Definition of jack

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Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.

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Jack :: "Jack (v. t.) To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5..
Crick :: Crick (n.) A small jackscrew.
Cheap-jack :: Cheap-jack (n.) Alt. of Cheap-joh.
Tomcod :: Tomcod (n.) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c)..
Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.
Triddler :: Triddler (n.) The jacksnipe.
Wasp :: Wasp (n.) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.
Bed Screw :: Bed screw () A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching..
Saury :: Saury (n.) A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring..
Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A monkey; an ape.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A young pike; a pickerel.
Jack :: Jack (n.) The wall-eyed pike.
Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe, etc..
Sphalerite :: Sphalerite (n.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a)..
Jackpudding :: Jackpudding (n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fried dough cake containing fruit; a turnover.
Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A short dressing jacket for women.
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