Definition of jack

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Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.

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Honor :: Honor (n.) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors..
Jacksaw :: Jacksaw (n.) The merganser.
Pancake :: Pancake (n.) A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.
Sola :: Sola (n.) A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..
Jackpudding :: Jackpudding (n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
Jack-a-dandy :: "Jack-a-dandy (n.) A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow..
Apple-jack :: Apple-jack (n.) Apple brandy.
Jakwood :: Jakwood (n.) See Jackwood.
Sphalerite :: Sphalerite (n.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a)..
Minute-jack :: Minute-jack (n.) A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.
Supplely :: Supple-jack (n.) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem..
Knight :: Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
Jerkin :: Jerkin (n.) A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed..
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..
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate.
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A young pike; a pickerel.
Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..
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