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Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..

Cleading :: Cleading (n.) A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine..

Whimbrel :: Whimbrel (n.) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) The male of certain animals, as of the ass..

Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fried dough cake containing fruit; a turnover.

Jackslave :: Jackslave (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow.

Jackal :: "Jackal (n.) One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated..

Jak :: Jak (n.) see Ils Jack.

Jurel :: "Jurel (n.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel..

Jack :: Jack (n.) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.

Pike :: Pike (sing. & pl.) A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack..

Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts..

Allfours :: Allfours () A game at cards, called High, Low, Jack, and the Game..

Minute-jack :: Minute-jack (n.) A timeserver; an inconstant person.

Spinet :: Spinet (n.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used..

Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack..

Jacketed :: "Jacketed (a.) Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket..

Horse :: Horse (a.) A jackstay.

Strake :: Strait-waistcoat (n.) Same as Strait-jacket.

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