Their named alone would make a just volume. --
                                               Burton.
3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due;
   equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
         Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as
         to praise it in others, even when they do not
         practice it themselves.               --Tillotson.
{Just intonation}. (Mus.)
   (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true
       pitch.
   (b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or
       their exact mathematical ratio, or without
       temperament; a process in which the number of notes
       and intervals required in the various keys is much
       greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems
       of temperament. --H. W. Poole.
Syn: Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial;
     proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular.

\Just\, adv.
1. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither
   more nor less than is stated.
         And having just enough, not covet more. -- Dryden.
         The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the
         beast.                                --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.
         To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and
         one.                                  -- Shak.
2. Closely; nearly; almost.
         Just at the point of death.           -- Sir W.
                                               Temple.
3. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or
   time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.
         A soft Etesian gale But just inspired and gently
         swelled the sail.                     -- Dryden.
{Just now}, the least possible time since; a moment ago.

\Just\, v. i. [See {Joust}.]
To joust. --Fairfax.

\Just\, n.
A joust. --Dryden.